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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:31 am 
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Wasn't this "postcard-ware"? I seem to remember ADOM was postcard-ware at one point.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:06 am 
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andr01d wrote:
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We could mail post-cards to register for voting, to prove we're real people who aren't voting twice?


That could introduce a geographic bias.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:21 am 
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andr01d wrote:
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We could mail post-cards to register for voting, to prove we're real people who aren't voting twice?
This is a cool idea I got from "real life".




Logic:
Anyone who has enough time to sit in front of a computer honestly giving the games a good shot has enough time to put a stamp on a postcard and stick it in a mailbox.

That wouldn't prevent someone from sending multiple cards from different locations with fake names on them, for instance. Even if XYZZY sent some kind of confirmation code to the return address, the person (or a friend of theirs whose address they used) could go there and get it.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:27 am 
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I can play the games for free, while naked. Mailing a postcard requires 45¢* and putting on clothes. You'd be surprised how much resistance that generates.

*if I'm mailing something from within the US, and assuming the destination is in the US. It would cost more for anyone living outside of the US, of course, which is why "geographical discrimination" is a fair assessment.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:48 am 
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Postal mail is hardish to send from here (Bénin - there is no such thing as a mailman; one has to go to the main post office) and tends not to arrive anyway. A main reasons for having a mail service at all is to be able to sell special edition stamps to collectors worldwide.

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