On 28/09/2003 at 23:37:28(-0400), Mike Frysinger used 1.6K just to say:
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> On Sunday 28 September 2003 23:15, Brett wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 07:43, Benjamin Coles wrote:
> > > What I need from you?
> > >
> > > Public Information
> > > Birthday
> > > Country
> >
> > Can I ask why birthday and country need to be public? or even known at
> > all?
> 
> does it really matter ?  it's just one of those neat factors ... 'hey happy 
> b-day !'
> who cares if people know your birthday, it's not like we're gonna get a rash 
> of gentoo birthday stalkers ... 'TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY AND IT'S TIME TO DIE'

Actually in Japan knowing someone's birthday (...birthDATE actually) is
sometimes enough to convince someone over the phone that YOU are the person in
question. Gentoo has a bunch of Japanese devs and I wouldn't be surprised if
they don't feel like sharing that info.

Hell, I even know plenty of people who don't want to do any online shopping,
because they don't want to give away their address.

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