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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by steve-howard on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @06:57PM (#2943579)
Gender is a bit of a stretch, if technically changeable. I don't know much on the subject but I would wager that the proportion of people who have changed gender is not statistically significant enough to change the 87% figure.
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Re:87% of the U.S. Population are uniquely identified by {DO... by jeffreymcmanus on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @08:35PM (#2943772)
Identifiers are either immutable or they're not. They can't be sorta-kinda immutable.
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