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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by x1798DE on Friday July 11, 2014 @10:47AM (#8020353)
Not sure why anyone is memory conservative these days anyway, but it's possible they thought about it but figured that there weren't that many people over the age of 118 floating around, and even if they get a letter reminding them to register for the draft, they'd just ignore it.
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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by donutello on Friday July 11, 2014 @10:56AM (#8020405)
> but figured that there weren't that many people over the age of 118 floating around

The letter shown in the example was sent to someone who died in 1992 so there's at least some evidence to suggest that floating around is not a necessary condition to receive the letter.

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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by ajuc on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:03AM (#8020444)
Well, obviously if he died in 92 and have been born in 93 he counts as alive :)
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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by Igglyboo on Friday July 11, 2014 @10:52AM (#8020385)
Or it's a legacy system they never bothered properly fixing and just used some quick hack when 2000 rolled around.
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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by revelation on Friday July 11, 2014 @10:56AM (#8020409)
It is 2014, males born in the 2000s are not yet at an age where they would be harassed by the selective service.

My estimate is we will see this blow up again in 2018.

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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by x1798DE on Friday July 11, 2014 @06:16PM (#8022792)
I don't think so. It's always 118-126 years, no matter what year it is right now, so we'll only see this blow up if there's an explosion in that population.
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Re:Men born between 1893 and 1897 reminded to register for t... by theandrewbailey on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:38AM (#8020693)
Sorta knowing the sad state of government IT, it's possible that it was never "fixed" at all!
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