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Default We have a new Dick Head of the Met Police chief

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 07/03/17 19:51, charles wrote:
In article ,
Rod Speed wrote:


Corse you do, thats the first thing anyone who matters
does when you present them with a drivers license, check
the database to check if its a valid license and see if the
photo on the license matches the one on the database.


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when the "licence" is produced as a proof of age in a bar, how is the
barman (or woman) going to be able to check on the database?

Theres an app for that


FFS if you can run a credit card in a second or two, how long to run an
ID card?


cash only at the bar I'm responible for. And believe it or not, a credit
card machine is designed to talk to the credit card company.


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