Word: ids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ever wonder why most ID numbers start with similar digits (504, 304, 604, etc.)? Ever think there might be a conspiracy to rank students according to social status (104=in FM nearly every week, 304=cool, 604=not antisocial, 904=Science Fiction Association)? Wamback assures us that "There are no personal, social or academic attributes hidden in the number. This is simply a numbering convention based on a custom generation algorithm. Numbers are assigned at random based on the next available number whether the individual is a student or an employee. The first numbers issued back in 1974 began with...
...last digit of your ID number indicates how many times you've had your card replaced...
...biggest misconceptions about our trusty cards is that Crimson Cash is actually contained on the card itself. In fact, Crimson Cash balances are recorded in a central database run by Harvard University Dining Services. Your Crimson Cash is safe from wily ID thieves desperate for that 10 percent off at the Greenhouse and 75 cent loads of laundry...
...Card Production: A single card can be printed in under a minute. When doing batch production ID and Data Services produces them at a rate of 350 per hour. Total recarding of undergraduates can be done under 20 hours after all pertinent production data is available...
...That's a whole lot of Swipe-ability: Including all card types, ID and Data Services prints a total of approximately 120,000 cards per year...