top | item 1604711 Can Canonical count users without uniquely identifying them? 8 points| alonswartz | 15 years ago |theravingrick.blogspot.com | reply 5 comments order hn newest [+] [-] macemoneta|15 years ago|reply Model numbers? Isn't that why UUIDs were created? Unique identifier, and anonymous:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/UUID [+] [-] btn|15 years ago|reply "The customer didn't really want to use a unique identifier though, because though it was anonymous, the customer wanted to count computers, but unique identifiers are for tracking (following a user over time)." load replies (1)
[+] [-] macemoneta|15 years ago|reply Model numbers? Isn't that why UUIDs were created? Unique identifier, and anonymous:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/UUID [+] [-] btn|15 years ago|reply "The customer didn't really want to use a unique identifier though, because though it was anonymous, the customer wanted to count computers, but unique identifiers are for tracking (following a user over time)." load replies (1)
[+] [-] btn|15 years ago|reply "The customer didn't really want to use a unique identifier though, because though it was anonymous, the customer wanted to count computers, but unique identifiers are for tracking (following a user over time)." load replies (1)
[+] [-] macemoneta|15 years ago|reply
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/UUID
[+] [-] btn|15 years ago|reply