how's does this whole social security number thing work?

[jhu]

what happens when we reach that 1 billionth citizen?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: jhu
what happens when we reach that 1 billionth citizen?

We expand it by prefixing with 000

 

[ElFenix]

social security doesn't reuse numbers (not really on topic but close)

 

[gopunk]

people will start to spontaneously combust when they get assigned the same ssn

 

[Beau]

Considering that the first 3 digits of the SSN specify what state you were born in, it will actually take less than 1 billion numbers for us to run out.

link

 

[Omegachi]

population control :disgust:

 

[Ameesh]

it doesnt work, its a scam

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: jhu
what happens when we reach that 1 billionth citizen?

we start using letters in the digits place.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Omegachi
population control :disgust:

hehe... good idea

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[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Beau
Considering that the first 3 digits of the SSN specify what state you were born in, it will actually take less than 1 billion numbers for us to run out.

link

I wasn't born in a state... hmmm...

 

[etech]

Damn, would that be the whole Y2K mess all over again if they went to letters in addition to numbers for SSN's?

How many systems are coded not to accept alpha's?

 

[Staples]

There is an artile on SS # on howstuffworks.com. I read it a long time ago.

How social security numbers work