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notwedtm
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Equifax Stock Sales Are the Focus of U.S. Criminal...
Can someone own a set of numbers? I assumed that they were assigned and not owned, however that could just be semantics.
jstarfish
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The ABA claims ownership of all banks' routing numbers, but that has yet to be validated in any meaningful capacity.
http://www.gregthatcher.com/Financial/LawyerProblems.aspx
mfoy_
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There are even "illegal" numbers.
dmd
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Being surprised or upset that there are "illegal numbers" is like being upset that there are illegal configurations of matter and energy. "It's not murder, it's just a configuration of atoms!" doesn't fly.
umanwizard
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If you believe the universe is discrete, this becomes stronger than a mere analogy - configurations of matter and energy are in fact numbers.
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