From: Ellen K. 

Not totally random, but not figure-out-able like yours.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 07:28:11 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message :

>Is it a random number? Here, it's one's birthday (6 digits), century
>spcifier, a three digit "serial" number (starts from 001 as
the first child
>to be born/registered on that day) and then a validation character. Dang
>easy to remember - I
>m child number 045 of my day, and a very good friend with child 136 of the
>same day!
>
>
>Antti Kurenniemi
>("Number two, could you please check the status of 045 and report to deck
>seven" - it's just like living a SciFi story )
>
>"Ellen K." 
wrote in message
>news:2qrbr0pm01l9irjbfcgb3hp9e7f5vaj8aj{at}4ax.com...
>> group of three, group of two, group of four
>>
>> Which is why they represent it with hyphens.
>>
>> Besides which I'm not a typical example of ability to remember numbers.
>> (Ask the janitor at your company the same question.)
>

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