>  AA> I *have* asked the great ftsc oracle and it spoke to me thusly:

 >  AA> "The serial number MAY BE any eight character hexadecimal
 >  AA> number, as long as it is unique"  [Emphasis in CAPS]

 >  AA> MAY is just a suggestion.  So is the "eight" part actually.

 > By that reasoning not only the "eight" but the "character", "hexadecimal"
 > and "number" are just suggestions as well. By that reasoning it could be
 > anything including "empty".

 > So by reasoning ad absurdum it follows that you are wrong. The correct
 > interpretation is that it MUST be an eight digit hexadecimal number, but the
 > value MAY be any value as long as it is unique.

LOL.  Thanks for that Saturday morning funny!

But do note that the great ftsc oracle proclaims that "The serial number..",
NOT "The OPTIONAL serial number..."  :D

In addition, the "as long as it is unique" implies that it is not to be an
empty field.

So.. it is indicating that, as a minimum, there must be a number, and serial.
But it does not say consecutive serial numbers either.  ;)
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