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Stardate 20011013.0949 (On Screen): It's not just Larry Ellison; now Scott McNealy also is pushing the idea of a national ID card system. But while Ellison thinks that it would be just peachy if it were all based on Oracle databases, McNealy thinks Java is just the ticket to solve the problem. "We need a thumbprint Java card in the hand of everybody in the country." Be still, my heart. (discussion in progress)