privacy vs. transparency

When I was canned by my company, which was acquired by a Wash. state company, I received a list of folks positions, ages, and whether canned or not.

From this, and little additional constraint, I was able to reverse-engineer (aka, data-mine) the ages of all of my

colleages. They were quite surprised when, at a group lunch therafter, I was able to peg their ages exactly.

Amusing privacy unintended-consequence of Wash state's age-discrim laws. So much for "privacy" as protected by the state. --- Impeach or frag.