Comments on: Automation, the Future and “Smoking Gun” Hysteria

By: quiddity

quiddity — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:04:29 +0000

It’s evident to me that Bob is a master of all knowledge and Mr Nathan is clearly jealous of his lexical prowess.

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:03:29 +0000

Bob – while those are all valid issues and I am leaning towards agreeing…

I swear you go and find this stuff on the Internet somewhere and then write it as if it were your own…

Since when do you speak like that?

phrases like “few privacy concerns exist” and words like “merely”

HAH! Plageurism is a penalty you will die for under penalties of a law!

By: b0b

b0b — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:54:03 +0000

yep, i’m with the Quid Miester General on this one, i am also insane. i don’t so much care about the marketing though. think about this, a criminal could take an RFID scanner through a parking lot and see what stereos and other products are in cars, or hell even your home. said criminal could see you make a purchase of an expensive item, and perhaps that item has no RFID but you were carrying other products that did, his RFID scanner could help him track you and follow you home to rob you of your new sweet ass purchases.

few privacy concerns exist when RFID is used merely to track warehouse goods. but when RFID chips are embedded in ID cards or otherwise linked to personal information the privacy risks increase dramatically.

because the potentials for misuse along with privacy invasion concerns are very real, it’s something that we need to watch closely as this technology develops.

i can’t wait till i can say “I told you so, i told you so nah nah nah nah na.” it’s going to make you feel this |—| big.

By: olivia

olivia — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:54:34 +0000

Hahaha Chad, that was highly entertaining!

By: chad

chad — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:12:15 +0000

i like radio commercials and advertisements. i never have an interest in what they are saying but i like the way they say it. it’s so entertaining. thier like, ‘let’s make a big deal about * insert product*’. and then i’m like, ‘hahahaha! can you believe what a big deal they just made about *corresponding product*’ i love them, they’re so entertaining. better than music on the radio, where they’re playing for themselves, and even if they’re pop songs geared to what ‘i’ like, they are so long. all unlike your average awesome radio commercial or 30 seconds of deep voices and funny squeeks and jingling jingles, that i may hate, but love to. a song is like, ‘there’s no escape’ but a commercial is like, ‘i’m coming to get you!!!’ but then ‘guffawhaha, just kidding, see ya later!’

but i don’t want to be too intruded upon. i don’t want to be driving around listening to a good song and then my personal advertisement butts in or if i’m trying to read and my personal advertisement announcer calls me up to tell me about the new sale on super bowl tickets.

or do i