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That would be like IHOP being required to frisk you down, take your smartphone and tablets, and then somehow check to see if you have the legal entitlements to all IP on your person.

IHOP is an interesting example. Sometimes, IHOP issues special IDs to employees for tax evasion, and the restaurants sometimes get burned down in search of profit.

Asking these folks to check your IP, legal or not, may not be too much of a stretch. Sometimes, it seems that they're up to no good at all.

That would be like IHOP being required to frisk you down, take your smartphone and tablets, and then somehow check to see if you have the legal entitlements to all IP on your person.

IHOP is an interesting example. Sometimes, IHOP issues special IDs to employees for tax evasion, and the restaurants sometimes get burned down in search of profit.

Asking these folks to check your IP, legal or not, may not be too much of a stretch. Sometimes, it seems that they're up to no good at all.

Marx's concept of alienation is still totally valid, although if the gp meant what you think he meant, then he was taking it a little far to assume that all alienating technology is bad. A good summary of Marx's concept of alienation can be found in.. ahem.. the Unabomber's Manifesto. Spending all day fitting bolts into drive shafts to get money for food is alienating; the purposefulness is misplaced; moreso if you're working 12 hours a day. Don't forget that Marx lived in a different era where capitalism was completely unchecked. You should be thankful for Marx that you only have to work 8 hrs a day, not calling him a 'wanker.'

Is that you, Mr Kaczynski? :)

http://www.thecourier.com/manifest.htm

>>The only actual solution to a biological or nuclear threat is to restructure our society into islands with less interaction. Kinda like a jail with a village in each cell. You might know your neighbors too and you wouldn't even have to rat on them!

Sorry, but Unabomber can claim prior art. That was his thoughts, exactly, in his Manifesto. See for yourself.
http://www.thecourier.com/manifest.htm

Their behaviorial profiles may have been slightly off target, but the sketch was pretty good.

Seriously, I'm waiting for someone slightly talented to get pissed off at technology in general.