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U.S. Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID
An anonymous submitter writes: "Ladies and gents, the endtimes have begun. The Seattle Times is reporting that Mark Forman, associate director of information technology at the White House (or 'America's CIO', as he bills himself) has said the feds are considering the use of Microsoft's Passport technology to ID every citizen and every business seeking access to government services online. This is about as scary as it gets." To be fair, it looks very preliminary. Read the article. So many companies have tried to assist the government in providing services over the Net... but I guess if your lobbyists are good enough, you can be heard at the top.
What makes you think the Canadians (or any other country) should let Americans move and work there in large numbers? Canadians have been paying higher taxes and fought hard to live in a nice country. Americans have been cheap, greedy, and apathetic. As a result, their social services have deteriorated and their government has become corrupt. Now, Americans have to pay the price.
"What next, find a crack dealer to handle international trade"
how about have a coke addicted alchoholic for president?
i've got to say, slashdot is really really getting predictable on these MS stories. blah blah blah mean bad ms this... blah blah blah blah great commerical satan blah blah blah... to see every article start out the same way, really just makes me tune out. it's like listening to some old hag just spew about stories that nobody cares about anymore, or worse, is so disconnected from real issues, she does not matter anymore.
the viewpoints are so un-orginal and 1-dimensional it actually is starting to tick me off.
the real unfortunate thing is i think there are a lot of good technical topics here. i think it may be time to jump to a different forum; one not so determined to be the next PC-uber-PAC and one more focused on science.
time to tune out on slashdot permanently...
What on earth are you talking about? Are you an idiot? They haven't ever been 'convicted' of a criminal offense. The only thing they're guilty of is aggravating a bunch of dirty, hypocritical ("I'm a libertarian... Up with big government, down with Microsoft!") dweebs.
Reading without thinking is moronic.
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What's the next step after requiring Passport for online services? Duhh, requiring online services. Duhh, next step, duhh, like, you HAVE to use Passport or you go to jail for not paying income taxes, not paying property taxes, not reporting for jury duty, not registering for the draft, not paying speediing tickets,
Next time, try THINKING about what you have allegedly read. Or, wait a minute, I get it. You said your five year old has better reaidng skills, not you. I get it! You didn't read it, did you? You are basing your complaint on what your five year old said! Duhh, joke's on me!
Infuriate left and right
PASSPORT
i didn't call her a nazi you dumb pile of shit, i said her (and your) dismissive attitude is what allows stuff ranging from annoying to awful to happen.
she's obviously just karmawhoring. i felt like flaming her for it. every thread has people reacting without reading articles. that's a given. posting chastising people for it is like going to a tractor pull and telling people they don't bathe enough.
you're both dolts.
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you == dumb
i hope you die a horrible, painful death very very soon.
Think different? I'd be happy if most people would just think...