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Gillette Buys Half a Billion RFID Tags
prostoalex writes "Gillette announced its intent to purchase 500,000,000 RFID tags from startup Alien Technology. The company expects to introduce RFID tags into its pallets and cases, according to the article. Alien Technology was the first company to introduce an RFID tag with price lower than 10 cents, even though some people claimed it could not be done."
I have to wear my tinfoil hat while shaving too??
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Quote from the article:[snip] "People couldn't stop talking about it over lunch," says one person present, who didn't want to be identified. [/snip]
he was later scanned, and identified as RFT number 167434343
RFID = Read the Fucking Identification?
Now they'll be able to tell if I'm shaving in the car, by tracking me with the RFID tags! Er... wait, oh, they're putting them in the shipping palettes. You had me worried there. Uh... wait, why is this on the front page then? I'm confused, better go get my tinfoil hat.
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I'd like mine in the TV remote please, so I can find the damn furgling thing.
Thats easy ALIENS...
...that the name of the company is ALIEN technology. Oh my god it's starting! Quick! somebody get Mel Gibson and a glass of water.
These guys get it, and as they've convinced companies of the size of Gillette, Cocoa-Cola, Pepsi, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Wal-Mart and others to sponsor this, maybe that's a sign that these companies are, or will, getting it too. There's hope yet.
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Don't delay! Gillette are reading your thoughts while you shave yourself *
For the majority of slashdot readers, this is a very bad thing.
I think this is just an attempt at getting all those Mach 3 razor packs back out in front of shoppers. It must make it hard to sell them when they are locked up with the cigarettes all the time.
This way, they can promote impulse shopping and avoid getting those damn things lifted by nimble-fingered, course-bearded hoodlums like me. I mean, c'mon! Who wants to pay $12 for four damn razors? Gimme a break! Now I'll have to line my pockets with aluminum foil or something...
I've got a bad attitude and karma to burn. Go ahead. Mod me down.
Half a billion tags is probably close to the total number of RFID tags in use today. "People couldn't stop talking about it over lunch," says one person present, who didn't want to be identified.
Do those two sentences right next to each other strike anyone as unbelievably funny?
"Read the F***ing ID"?
"Alien Technology" is not even trying to hide their involvement with aliens. And look at the photo of the Gilette VP! Clearly an Andorian who has had his antennae surgically hidden. Soon they will know where all my razor blades are. Think of the children!
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That is an amazing link! Someone who is a good writer has put a huge amount of time into documenting nonsense. And it says that the site is rated Cranky by Crank.net
The internet is an amazing virtual place where every comedian can be heard: Zapato Productions intradimensional -- "Serving the Paranoid Since 1997". It says this web site is a member of the (no doubt prestigious) "Yes, there really IS a VAST Right Wing Conspiracy!" web ring.
Just be afraid when a bill is passed to push that national ID card as an injectable tag behind your neck. That's when you will find FAQ's on the internet how to build tin foil hats.
Like this one? Now where do I have to go to get tagged?