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The Searchable Life
oni writes "Here's a story on wired about a Pentagon project called LifeLog. It seeks to record every bit of information that can be had, index it by name, or SSN, or even location, and make the database searchable. Furthermore, '[LifeLog adds] physical information (like how we feel) and media data (like what we read) to this transactional data.'" If you think you can build such a system, apply for a grant. There's also a current AP story about Total Information Awareness.
All the news they put up on arstechnica. Delayed 10-4320 minutes, thoughtfully reposted from 1-21 days later.
I can't help it - I'm a 19D.
Seeing your mention of rent, tuition and a PSX game, I would estimate that you are pretty young. You haven't been around long enough to SEE with your own eyes how the world has changed for the worse and how EVIL the government has become.
And no, I'm not anti-American. I'm anti-BIG BROTHER.
I don't want anyone controlling my life, spying on me, watching what web pages I visit, compiling databases on what I buy or the friends I consort with and I don't appreciate busting my ass then having to spend all my money on SHIT imported from China and Mexico, made by slave labor so the fat cats at the top of the corporate ladder can get fatter while paying less taxes.
And that cheap SHIT from Wally World is garbage. Things used to last for years and then you could repair them. You could buy parts and fix things. Not any more. Throw it away, clog the land fills up and buy a new one.
Why should they sell you a 5 dollar part to fix what you have when they can sell you a whole new one for $100??
I drove everywhere looking for a capacitor to repair a $200 ceiling fan. No one sells them. The kids (and even some of the managers) at the home depot and hardware stores not only didn't have the part, most of them did not know what one was, even when I showed them the bad part. "Well, we do have new ceiling fans on isle 42" Uh, no. I just want a stinking $5 part so I can fix my $200 dollar fan, I don't want to buy another $200 fan damn it!
And do you think you can buy a car that will last more than 10 years?? Uh uh, no such critter...
You pay $45,000 for a car that will fall apart in under 10 years! When I was a kid BRAND NEW CARS cost an average of $1,700. That's ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED. And if you took care of them and didn't wreck them, they would last many, many years.
Until you KNOW what you are talking about from personal experiance, it's best to just observe.
I've been around and I've seen how it WAS, how it is, and where it's going. Wisdom comes from personal experiance. You can't learn wisdom, it can't be taught in a classroom, you don't get it from the TV set and you certainly won't get any out of that PSX console...