Walmart Begins Rollout of RFID and EPC Tags

Posted by michael on Friday April 30, 2004 @04:25AM from the mark-of-the-benton-beast dept.

paroneayea writes "There's a lot about RFID tags in the news today. Wal-Mart is officially beginning to use RFID tags on its merchandise. We've heard about Wal-Mart's plans to introduce RFID tags in the past, but this is the first time that this is actually being put into use. To quote the article: 'Wal-Mart is billing this as a trial, but Simon Langford, Wal-Mart's manager of RFID strategies, told RFID Journal that this is the beginning of the company's planned roll-out of EPC (Electronic Product Code) technology.' Meanwhile, California does something right for a change and introduces a bill that will limit the use of RFID tags in stores and libraries to protect the privacy of customers. IBM, which plans to be a major manufacturer of RFID tags, bashes critics of RFID tags as 'anti-retail.'"

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Re:You know they're scared when... by d34thm0nk3y · 2004-04-30 06:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

excellent point, except:

Anger ( and offense is a form of anger) is not one of the Christian tools.

I would say that is a very naive interpretation. Yeah, Jesus said something along the lines of don't get angry, but in all actuality anger and offence are Christianity's most powerful tool. Just look at how much ammo the Janet tit thing gave the fundy christians.

Of course I am offended by anybody who tries to force thier religion on others, but you don't see the FCC protecting me (or the children!!).