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Bar Coding The World Away
778790 writes "The Bar Code, long used for inventory classification and sometimes feared as a tool of social engineering, has been regulated in the name of globalization, and the globe has defeated the United States. Bar Codes in America will now have more digits, to match the global bar code standard: the European Article Numbering Code."
Wait a second... it seems the "number of his name" is already there... credit card numbers/drvier license/social security number anyone? As for the name of the beast... oh crap, our dollars bills got presidents name on them, not sure if it counts as beast... but it's just a little disturbing. A mark in their right hand or in their foreheads... implanted RFID tags? OMFG! DOOMSDAY IS ALMOST UPON US! REPENT NOW!
In US, you can easily buy enough major firearms to wipe out your neighbourhood but a few little fireworks are banned.
What, are you crazy? This is the new slashdot, any post critical of the USA is instantly modded up to +5 informative. It's just like the anti-MSFT posts of the good ol' days (which judging from your slash number you were around for).
So relax and enjoy, you'll soon be modded up in no time at all. In fact, that's why I'm anonymous, I'd get modded to hell just for pointing out the new way of slashdot.
The metric system is used by the majority of scient communities all over the world people, learn to use it!!
That's what you get when you have concepts like 'sovereignty'. Fortunately for us we aren't part of the EU, will never be part of the EU, and will never be told by the EU what to do. If we want to keep our quirky, backwards system for day-to-day use, then who the hell are you to tell us otherwise?
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
why does everyone think gsm is so hot? just because they use it in europe it's better?
In theory you can take your GSM card with you among carriers, though I understand the US GSM carriers have see to it that doesn't work like it does in Europe.
To add to your list, GSM works poorly in mountainous areas.
However, I travel to areas that have mostly GSM infrastructure, and my CDMA phone can take 2 minutes to put a call through. This is not good for the consumer.
So here's my question: where are the software-defined radios? There was so much hoopla about it a few years ago, and, dammit, I want a Treo that can speak GSM or CDMA. I'll pay more money for it.
Historically speaking, what did it take to get local phone companies to standardize on gear to place calls cross-country; customer demand or government regulation? We need that kind of thing to happen again with cell phones. The desirable situation for the consumer is to be able to use any tower and pay a small surcharge to use out-of-network towers. A fair surcharge, not federal-penitentiary-sodomy surcharges. We have 100 million people complaining about fees and there's nothing that can be done? Maybe it'll take VoIP and 802.16 to make it happen.
A phone with a software defined radio is the first step to make this happen but I can't seem to find them.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
You missed every.
...If you live in a cave and don't care to own a hous or otherwise participate in normal society...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Signing that treaty would have been like walking naked into a state prison with no cigarettes
Isn't this part of US prison policy ? At least when applied to non-US citizens.
Its true it would be "frivolous" to have US soliders tried for torture and war crimes. Much better to just have a nice little dis-honourable discharge.
Justice is blind... except in the US where its the Whitehouse.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi