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Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID

Posted by timothy on from the hey-those-things-are-out-of-season dept.

oostevo writes "CNET has reported that Japanese schoolchildren in the city of Osaka will be tagged with RFID tags. Apparently this is in addition to the trial program in Tabe that The Register reported earlier, where parents can track their children on their way to school."

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  1. Makes sense for Japanese parents by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 5, Funny

    How else will they know if their schoolchildren are being attacked by this month's Tentacle Monster?

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    1. Re:Makes sense for Japanese parents by Epistax · · Score: 4, Funny

      Without RFID all they have to fall back on is Gamera and Japan's legion of super robots.

    2. Re:Makes sense for Japanese parents by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

      "How else will they know if their schoolchildren are being attacked by this month's Tentacle Monster?"

      Boy am I relieved that the first +5 funny in this comment didn't have anything to do with the "they all look alike" stereotype.

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    3. Re:Makes sense for Japanese parents by saden1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Me, I'd pay a square kid in my block to carry my tag home, call my parent with my super cool DoCoMo cell phone and tell them I'll be studying with a friend so I can get into a good cram school. Parent's violation of my privacy problem solved.

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    4. Re:Makes sense for Japanese parents by optikSmoke · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... Tentacle Monster ...

      ... children's cartoon shows ...

      I wonder if you are both talking about quite the same thing......

  2. You know those Japanese kids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They love electronics. They'll probably be signing up for Hello Kitty themed RFID tags voluntarily.

  3. With all due respect by The-Bus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't think of any other culture that would want to do something like this. I love Japan. Everything about it seems to be 20 years in the future. If you ever say anything weird or unbelievable, add "in Japan" at the end, and it sounds more realistic.

    Try it out.

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    1. Re:With all due respect by rd4tech · · Score: 4, Funny

      The got Duke Nukem Forewer in Japan...

    2. Re:With all due respect by dcmeserve · · Score: 4, Funny
      Mod parent UP! He is a genius!

      In Japan!

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  4. Battle Royale by KingEomer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm. Who wants to start placing bets on which child will emerge as the lone survivor of class 9-B?

  5. Oh yeah? by maggeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Longhorn is released, nearly bug-free, and crushes Linux once and for all... in Japan!

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    1. Re:Oh yeah? by AchilleTalon · · Score: 4, Funny
      You are cheating. He says something that seems 20 years ahead, not pure fiction.

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  6. Sounds like... by niew · · Score: 5, Funny
    Japanese schoolchildren in the city of Osaka will be tagged with RFID tags.

    ... a Mutual of Omaha Special.

    Come with us now as we study the migratory patterns of the Japanese School Child.

    [Helicoptor flys over a school yard full of children, one is separated out from the herd and tranqualized with a dart, scientist staples an RFID tag in his ear...]

  7. Re:People may complain but.. by lewp · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be so cool.

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  8. Re:People may complain but.. by Jardine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why don't we encase our children in 'Nerf'? After all, then they would just bounce off of cars when they run out in the street.

    If it saved one child, it's worth it right?

    That would be worth it for the entertainment value alone.

  9. Seems like a good diea by MC_Cancer_Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    but then you couldn't put your kids in the microwave anymore.

  10. Re:progress by harikiri · · Score: 5, Funny

    And once every year, a class of year 9 students will mysteriously disappear, and their tags will gradually wink out over the course of the next three days....

    Only one will survive.

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  11. Re:People may complain but.. by TylerL82 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't we encase our children in 'Nerf'? After all, then they would just bounce off of cars when they run out in the street.

    Because that would ENCOURAGE kids to run out into the street so they could be hit by cars.
    ...Lord knows that's what I'd do...

  12. Re:progress by NTmatter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this the same system tested on the homeless earlier this year? If so, have they unset the evil bit for this implementation?

  13. Re:progress, but not as we know it by mark-t · · Score: 4, Funny
    Who would you trust to manage and control the monitoring system?

    The military.

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  14. Re:"Children don't have a "right" to privacy." by fuzzix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, who better to do drugs than kids? What are you gonna fuck up at age 16 that you can't bounce back from - what, you going to get a F?

    I can't do drugs any more - At my age I have shit to do. I can't go on a 2 day acid binge cos I have to move my car on street sweeping day. Drugs are for kids.

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