How long are RFID tags (or the databases' links between a person and their stuff) supposed to last?
When people get tired of or wear out their RFID clothes and then give them to Goodwill or sell them through consignment stores, tracking systems will think they're in multiple places at the same time.
So does this mean I should or should *not* start buying all my clothes at the second-hand store when RFID rolls out?:P nn
Time to bring back Clippy, now integrated into IE: "It looks like you're trying to view a malicious web site! Would you like me to patch your system and then reboot?"
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You misplet SCO.
I'll make you a great deal on Giant Attack Bunny insurance. Want a brochure?
Make the price too high, and them fellas might have to leave the basement to try to raise the cash to play.
Nobody wants that, now, do we?
nn
Frank Zappa said, "Communism will never work because people like to own stuff."
I think DRM for popular media like CDs, DVDs, etc. will eventually fail for the same reason: people like to own stuff.
nn
How long are RFID tags (or the databases' links between a person and their stuff) supposed to last?
:P
When people get tired of or wear out their RFID clothes and then give them to Goodwill or sell them through consignment stores, tracking systems will think they're in multiple places at the same time.
So does this mean I should or should *not* start buying all my clothes at the second-hand store when RFID rolls out?
nn
He tot it was da ganja, mon.
"I shouldn'ta broke off the white thingie."
--head explodes--
> [...] AppleWorks doesn't come close to resembling
> a real productivity sweet having used it myself
> and getting horrible headaches. [...]
No wonder you got headaches-- from all the sugar in them software sweets.
nn
Time to bring back Clippy, now integrated into IE: "It looks like you're trying to view a malicious web site! Would you like me to patch your system and then reboot?"
> I'm *really* tempted to roll my own OS and
> applications
MeOS?
Now when the projector gets screwed up or there's no sound, there will be theater personnel on hand to notice!
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."
Now we know who wears the dongle in *your* household.
Finally! This innovation will put a stop to the cruel extrication of real cat eyes for roadway use.
I Googled Google and it imploded.
:(
Sorry...
Gee, verbed nouns sure are popularing! Sometimes I think it's almost as bad a habit as l33t sp33k...
if you're wintel-based, you could set up webcams and MS NetMeeting to accomplish some of this.