I second the ring idea. I consider it a good idea to implant as few things into one's body as possible.
There is the issues raised above plus some others. If you get the tag in your arm, what happens if you get in an accident and loose that arm? At least you have a chance at getting the ring back.
Some stolid document or book that has no references, no discussion, no sign of any tangible search for truth over an issue
Some dynamic website that pretty much anyone can change at any time to say anything with no references, and no sign of any tangible search for the truth over an issue, but there is discussion.
Every time you apply for credit card, a job, a bank account in the U.S. you give out your SSN. So, all that is needed is your SSN to track:
your money
your spending habits
your taxes
criminal records
internet access ( you pay for it, and chances are your account is associated with your SSN because you had to apply to get the account)
Driving habits ( tracking purchases of fuel and if you have a speed pass for tolls)
buying habits ( how often do you swipe your credit/debit card? how often do you use a discount card )
As for you little SQL query, this can be done today:
(name, cred_card, bank_acct)=select name, cred_card, bank_acct, from citzens where SSN='123456789'
for db in $Commercial_DBs do
use ${db[DBNAME]} select * from ${db[TABLE_LIST]} where ${db[NAME]}=$name OR ${db[CRED_CARD]}=$cred_card OR ${db[BANK_ACCT]}=bank_acct;
done
I had to right a small (pseudo-code) shell script to do what you did with one SQL query. Yep, THAT is a huge step. I am sure the government couldn't do that.
What makes my skin crawl is the way you use FUD and "just the mere thought, the possibility" of something occuring to support your argument. Let's apply it to some other things.
For a white male, there is "the mere thought, the possiblity" that he will become a serial killer, should we lock up them all up? By your argument, yes.
How about black males? There is the possiblity they will be come murderous gang members and drug dealers. We have to lock them up too.
Oh, and muslims. There is "the mere thought, the possiblity" one might be a terrorist, so we had better lock them up too.
The "mere thought, the possiblity" of something is not justification for anything.
Nah, won't help if the owner/creator of the site is in the U.S.
Quirk of the law, you can be charged in the U.S. for actions that would be considered illegal in the U.S. even if they took place in a foriegn country and are not illegal in the country the actions took place.
You can just put a transceiver in a fanny pack and some antennae in some strategic locations and then bump into people. Pickpockets do it all the time. I bet this would even work with the new RFID credit cards.
You made a statement, I asked for proof, and your response is to suggest I am getting paid by the nuclear industry and to tell me to look it up myself. Well, I did. I found two incidents in the last 20 years. That makes you either ignorant or a liar.
Judging from your response about terrorism, I can only guess that you were fear mongering.
the US military budget is more than what the rest of the world spends on weapons
Prove this statement from verifiable, knowledgable sources. That means people who would actually KNOW the information. Say, something that shows a breakdown of the budgets of the 100 largest countries.
Approximately 1,000 on-site reactor staff and emergency workers were heavily exposed to high-level radiation on the first day of the accident; among the more than 200,000 emergency and recovery operation workers exposed during the period from 1986-1987, an estimated 2,200 radiation-caused deaths can be expected during their lifetime.
An estimated five million people currently live in areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine that are contaminated with radionuclides due to the accident; about 100,000 of them live in areas classified in the past by government authorities as areas of "strict control". The existing "zoning" definitions need to be revisited and relaxed in light of the new findings.
About 4,000 cases of thyroid cancer, mainly in children and adolescents at the time of the accident, have resulted from the accident's contamination and at least nine children died of thyroid cancer; however the survival rate among such cancer victims, judging from experience in Belarus, has been almost 99%.
Poverty, "lifestyle" diseases now rampant in the former Soviet Union and mental health problems pose a far greater threat to local communities than does radiation exposure.
In other words, the article does not support your arguement and actually states that the people effected by the radiation are at more risk from their lifestyles and poverty than from radiation.
There seem to be accidents in Japanese plants on a regular basis.
Please list the accidents for the last 10 years.
Pebble reactors are fine, until you count in terrorism
Please explain what you mean. Exactly what is the danger? Are you just fear mongering, or do you have an actual account of a terrorist attack on a nuclear reactor?
There are new studies coming out every month that either radiation from power plants does or does not make a difference in cancer rates. Until we have that figured out we are still in doubt about that one. So I count that as not being very excited about the prospect of nuclear energy.
It is a proven fact that peanut butter causes cancer as does smoking, artificial sweetners, sunlight,etc. Are you not very excited about the prospects of those as well?
What is wrong with more efficient heating and cooling combined with renewable sources for the future?
What more efficient heating and cooling?
As for the methods of power generation, show me how much electricity could be generated using solar, wind and tide generation techniques in reasonable distribution. That means you can't:
use areas that are used by endangered species
use wind in low wind areas, areas where birds migrate, nature preserves, suburbs, or metropolitian areas
use solar in areas that are overcast most of the time
use large solar fields in preserves, parks, crop growing fields, etc.
use tide power in area with endangered fish, insufficient tidal action, areas reserved for recreation or areas that are privately owned
use areas that have a large upper-class population, or a strong NIMBY coalition
destroy large tracts of animal habitation, forest, desert, etc.
There are already more than 40,000 deaths in the greater area of Chernobyl due to the accident; not direct deaths, but also indirect from cancer and mutations. After 20 years, deformed children are continuously being born. The increase in cancer has been 500% in the Balkans alone in the last 50 years (not all of it attributed to Chernobyl, of course).
Site your scientific source for this information. No, an environmentalist, anti-nuclear website will not do. It must be a scientific study.
No nuclear power station has ever been fully decommissioned successfully.
Prove this statement.
All of human civilization has a history of about 5000 years, and yet we imagine that we can successfully manage this incredibly deadly poison for thousands of years into the future
You offer no reason why such a feat would not be possible.
And, on the basis of barely 60 years, some so-called experts express "confidence" that there won't be enormous disasters, both accidental and intentional, in the future.
Yes, experts with more experience and knowledge than yourself. Who should we believe, people who actually have knowledge, or you who only has rhetoric.
Outrage is not a substitute for knowledge and facts.
Climate change has been going on for the last, oh, 4 BILLION YEARS. When viewed against the the last 10% of the Earth's history, the last 100 thousand or so have been remarkably mild and stable.
But, who cares about that when we have a whopping 200 years of data that says the climate is getting warmer, right?
Well, guess what, the Earth has been a whole lot warmer and a whole lot colder over the last 100 million years, so it should be no surprise to anyone that the climate is changing.
Oh, and if God created sex and God created man, it follows that God created man with the capacity to create porn. Tell me why do so many religions hate sex?
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I second the ring idea. I consider it a good idea to implant as few things into one's body as possible.
There is the issues raised above plus some others. If you get the tag in your arm, what happens if you get in an accident and loose that arm? At least you have a chance at getting the ring back.
I would be concerned if there were something worth recording anymore.
Are you sure birds is an appropriate analogy?
Listen closely....
*baaahhhh baahhhhhh*
Every time you apply for credit card, a job, a bank account in the U.S. you give out your SSN. So, all that is needed is your SSN to track:
As for you little SQL query, this can be done today:
I had to right a small (pseudo-code) shell script to do what you did with one SQL query. Yep, THAT is a huge step. I am sure the government couldn't do that.
What makes my skin crawl is the way you use FUD and "just the mere thought, the possibility" of something occuring to support your argument. Let's apply it to some other things.
For a white male, there is "the mere thought, the possiblity" that he will become a serial killer, should we lock up them all up? By your argument, yes.
How about black males? There is the possiblity they will be come murderous gang members and drug dealers. We have to lock them up too.
Oh, and muslims. There is "the mere thought, the possiblity" one might be a terrorist, so we had better lock them up too.
The "mere thought, the possiblity" of something is not justification for anything.
I'll hack the Gibson!
Tim Burton is a producer and director of movies. He did not co-found Tivo.
The co-founder of Tivo is Jim Burton.
It was an apparently lame attempt at humor.
Who pissed in Linus' Wheaties?
Or did someone dress his plush tux up with an "I love Windows" sign and BSD daemon horns?
Nah, won't help if the owner/creator of the site is in the U.S.
Quirk of the law, you can be charged in the U.S. for actions that would be considered illegal in the U.S. even if they took place in a foriegn country and are not illegal in the country the actions took place.
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.
It is shame so many statistics aren't, especially when used by the government.
You can just put a transceiver in a fanny pack and some antennae in some strategic locations and then bump into people. Pickpockets do it all the time. I bet this would even work with the new RFID credit cards.
Judging from your response about terrorism, I can only guess that you were fear mongering.
Prove this statement from verifiable, knowledgable sources. That means people who would actually KNOW the information. Say, something that shows a breakdown of the budgets of the 100 largest countries.
In other words, the article does not support your arguement and actually states that the people effected by the radiation are at more risk from their lifestyles and poverty than from radiation.
I ask for scientific studies and you give me a opinion piece from the Tuesday, April 23, 1991 issue of the MIT Tech encouraging people to attend the "City of Boston Earth Day event remembering the Chernobyl human and environmental victims".
This is nothing more than op/ed piece. It has no scientific value.
Care to try again?
Yet another example of FOSS ideology shooting itself in the foot.
Please explain what you mean. Exactly what is the danger? Are you just fear mongering, or do you have an actual account of a terrorist attack on a nuclear reactor?
It is a proven fact that peanut butter causes cancer as does smoking, artificial sweetners, sunlight,etc. Are you not very excited about the prospects of those as well?
As for the methods of power generation, show me how much electricity could be generated using solar, wind and tide generation techniques in reasonable distribution. That means you can't:
Site your scientific source for this information. No, an environmentalist, anti-nuclear website will not do. It must be a scientific study.
You offer no reason why such a feat would not be possible.
Yes, experts with more experience and knowledge than yourself. Who should we believe, people who actually have knowledge, or you who only has rhetoric.
Outrage is not a substitute for knowledge and facts.
If only I had my mod points.
I keep pointing those facts out to people. But, so few ever listen.
How about this:
Climate change has been going on for the last, oh, 4 BILLION YEARS. When viewed against the the last 10% of the Earth's history, the last 100 thousand or so have been remarkably mild and stable.
But, who cares about that when we have a whopping 200 years of data that says the climate is getting warmer, right?
Well, guess what, the Earth has been a whole lot warmer and a whole lot colder over the last 100 million years, so it should be no surprise to anyone that the climate is changing.
U.S Gov: "We want to extradite this guy and try him for hacking our computers."
Sleazy Lawyer: "They have a grudge against my client and want to hold him indefinately."
USG: "We want to try him for the crimes he committed."
SL: "They want to put him Gitmo forever without a trail!"
USG: "Johnnie Cochran called. He wants his defense stragety back."
RTFA. The U.S. wants to try him in Federal Court. His lawyer is arguing that the U.S. might send him to Gitmo.
Basically, this is simply a sleazy lawyer red herring.
Apparently you bought into it.
most of the bible was written after 2nd centry CE
Oh, and if God created sex and God created man, it follows that God created man with the capacity to create porn. Tell me why do so many religions hate sex?