from the article:
By some estimates, manufacturers now lose anywhere from $70 billion to $200 billion per year as a result of theft, counterfeiting and excess labor, much of which could be eliminated...
"Bar codes were a giant leap forward for their time...But these new chips have the potential to completely eliminate the human element, which even the bar code couldn't do."
emphasis added.
...to "Your Lack of Rights Online" or "The Continuing Erosion of Your Few Remaining Rights Online" or something that more accurately reflects reality.
any suggestion of what is to be done about this would be welcomed. meantime i won't be buying any more GuinessReallySucks products or using my priceless mastercard.
i like the way Mark Twain put it:
hain't we got all the fools in town on our side?
and hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
sad, but apparently true... thanks to Lee C. for that qoutation.
"politics will shortly feel [the net's] effects on the way... voters vote..."
I believe all or most of the votes in the U.S. are tallied by computer... does anyone know what compan[y|ies] produce[s] the machines & the code? I once read an interesting article about this potential chokepoint in the system (or is that The System?), implying that funny stuff was going on. Does anyone have info on this? Clearly, this code really ought to be Open Source, but I gathered from the article (late 80s in the San Jose weekly "Metro") it's anything but.
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from the article: ...But these new chips have the potential to completely eliminate the human element, which even the bar code couldn't do."
By some estimates, manufacturers now lose anywhere from $70 billion to $200 billion per year as a result of theft, counterfeiting and excess labor, much of which could be eliminated... "Bar codes were a giant leap forward for their time
emphasis added.
...to "Your Lack of Rights Online" or "The Continuing Erosion of Your Few Remaining Rights Online" or something that more accurately reflects reality.
any suggestion of what is to be done about this would be welcomed. meantime i won't be buying any more GuinessReallySucks products or using my priceless mastercard.
i like the way Mark Twain put it:
hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? and hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
sad, but apparently true... thanks to Lee C. for that qoutation.
"politics will shortly feel [the net's] effects on the way ... voters vote..."
I believe all or most of the votes in the U.S. are tallied by computer... does anyone know what compan[y|ies] produce[s] the machines & the code? I once read an interesting article about this potential chokepoint in the system (or is that The System?), implying that funny stuff was going on. Does anyone have info on this? Clearly, this code really ought to be Open Source, but I gathered from the article (late 80s in the San Jose weekly "Metro") it's anything but.