What about 10 years from now when the tags have a range of 15 miles? Unfortunately, many people lack the ability to see the implications of a new technology beyond "today" or next year. If consumers accept this technology today when it is relatively harmless, it will become firmly entrenched in our society as "the way things are" and can be abused much more easily in the future.
Somebody should remind this guy that "ecosystem" does not stand for "economic system"
"I mean which should account for the fact that the consequence can't be that everybody gets everything for free, because then it will destroy the ecosystem. You can't say, "This is really neat, but you just destroy the ecosystem. That's too much of a nerd view of the world. What I said in Time is, "Just because it's possible doesn't mean it's OK. Yeah, it's easy to steal stuff, but it's not OK, because it destroys stuff without creating any value in return. I mean the fact that we can easily get access to music is of no use if the music industry falls apart."
your links to polls are BS... the first one is for a trash rag... hardly a respected news source...
The second discusses a poll which does not ask who voters would choose if election were held today - it only asks opinion of how the candidates have handled the FLA mess -- many people vote for a candidate they may disagree with on one issue.
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"The best tag today can go about 15 feet"
What about 10 years from now when the tags have a range of 15 miles? Unfortunately, many people lack the ability to see the implications of a new technology beyond "today" or next year. If consumers accept this technology today when it is relatively harmless, it will become firmly entrenched in our society as "the way things are" and can be abused much more easily in the future.
Somebody should remind this guy that "ecosystem" does not stand for "economic system" "I mean which should account for the fact that the consequence can't be that everybody gets everything for free, because then it will destroy the ecosystem. You can't say, "This is really neat, but you just destroy the ecosystem. That's too much of a nerd view of the world. What I said in Time is, "Just because it's possible doesn't mean it's OK. Yeah, it's easy to steal stuff, but it's not OK, because it destroys stuff without creating any value in return. I mean the fact that we can easily get access to music is of no use if the music industry falls apart."
your links to polls are BS... the first one is for a trash rag... hardly a respected news source... The second discusses a poll which does not ask who voters would choose if election were held today - it only asks opinion of how the candidates have handled the FLA mess -- many people vote for a candidate they may disagree with on one issue.