Sadly, unlike your driving (home to work, and back again); the road to
"total" information awareness is a vector quantity with constant
acceleration.
Every year more and more companies/institutions are gathering more and
more different types of information. Currently this information
is separate (buying habbits for groceries and general merchandise,
flying habbits, driving habbits, etc) with little or no cross
referencing. As, processors become faster and more powerful,
storage becomes larger and cheaper, and communication "roads" become
faster/larger/more connected (WIFI, RFID, Internet, satelite,
electrical, cable, phone line, etc.) this will change rapidly.
And when your
cross referenced habits (read "profile") puts you on an FBI warning
list? Errors of 1 or 2 percent sound great until you are the 1 or
2 percent.
Also don't forget data accidents
are a fact of life, and often are hard and/or slow, and somethines even
impossible to correct. I myself encountered a data accident when I refinanced my
mortgage 2 years back. I was initially denied a loan because of
an eronious account (not mine) appearing on my credit report.
After many phone calls, dead ends, 2 written requests, 3 months, and
1/2 an interest point more I was finaly approved and refinanced.
Of course when comparing notes with friends, family and co-workers my
problems seemed petty.
Permanent markers are always best, unless you need to write more
information than a few simple words. Which is what I suspect most
people need. Labels are much easier, when you want to list
multiple items that are on the cd. The problem, however is that
the labels can cause lots of problems. Causing the media to
wobble and reduce read times, or worse coming loose while spinning in
the drive. This "new" printing tech,
sounds like it can fix these problems quite well. I'm sure drives
(and media) for this will become much cheaper over time as the ever
increasing drive speeds warrant using it.
Just FYI, to anyone who has newer cd
roms/writers: #1 use all 4 screws #2 don't use labels unless
absolutely necessary
My suggestion: re-read Genesis
again, and this time lookup the original words and their
meanings. Especially words like "earth",
"firmament" and "heavens". Don't forget that
these books were not originally written in old english. Also
note, that it ALL starts with water. No stretches (or excuses)
need to be made, even for the english translations.
In this day and age, you don't need to take 'my' word for it (in fact I
wouldn't want you too) - you have an over abundance of sources to
reference and cross reference at your disposal.
"... whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of
water springing up into everlasting life" - Jesus (John 4:14)
P.S. If you have time please read the first few chapters of John, and
note the similarities with Genesis.
The printable RFID is just one (possible) way this could be done, chips and the like are others. But, perhaps you still have a skull that can be printed on?
The "mark of the
beast" IS the answer to many problems facing governments and
corporations of our time.
With a system where each person has their own id
(read mark) imprinted into their wrist or forehead things like identity
theft (bogus sellers, bogus buyers - think ebay, think credit
card,...), piracy (copyright infringment), tracking of individuals
(think terrorists, enemies of the state, rapists, kidnapped persons,
etc) would (seemingly) fall by the wayside.
With the many converging technologies of today this
is getting easier all the time. With technologies like the
internet, and wireless access points (hotels, corporations,
restaurants,...) you have the necessary infrastructure.
And with the various RFID technologies and entities pusing for
implimentation (Walmart, US military) you have things shaping up pretty
nicely.
Revelation 13: 16-17:
"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and
poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his
forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark..."
Just to quote some philosophy.....
Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:
* The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
* The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
* The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
A program is free software if users have all of these freedoms.
Without copyright we wouldn't need copy-left. Correct me If I am wrong, but wasn't the GPL created to get around the abuses of copyright?
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Sadly, unlike your driving (home to work, and back again); the road to "total" information awareness is a vector quantity with constant acceleration.
Every year more and more companies/institutions are gathering more and more different types of information. Currently this information is separate (buying habbits for groceries and general merchandise, flying habbits, driving habbits, etc) with little or no cross referencing. As, processors become faster and more powerful, storage becomes larger and cheaper, and communication "roads" become faster/larger/more connected (WIFI, RFID, Internet, satelite, electrical, cable, phone line, etc.) this will change rapidly.
And when your cross referenced habits (read "profile") puts you on an FBI warning list? Errors of 1 or 2 percent sound great until you are the 1 or 2 percent.
Also don't forget data accidents are a fact of life, and often are hard and/or slow, and somethines even impossible to correct. I myself encountered a data accident when I refinanced my mortgage 2 years back. I was initially denied a loan because of an eronious account (not mine) appearing on my credit report. After many phone calls, dead ends, 2 written requests, 3 months, and 1/2 an interest point more I was finaly approved and refinanced. Of course when comparing notes with friends, family and co-workers my problems seemed petty.
Permanent markers are always best, unless you need to write more information than a few simple words. Which is what I suspect most people need. Labels are much easier, when you want to list multiple items that are on the cd. The problem, however is that the labels can cause lots of problems. Causing the media to wobble and reduce read times, or worse coming loose while spinning in the drive. This "new" printing tech, sounds like it can fix these problems quite well. I'm sure drives (and media) for this will become much cheaper over time as the ever increasing drive speeds warrant using it.
Just FYI, to anyone who has newer cd roms/writers: #1 use all 4 screws #2 don't use labels unless absolutely necessary
My suggestion: re-read Genesis again, and this time lookup the original words and their meanings. Especially words like "earth", "firmament" and "heavens". Don't forget that these books were not originally written in old english. Also note, that it ALL starts with water. No stretches (or excuses) need to be made, even for the english translations.
In this day and age, you don't need to take 'my' word for it (in fact I wouldn't want you too) - you have an over abundance of sources to reference and cross reference at your disposal.
"... whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" - Jesus (John 4:14)
P.S. If you have time please read the first few chapters of John, and note the similarities with Genesis.
The printable RFID is just one (possible) way this could be done, chips and the like are others. But, perhaps you still have a skull that can be printed on?
The "mark of the beast" IS the answer to many problems facing governments and corporations of our time.
...) you have the necessary infrastructure.
And with the various RFID technologies and entities pusing for
implimentation (Walmart, US military) you have things shaping up pretty
nicely.
With a system where each person has their own id (read mark) imprinted into their wrist or forehead things like identity theft (bogus sellers, bogus buyers - think ebay, think credit card,...), piracy (copyright infringment), tracking of individuals (think terrorists, enemies of the state, rapists, kidnapped persons, etc) would (seemingly) fall by the wayside.
With the many converging technologies of today this is getting easier all the time. With technologies like the internet, and wireless access points (hotels, corporations, restaurants,
Revelation 13: 16-17:
"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark..."
This is the speed that the cloud of hot gas will reach us - not the light
Just to quote some philosophy..... Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software: * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. A program is free software if users have all of these freedoms. Without copyright we wouldn't need copy-left. Correct me If I am wrong, but wasn't the GPL created to get around the abuses of copyright?
just rember this when you are forced to have a chip imbedded in your forhead so that your music only plays for you