It's only a matter of time that the government will want to implant these into humans to thwart terrorism. It will start small: just tag ex-cons, then sexual deviants, and then the carnies. Next, you are unpatriotic not to have one install in every member of your family.
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Maybe Microsoft can build a widget for Firefox that pegs the CPU usage to 100% while a little Explorer icon keeps spinning in the corner deciding if you are worthy enough for it to load the page. Ah, just like old times...
I miss the cold war. Back when hot Russian chicks seduced you into bed to trick you into giving up your national secrets. Oh wait, damn, that was James Bond:-(
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Well that's just grand. You know they'll be adding another service fee on for that.
... Priceless!
--- ATM SCREEN ---
Notice: Please push OK to
accept the following fees.
Bank Convenience Fee: $2.00
Police Security Fee: $1.00
Knowing that your entire financial history is going on your permanent record
Does that mean .XXX will be making a come back? Maybe even .p0rn?
It's only a matter of time that the government will want to implant these into humans to thwart terrorism. It will start small: just tag ex-cons, then sexual deviants, and then the carnies. Next, you are unpatriotic not to have one install in every member of your family.
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Martin Niemöller
Maybe Microsoft can build a widget for Firefox that pegs the CPU usage to 100% while a little Explorer icon keeps spinning in the corner deciding if you are worthy enough for it to load the page. Ah, just like old times...
The Church does not want anyone moving in on their high stakes Bingo action.
Maybe we can use Sun's new computer Grid to crack the DRM on the movies...
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Sun Grid Compute Utility http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03
I miss the cold war. Back when hot Russian chicks seduced you into bed to trick you into giving up your national secrets. Oh wait, damn, that was James Bond :-(