Comments on: Radio Frequency Identification Dust http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/ A dissident twist of reality... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: JoeC http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2347 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:13:41 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2347 PETE: I think the good/bad evens out with or without advancing technology. I mean, when I was a kid, the adults were pointing out how people used to sit around and talk to each other in the evenings instead of parking in front of a TV like a vegetable. Advanced technology has brought us these blogs, and now a lot of nights instead of watching some mindless TV junk, I'll actually get on here and communicate with people...sort of similar to my grandfather sitting on the porch after dinner in his time. So, the technology can bring things full circle, too. As for the RFID dust, I'm sure it will allow some wonderful innovations, and as usual, it will allow some really evil things to be done as well. Lynne: Hahhaaa...I don't know why that makes me laugh, probably because we are totally screwed! What else can you do? La Sirena: One of my favorite quotes, often attributed to Ben Franklin, "Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security." Amen to that. Indigobusiness: Who the heck is Luddites? Ok, I'm back from Wikipedia's article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite" rel="nofollow">the Luddites</a>. As Elmer Fudd said, "Vewy, vewy intewesting..." When I was in grade school the Industrial Revolution seemed to get nothing but praise, but as the billions of people on the planet become more unsustainable, I'm guessing the evaluation will continue to tarnish...more of a double-edged sword than we ever imagined it could be... PETE: I think the good/bad evens out with or without advancing technology. I mean, when I was a kid, the adults were pointing out how people used to sit around and talk to each other in the evenings instead of parking in front of a TV like a vegetable. Advanced technology has brought us these blogs, and now a lot of nights instead of watching some mindless TV junk, I’ll actually get on here and communicate with people…sort of similar to my grandfather sitting on the porch after dinner in his time. So, the technology can bring things full circle, too. As for the RFID dust, I’m sure it will allow some wonderful innovations, and as usual, it will allow some really evil things to be done as well.

Lynne: Hahhaaa…I don’t know why that makes me laugh, probably because we are totally screwed! What else can you do?

La Sirena: One of my favorite quotes, often attributed to Ben Franklin, “Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.” Amen to that.

Indigobusiness: Who the heck is Luddites? Ok, I’m back from Wikipedia’s article on the Luddites. As Elmer Fudd said, “Vewy, vewy intewesting…”

When I was in grade school the Industrial Revolution seemed to get nothing but praise, but as the billions of people on the planet become more unsustainable, I’m guessing the evaluation will continue to tarnish…more of a double-edged sword than we ever imagined it could be…

]]> by: Indigobusiness http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2341 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:27:10 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2341 Luddites vindicated. Luddites vindicated.

]]> by: La Sirena http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2340 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:40:59 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2340 I feel tiny and frightened... It seems that most people will put up with any amount of bullshit, as long as you attach the word "security" to it. I feel tiny and frightened…

It seems that most people will put up with any amount of bullshit, as long as you attach the word “security” to it.

]]> by: Lynne http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2331 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:08:26 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2331 Oh my God we are totally fucked. Oh my God we are totally fucked.

]]> by: PETE http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2324 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:33:46 +0000 http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/2007/02/16/radio-frequency-identification-dust/#comment-2324 Are we happier and better off with all of this technology, or is it all Madison Ave. hype. Are we happier and better off with all of this technology, or is it all Madison Ave. hype.

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