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I first saw what was coming in the societal sense back in the early 80's, when I taught computing (IBM Assembler & related) and realized that Moore's Law wouldn't stop with mainframes. People either laughed or thought I was delusional/insane/paranoid (choose one).

It's here, guys. 24/7 connectivity is now a requirement to live and work in the modern world, and nothing will stop those who want the power of knowing about you from finding a way to get it. The technological threshold of practicality has been crossed and there's no going back.

The best you can do is to be aware of the situation and act accordingly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears
 
Woofmeister":f9vb0bou said:
People either laughed or thought I was delusional/insane/paranoid (choose one)
I don''t know whether to say "Welcome to the club" or, "Funny you should mention . . ." (choose one). :bom:

Seems to be the common fate of people able to see past the ends of their noses.

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Yak":yd2knc1u said:
Woofmeister":yd2knc1u said:
People either laughed or thought I was delusional/insane/paranoid (choose one)
I don''t know whether to say "Welcome to the club" or, "Funny you should mention . . ." (choose one). :bom:

Seems to be the common fate of people able to see past the ends of their noses.

:face:
Only in form, not in substance. The third-hand claims of people who stir political pots for profit aren't in any way comparable to technological facts that can be checked by anybody.
 
https://www.brothersofbriar.com/t12494-autism

https://www.brothersofbriar.com/t12482-who-what-when-where-why-how

https://www.brothersofbriar.com/t12495-lest-we-forget

How many more do you want ?



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(Moderator's Log, supplemental: I have split off the off-topic postings from here. Two friendly reminders:
1. For anything, please check to see if another topic/sticky exists before posting; it really does cut down on signal to noise and hopefully will help you out.
2. Please report any technical problems/questions you may encounter to a Moderator via PM--not in a thread--and we will try to help you and/or fix it. Bugs in the system are nothing personal. Crap happens. Everyone here wants the board to work.)
 
And to gently steer this back onto topic:

When my father was working on the software side of the Joint STARS project, more than a decade ago, they sent up a test flight over Florida to test the recon capabilities. "We can track every car in the state simultaneously," said the project chief, which may have been a bit of an exaggeration, but probably accurately meant "We can track every car in the state we'd want to, simultaneously."

That technology plus twelve years or so in the present day is pretty astonishing/frightening.
 
Doc Manhattan":k7136c1g said:
...Everyone here wants the board to work.
Well, everyone except PB, of course. He likes the Jerry Springer moments. I heard he set up the entire board himself and that you, J the Huggett, and the rest of the "admin" staff are just board names, not even real people, and he did it so he can have a big electronic ant farm, sorta, to stir up when he's bored on the road.

Nice try, P-- I mean, Doc.

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Doc was on it as usual. I really have been negligent in my duties lately. I'll try to do better.
 
In a related matter,

The tens of thousands of cops, firefighters, construction workers and others who survived the worst terrorist assault in U.S. history and risked their lives in its wake will soon be informed that their names must be run through the FBI’s terrorism watch list, according to a letter obtained by HuffPost.

Any of the responders who are not compared to the database of suspected terrorists would be barred from getting treatment for the numerous, worsening ailments that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation Law was passed to address.

It’s a requirement that was tacked onto the law during the bitter debates over it last year.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/911-responders-screened-for-terror-ties_n_852198.html

Relevant Quotation :

(5) DISQUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS ON TERRORIST WATCH LIST

No individual who is on the terrorist watch list maintained by the Department of homeland Security shall qualify as an eligible WTC responder.

Before enrolling any individual as a WTC responder in the WTC program under paragraph (3), the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall determine whether the individual is on such list.​

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Some day soon, we won't need traffic enforcement anymore.
They'll track our every move and email us our speeding tickets. :twisted:
 
Hermit":uie6k7yf said:
Some day soon, we won't need traffic enforcement anymore.
They'll track our every move and email us our speeding tickets. :twisted:
Something close to that is already the case with commercial vehicles. The vast majority of heavy trucks now have tracking/logging computers on board that record virtually everything that can be quantified. From routes taken, to elapsed time between geographic points, to braking G-forces, to the engine rpm revved between individual gears. The legal beagles are fighting daily for greater and greater access to the information, and in some cases they are getting it to use in prosecutions.

The technology exists and the legal precedent is being built as we speak... the rest is inevitable.
 
Hermit":hsu86ekd said:
Some day soon, we won't need traffic enforcement anymore.
They'll track our every move and email us our speeding tickets. :twisted:
Automatic photo cams for traffic enforcement have been in existence in the first world for a long time. I discovered they´d found their way down here recently when no less than 21 (count 'em) TWENTY ONE speeding violations showed up in my mailbox!! No cops, just cams and computers.

Jeez, takes the fun out out of driving here for sure. :evil:
 
MisterE":hhnovkc8 said:
...when no less than 21 (count 'em) TWENTY ONE speeding violations showed up in my mailbox!!
Um, what do you drive, exactly? An Ariel Atom? A Cadillac CTS-V? :lol:

Or are/were you a professional rally driver who just can't resist mashing it wherever you go in whatever you drive?

 
LL":905o00mk said:
MisterE":905o00mk said:
...when no less than 21 (count 'em) TWENTY ONE speeding violations showed up in my mailbox!!
Um, what do you drive, exactly? An Ariel Atom? A Cadillac CTS-V? :lol:

Or are/were you a professional rally driver who just can't resist mashing it wherever you go in whatever you drive?
Yeah, I had heard that it's pretty much "anything goes" on the streets of Mexico City...not so?
 
LL":2v19m4pr said:
Or are/were you a professional rally driver who just can't resist mashing it wherever you go in whatever you drive?
Actually almost all of them were clocked at just over 100 kmh (about 65mph). The thing is that for years there was no speed enforcement whatsoever, so you could speed right by patrols and they wouldn´t bother to stop you. Just too much work for them. After they "sneaked" those machines in there, tons of people fell into the same "trap". Insta-revenue, and the "corrupt middleman" (traffic cop) is eliminated.

I have since mended my ways. :oops:

On a side note, getting used to driving here takes a while because it is a free-for-all by US standards. Now, after almost 15 years here, I find in more frustrating driving in the US! To keep it in perspective though, driving in Rome makes Mexico look like Ft. Lauderdale by comparison.
 
MisterE":c5hwv7sz said:
To keep it in perspective though, driving in Rome makes Mexico look like Ft. Lauderdale by comparison.
Oh I know! Crossing the street in Rome is like a death sport.
 

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