The Fool wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1958000/1958424.stm > > As well as combining a security tag and virtual barcode in one piece of > technology, this makes it possible for a book to "remember" each > transaction, from publisher to wholesaler, retailer to customer and (if > the book is sold second-hand) beyond. Similarly, books borrowed from > libraries could retain a record of every reader to have perused their > pages. > ... > > It seems that future copies of Abbie Hoffman's famous 1970 manifesto for > a free society, Steal This Book, might one day come with an electronic > record of everyone who was tempted to do just that.
I keep telling you, if you post stuff like this publicly, our Future Machine Overlords will never classify you as "Goodlife". Adam "Goodlife" Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Computer Is My Friend, I Shall Not Want It Leadeth Me to Troubleshoot and Eradicate Commies Citizen FOO-L-7, please report to the nearest Hygeine Officer for Elimination
