> From: Adam C. Lipscomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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".
They have to find me first. > 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 I would but...I am too busy forging that new alias.
