I never said that the corps are taking over, just that the story said so. But on the other hand, lets look at the evidence for the other side. 1. The media is a construct of people who take events and alter them before feeding them to the public. 2. You can't walk almost anywhere in NY without being watched by a camera somewhere. 3. All of your credit card purchases can be tracked. 4. In NY, you credit card can be traced to your metro card and that can be traced to see when and where it was used. 5a. You can't travel by plane without it being recorded and tracked. 5b. You can't get on a plane without a photo id. If you don't have one, your screwed. 5c. How easy is it to travel by train without ID or being tracked? 6. Any travel outside of a state is monitored by 'protective' cameras at toll stations. You can't even drive without being watched. 7. RFID tags are either already here or here in a month or two.
To what degree all this data can actually be used is the real question. Any form of facial recognition is iffy at best (proven so despite claims). You need humans to sort through the data and that is a save on the 'fuzzy' stuff. On the other hand, tracking my credit card usage and such is childs play. As a side note, I'm not paranoid. Really. I know that the Secret Service is still watching and I know that others are as well. I really don't care much. They can watch all they like. What I care about and despise is the manipulation of truth. > Oh, I certainly don't - I just take objection to images of corps taking > over the world, implanting chips in our so they can track us, etc. Not > to say it's not possible of course... ;) > > ======================================================================== > === > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > (www.mindseye.com) > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:47 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CNN wrong > > > > > > Raymond - > > > > No organization is necessarily evil, but (in most matters > > where large numbers of people are concerned) the nature of > > power to attain more. This often comes at the expense of > > morals and social values, which is the big fear when it comes > > to MS. The antitrust case was one example, you just can't let > > anything grow too large without consequences for everyone > > else. Ask yourself if you really want to live in a world > > where business is dominated by Redmond, Orlando, or wherever > > the other huge corporations are headquartered. > > > > M > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:13 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CNN wrong > > > > > > As much as I believe MS has wrong in the past, I think it is > > completely ludicrous to believe they actually want to take > > over the world. MS may be wrong (at times), but evil? This is > > not to say evil doesn't exist in the world, of course it > > does, but to say (or imply) that an entire corporation > > actually wants to rule the world.... just plain silly if you ask me. > > > > Do you really, truly, _honestly_ believe Disney is out to get > > you? Sure, that talking Mickey tracks you (and do you have > > info on this, I haven't heard of it). I assume they do that > > to gain data on where people visit. They _don't_ do in order > > to plot their take over of the country. > > > > Now getting off topic - we must remember that many things we > > lump together w/ evil are just plain stupid. Take the record > > companies - many people think they are wrong for jacking up > > the price of CDs and not offering (well, not till lately) > > sales of singles. That is in no way an evil act. It's just an > > act of stupidity for not realizing the gains they could make > > cutting prices or offering digital downloads. > > > > -ray > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
