begin quoting Alan as of Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 11:17:13PM -0800:
> Stewart Stremler wrote:
> >On a tangent...
> >
> >NPR recently had a show where they discussed the future. They brought
> >out the idea of a roll of postage-sized cameras at $0.01 each. Give a
> >kid a roll of these things, color 'em like stickers, and he'll go home
> >and slap 'em up everywhere around the house. Each one can have an IP
> >address and a web-server... and I was left thinking "Why is IPv6 a good
> >idea again?"
> >
>
> Is that so the marketeers can watch you 24/7?
No, the voyeurs. "Information wants to be free!"
And the cops.
No doubt the marketers will pay for some nice pattern-recognition
software to identify the sorts of things they can use to target
the marketing better.
on_event( videosource *s ) {
target <- location( s )
mark <- resident( target )
event <- event( s )
telemarketer <- find_available_telemarketer()
select category( event ) {
case FOOD_PREPARATION {
send( telemarketer, mark, HOUSEHOLD_SUPPLIES )
}
case BATHROOM {
send( telemarketer, mark, FRESH_PRODUCE )
}
case TELEVISON {
send( telemarketer, mark, PHONE_PLAN )
}
...
}
}
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