Fwd: Top5 Science - 10/11/05

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Re: RFID clothing

On Oct 10, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Nick Lidster wrote: Well if the parents are the problem and the teachers are not the solution then does it fall to the system or the state to fix the problems that are happening? Not in the way proposed by RFID. Forcing parents to be responsible for their offspr

RE: RFID clothing

> Wrong focus. If a classroom is not an environment wherein each student is individually engaged and encouraged to learn by a teacher - and this means making a human and individual connection with each child that would totally obviate the need for RFID, thumb scanners and all the rest - then

Re: RFID clothing

On Oct 10, 2005, at 8:11 PM, Nick Lidster wrote: Why don't we just snuff the entire debate and put in a thumb scanner at the door of the classroom complete with thumb activated image capture of the individual whose thumb is being scanned, add to that RFID and video IQ to the already growing nu

RE: RFID clothing

Why don't we just snuff the entire debate and put in a thumb scanner at the door of the classroom complete with thumb activated image capture of the individual whose thumb is being scanned, add to that RFID and video IQ to the already growing number of surveillance systems and you now have full spe

Re: RFID clothing

On Oct 10, 2005, at 7:09 PM, Russell Chapman wrote: The Fool wrote: Electronic anti-theft devices have been installed in vehicles cars for years -- such as the LoJack, which gained fame during countless TV commercials. Soon, similar technology will be used in the clothes you and your children

Re: Brin: Bush considers changes to Posse Comitatus Act

Gary Nunn wrote: I have horrific pictures in my head of absolute military control during a disaster like a pandemic or hurricane relief and them using "extreme" methods to quarantine sick citizens. Maybe I read too much Science Fiction :-) But isn't that why we like Science Fiction? To exami

Re: RFID clothing

The Fool wrote: Electronic anti-theft devices have been installed in vehicles cars for years -- such as the LoJack, which gained fame during countless TV commercials. Soon, similar technology will be used in the clothes you and your children wear. You wouldn't believe how many people, espec

WoT: Knife of Dreams

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You need not be paranoid to fear RFID

<> You need not be paranoid to fear RFID By Hiawatha Bray | October 10, 2005 It's one of the cutest of those cute IBM Corp. TV commercials, the ones that feature the ever-present help desk.

No Dark Matter

<> General Relativity Resolves Galactic Rotation Without Exotic Dark Matter A galaxy is modeled as a stationary axially symmetric pressure-free fluid in general relativity. For the weak gravitational fields under consideration, the field equations and t

Re: Brave New Genetic Frontiers

- Original Message - From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Brave New Genetic Frontiers > > Off hand, I cannot think of a shorter sentence that includes all those > > concepts. > > > > It would be great i

Re: Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs

Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > (Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs) >> http://www.livejournal.com/users/drugoi/1468288.html?thread=29096832 >> > > ( http://tinyurl.com/cqsrh ) > >> No captions required. > > Hmm...after running this through babelfish, > the captions say that the p

Re: Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs

Robert G. Seeberger wrote: (Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs) >http://www.livejournal.com/users/drugoi/1468288.html?thread=29096832 > ( http://tinyurl.com/cqsrh ) >No captions required. Hmm...after running this through babelfish, the captions say that the pitbulls, although getting kicked about,

Re: Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs

Dave Land wrote: On Oct 9, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/users/drugoi/1468288.html?thread=29096832 No captions required. Actually, the captions (in Russian) /are/ worth reading. This took place in Alabama after Katrina. The dogs were apparently sh

Re: Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs

On Oct 9, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.livejournal.com/users/drugoi/1468288.html?thread=29096832 No captions required. Actually, the captions (in Russian) /are/ worth reading. This took place in Alabama after Katrina. The dogs were apparently shot by National Guar