[ArimoDave]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'e')dit: Really, there are more important things to worry about, like the Patriot Act. That one sucks major ass (to quote Kyle in South Park).

[kerosene]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'T')he US is a hundred times more free than Sweden. During the latest 100 years, one party has been in power for 88 years - the Social Democrats. Hopefully we will throw them out in the 2006 election.

[Daculling]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kerosene', 'A')nd of course current moves towards the draft and other us actions are kind of scary - this makes me very well understand why an american would not like to have a line in the list.

[lowem]

Singapore has had a national ID card for decades. We call it the NRIC - National Registration Identity Card. Over here, when you're born, you get an ID number on your birth certificate. The same number stays with you for life. When you're around 12, you get your NRIC card. And around 21 or so, you have to update the photo. When you die, the government collects the card back.
Here's a sample (not mine, obviously, lol) :


At best, I think, it's a unique identifier. Computer science / engineering students or graduates should be familiar with the concept of OID, or Object ID. Only that the object in question is *you.* Sure, there're probably megabytes' worth in databases everywhere linking my NRIC number to me, from credit cards to library cards, to insurance coverage, car ownership and whatnot.

For the paranoid but believing-in-peak-oil readers, just think about how long all these computer, hard-drive based, complex systems are gonna last in a post-peak world, anyway, perhaps you might feel a little better. Remember Joseph Tainter's writings on complex societies? And T-101's (Arnold whatshisname lol) words - "One day, all this will be gone".

Fret all you like, but what can one do? 1. move to another place which doesn't have an ID system (and don't tell me Siberia or Timbuktoo), 2. cut all links with society and move deep in the countryside, or 3. join the Rebellion against the Empire? lol

[EnemyCombatant]

I don't think peak oil will be a problem. That's why you have the rising police state. The elites have aren't just going to say one day, Oops, the oil ran out! Allowing panic and kaos occur.

[kelee877]

I am watching them trying to re-unite the families from the hurricane and do you think that this will bring the RFID chip in a lot faster... Some of us beleive this is the mark of the beast, but if all of these people had and RFID chip it would be easier to re-ubite them..thoughts please...

[tivoli]

Well, they have been microchipping dogs, cats, and horses for awhile...

[Doly]

What is a RFID chip?

[Daculling]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', 'W')hat is a RFID chip?

[Doly]

No, quite obviously credit cards are the sign of the beast.

[Tyler_JC]

RFID chips in people? Where's Thomas Jefferson when you need him?

If they start putting those things in people, I'm moving. I'm not putting up with that kind of tyranny.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'R')FID chips in people? Where's Thomas Jefferson when you need him?
If they start putting those things in people, I'm moving. I'm not putting up with that kind of tyranny.

[MD]

For those that haven't been paying attention:

[sermon]
"The beast" is the global system of commerce, specifically referring to the final global system responsible for the near destruction of the planet as its relentless consumption spirals exponentially out of control. "The mark" is the final means by which the system controls its subjects. Those unwilling to take "the mark" will not be allowed to operate within the system.

The speculation is that the final economic structure will be a world wide monetary system following the collapse of the dollar that will operate entirely through electronic transfer with implants(the mark)[/sermon]

by the way, I first heard this sermon in 1978. Identity theft is a primary driver towards implant use.

[kelee877]

Well worded MD thank you

[Specop_007]

The implications of this are just downright scary. Now, the article does state RFID implants are not required to maintain employment, but that by not having them you arent allowed access to the data canter......Well, what if your job is IN the data center?! Click

Company requires RFID injection Published: 2006-02-10
Two employees have been injected with RFID chips this week as part of a new requirement to access their company's datacenter.
Cincinnati based surveillance company CityWatcher.com created the policy with the hopes of increasing security in the datacenter where video surveillance tapes are stored. In the past, employees accessed the room with an RFID tag which hung from their keychains, however under the new regulations an implantable, glass encapsulated RFID tag from VeriChip must be injected into the bicep to gain access, a release from spychips.com said on Thursday.

[fossil_fuel]

is it just a coincidence, or do you get content for many of your topics from arfcom?

i'm surfing these two forums at the same time, and every time i see an interesting article posted on arfcom, you post it here about 3 minutes later...

[aflatoxin]

This was on Slashdot as well. I think a pellet gun loaded with these RFID tags would be just the thing at a riot-not.

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('fossil_fuel', 'i')s it just a coincidence, or do you get content for many of your topics from arfcom? i'm surfing these two forums at the same time, and every time i see an interesting article posted on arfcom, you post it here about 3 minutes later...

[fossil_fuel]

what's ATOT?

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('fossil_fuel', 'w')hat's ATOT?