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ernie
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06-27-2003 11:11 AM ET (US)
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"We can skirt the issues of privacy here, because this is something their parents want them to have. And this is all overlaying a network that was installed for an entirely different reason. I like to call it Moore’s Law meets Metcalfe’s Law. Silicon has gotten cheap, wiring has not. So if you build networks that make their connections via silicon radios rather than wire, they’re going to get cheaper, which means they can get more pervasive. "
Fantastic! With a planet-wide cloud-like network of squillions of tiny field reprogrammable cameras and microphones available for use by the authorities, terrorists won't stand a chance!! Imagine, every lamp post, every infra-red toilet flusher, every light bulb socket, a window into the mind of potential evil!
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06-27-2003 12:03 PM ET (US)
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The question, tho, is: Could the technology be centralized, or would it reach the point where anybody (including nongovernmental evil) could create spy fields? Seems like it would be pretty easy to assure unbreakable anonymity with something this distributed.
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| Stefan Jones
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06-27-2003 01:01 PM ET (US)
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If these things are small enough to get into out bodies, then scanners live in vein.
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| jimmy in ohio
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06-27-2003 01:58 PM ET (US)
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Duh? Didn't anybody see "Twister"?
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| GenericJoe
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06-27-2003 02:18 PM ET (US)
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Great, now we're going to have an anti-sensorship debate.
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| severian
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06-27-2003 04:16 PM ET (US)
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I refer you to Vernor Vinge's "A Deepness in the Sky" for imaginitive descriptions of the social repression possible with "localizer" sensor networks.
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06-28-2003 03:16 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 06-28-2003 03:17 AM
Aren't they already doing this in vineyards? Monitoring water levels and temps, etc.?
And can I say this: Diamond Age?
Hmmmm.
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06-28-2003 08:43 PM ET (US)
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The problem with scattering these everywhere is that my kids will find them and start sticking them in their noses. Or trading them like Pokemon cards.
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05-27-2008 05:21 AM ET (US)
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