And they said I was paranoid . . .
all it takes is a syringe-injected microchip implant for the beautiful men and women of the nightclub scene to breeze past a "reader" that recognizes their identity, credit balance and .."From the moment of their implantation they will also have free entry and access to the VIP area," They can buy drinks and food with a wave of their hand and don't need to worry about losing a credit card or wallet.
So easy! So convenient! And, above all, so cool !! Way cool !!! But wait !!! There's More . . .
plans for FN Herstal, which manufactures Browning and Smith and Wesson firearms, to develop an implant-firearm system that would make a firearm functional only to the individual implanted with its corresponding microchip. A scanner in the gun would be designed to recognize the owner. ...Chase believes all gun owners should be required to have a microchip implanted in their hand to be able to own a gun.
But wait !!! Order in the next decade and all this can be yours:
VeriChip company had told him that the Italian government was preparing to implant government workers. ... The objective of this technology is to bring an ID system to a global level that will destroy the need to carry ID documents and credit cards
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Once inserted into a human, the device [called "Digital
Ashcroft...uh, Digital Angel"] can be tracked by Global Positioning Satellite technology and the information relayed wirelessly to the Internet, where an individual's location, movements and vital signs can be stored in a database for future reference.
Looking for a good investment?
Palm Beach [FL-USA]-based Applied Digital Solutions (NASDAQ:ADSXD) unveiled the original VeriChip [go check their splash page -- Braziiil; da da, da da, da da, da daaa daaaa]
I feel sooooo safe, now. All I hafta do is sit back and let the government protect me, like it should. Noo more thinking. Nooo more deciding. Noooo more irksome choices for meee. Ahhhhh. Though, I am a little worried that to join in the fun at that nightclub, I do hafta go to Spain . . . . ThanQ! Mog more here Oh, and if you haven't checked in lately, why not drop by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Holy crap....when *I* was club kid all I needed was to show my face and a “Boy Card” (that’s what they called them there) get to the head of the line and part the velvet ropes to get in! My how times have changed…
Posted by SondraK on 04/17/04 at 05:18 PMDamn, you’re funnier than I am, Digital Ashcroft, good one. Thou the prospects of getting implanted are not funny at all.
Posted by mog on 04/18/04 at 03:10 AMWhat’s that old axiom?
Oh, yeah:
“Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.”
Posted by Lachlan on 04/19/04 at 04:36 AM
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