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Old 10-18-2008, 03:19 PM   #16
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Si. Ayude por Senora Cicero.
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Old 10-18-2008, 03:20 PM   #17
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maybe I can get a discount for you with a root canal
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Old 10-18-2008, 05:16 PM   #18
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The next time an American is kidnapped and held for a few dollars ransom, that RFD might come in handy.
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Old 10-18-2008, 05:44 PM   #19
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wait! there's a tracker thingy in mine?

that's creepy.
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Old 10-18-2008, 06:23 PM   #20
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RFID is fairly short range. Up to 100 meters, but more often (for passport type applications) around 30 cm.
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Old 10-18-2008, 06:43 PM   #21
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The next time an American is kidnapped and held for a few dollars ransom, that RFD might come in handy.
Only if the kidnappers don't have access to a microwave.
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Old 10-19-2008, 08:29 AM   #22
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How much are boob jobs anyway? You know, just in case..
4k to 6k, depending on how well you know the surgeon.
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Old 10-19-2008, 08:31 AM   #23
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RFID is fairly short range. Up to 100 meters, but more often (for passport type applications) around 30 cm.
You beat me to it. But RFID's as proposed in packages for Walmart are like 4 - 6 feet I believe.
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Old 10-19-2008, 08:49 PM   #24
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Radio frequencies....Radio....Oh hai... Whatever!!
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Old 10-19-2008, 09:02 PM   #25
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I don't think they are necessary.(rfid's that is)
Returns to the same question asked here long ago. Will a National ID system serve you or serve the government? Because the public has not demanded a National ID system that serves the individual and since our right wing extremists in power fear everyone (and believe the president needs more power), then this passport RFID is to serve government.

You may not think it necessary. Does not matter. Government has now decided all Americans must be categorized and accounted for. Will this do anything to help you protect your identity? Of course not. Government has done so little for Identity protection. But government so fears even its citizens as to need routine wiretapping without judicial review.

How to make it easier to track you? More RF power with more and bigger antennas. Then government will know where you go, when you were there, and who you were with. Whistleblowers and muckrakers - people who are so praised for bringing down the most corrupt and powerful - especially have so much to fear.
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Old 10-19-2008, 09:12 PM   #26
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I was being polite. kthnx.
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Old 10-19-2008, 11:45 PM   #27
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How to make it easier to track you? More RF power with more and bigger antennas. Then government will know where you go, when you were there, and who you were with. Whistleblowers and muckrakers - people who are so praised for bringing down the most corrupt and powerful - especially have so much to fear.
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Old 10-19-2008, 11:52 PM   #28
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Old 10-22-2008, 04:20 AM   #29
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How to make it easier to track you? More RF power with more and bigger antennas. Then government will know where you go, when you were there, and who you were with. Whistleblowers and muckrakers - people who are so praised for bringing down the most corrupt and powerful - especially have so much to fear.
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