$640.00 to fill the tanks...

How is this =really= different from WalMart jumping in and crushing all
the local stores? Think for a moment.

You've got to be kidding.

Don't forget that this is from a guy that thinks his privacy may be in
danger from the radio tags in products being sold today.

Oh, brother!
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:


How is this =really= different from WalMart jumping in and crushing all
the local stores? Think for a moment.

You've got to be kidding.


Don't forget that this is from a guy that thinks his privacy may be in
danger from the radio tags in products being sold today.

Oh, brother!

It shows a stunning lack of understanding of basic economics.

Don't forget that this is from a guy that thinks his privacy may be in
danger from the radio tags in products being sold today.

Actually, I think it is in danger from the RFID readers that will almost
inevitably become commonplace, and the vast amount of computing power
that can easily be assembled to correlate "this shirt" with "that pair
of shoes" and "the car over there", and infer far more than I want them
to. Apply Moore's law and you get half-cent RFID tags and ten dollar
readers in just a few years.

I also think privacy is in danger from the likes of Sony and their
rootkits, unencrypted data tapes on UPS trucks, and the who-knows-what
that comes through the DSL line.

Jose
--
The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:28:46 GMT, Jose wrote:

I also think privacy is in danger from the likes of Sony and their
rootkits, unencrypted data tapes on UPS trucks, and the who-knows-what
that comes through the DSL line.

add to that that the European (central?) bank is discussing to add RFID
tags on our EURO currency (notes only, not on coins, of course).

#m
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that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough
space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize
this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bull**** nobody will read.

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:52:29 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:



How is this =really= different from WalMart jumping in and crushing all
the local stores? Think for a moment.

You've got to be kidding.

Don't forget that this is from a guy that thinks his privacy may be in
danger from the radio tags in products being sold today.

I wouldn't be too concerned about that. So the store could be able to
know when you purchased the underware you have on. I have little
concern about that, but I sure am concerned about the RFID tags in
pass ports. To any one with a reader they are like a big sign saying
"I'm from what ever country".





Oh, brother!
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:28:03 -0400, Roger wrote:

To any one with a reader they are like a big sign saying
"I'm from what ever country".

If you have nothing to hide .... :-)
and: it is for killer argument national security, protecting the
homeland.

#m
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Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider
that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough
space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize
this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bull**** nobody will read.

I wouldn't be too concerned about that. So the store could be able to
know when you purchased the underware you have on.

That I don't care about. What I care about is that that same underwear
could be traced everywhere it goes, and the other items it cavorts with
could be correleated to it.

Jose
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for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

"Newps" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:




How is this =really= different from WalMart jumping in and crushing all
the local stores? Think for a moment.

You've got to be kidding.

He must be; around most Wal-Marts, there's an influx of boutique stores and
ancillary shops such as theaters, restaurants, etc.

Michelle

He must be; around most Wal-Marts, there's an influx of boutique stores and
ancillary shops such as theaters, restaurants, etc.

Little comfort if you are a hardware store, a lumberyard, or another
store with which WalMart competes.

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
t...
He must be; around most Wal-Marts, there's an influx of boutique stores
and ancillary shops such as theaters, restaurants, etc.

Little comfort if you are a hardware store, a lumberyard, or another store
with which WalMart competes.


Those stores must adapt or die. It is not that hard to compete with Wal-Mart
as a specialty store. All you have to do is provide something that Wal-Mart
cannot. That something is usually service or expertise. There is a reason
that the most expensive retail real estate in any given town is next to a
Wal-Mart.