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We arrived at JFK a little less than an hour ago. Seven hour flight from London Hethrow Airport this morning to JFK ... . Around 4 hours from now we get to board a flight to Ohio, and then a flight after that to Vegas ... to use. It has a RFID chip in it and you just scan as you go in and out and it dings your balance [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 16:47:49
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Sneak peek: an excerpt from "Human Suffrage"
Regardless of who wins, the 2016 elections will finally bring an end to the so-called "third and fourth Bush terms in office ... an early lunch break and strolls down to City Hall, only a few blocks from his firm's office. The RFID ... , considering the information it has just listed. It consults with the central server in Green, Ohio [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 04:09:21
EADS Delivers U.S. Army Helicopter
EADS North America delivered its first final assembly line (FAL) aircraft for the U.S. Army's UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter program ... carolina | Ohio | toyota | West Virginia taktik(z) Links: 2008 | 163 | 7 — Industrial | material handling | MRO | Pallets | relationships | RFID | sourcing © taktik(z) Blog, 2008. | Permalink | No comment [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 20:26:33
Bumblebots and Verichips
From Koinonia House Men with brilliant minds and determination have given us some wonderful inventions, ... Force Base in Dayton, Ohio plan to develop insect-sized flying robots that can zip in through ... , the company that gave us injectable RFID tags for humans [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 08:50:01
Cardboard Computers, or How I Started Programming
Mike Eaton recently started a new meme within my Twitter tribe: discussing how we found our way to the joy and light that is software development. :) My story might not be particularly interesting, but I figured I’d share it nonetheless. Early On I’ve been interested in science fiction as far back as I can remember, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-06 14:25:25
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/13/2009
Check out tonight’s “behavioral sink” stories from the UK. Every night there are at least a few, but tonight seems to have more than its share ... Europe and the EUEurope Develops RFID License Plate TrackingItaly: WWII Supreme Court Explains Why ... : Threatened Algerian Writer One Year in ItalyTunisia: Emigrant Revenue Grows by 10% in 2008 Israel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:58:00
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Joins Movement To Ban Forced RFID Implants
State Rep. Babette Josephs, D-Phila., has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to implant any identification device on or under a ... RFID chart sourced from CNETJust Get There | The thought of any government or corporation forcing humans to take implantable RFID chips, sounds like an Orwellian sci-fi movie. In reality, it is in [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 15:51:46
News 10/17/08
From Jaitar: "Re: McCain. What’s with McCain repeatedly saying he wants to put medical records ‘online?’ Maybe he should also say he wants to put our financial histories online. He should get this straight - I’m not sure he is doing us any favors given the privacy hawks out there who leverage any public sentiment to slow down information exchange [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 02:11:00
News 12/5/08
From Cheryl: "Re: low-cost IT projects. I have been starving to hear stories like these! Leonard and Larry shared common problems, not hospital-specific issues. I am always on the lookout for how others are doing things better, especially solutions that can become best practices [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 02:51:20
is big brother watching?
Florida To Microchip Alzheimer PatientsClose to six million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease this year.Although symptoms vary widely, the first symptom most people notice is forgetfulness that,at times, is severe enough to affect their work and social lives [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 11:42:00
News 10/29/08
From Houndoggie: “Re: UCI. The Eclipsys install got pushed again at UC-Irvine Med Center and the first casualty was Joy Grosser, long-time CIO. No word yet on what is going to happen. Jim Murry was brought back in the interim spot.” Unverified. I’m happy to run either confirmation or correction, whichever is appropriate [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 01:06:43
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Friday, November 14, 2008
Who is more evil - David Justka, the bus driver that can't drive, or the Amalgamated Transit Union, the worthless union fighting for Justka to get his job back after he was fired for the second time? Pretty much a tie. Justka has been involved in at least four on the job accidents including one that involved a death plus a string on traffic [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 13:48:30
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The PA Department of Environment Protection and US Environmental Protection Agency began a thorough inspection of Erie Coke in Erie, ... Department was cut so there isn't enough people to work security at the 5th Street entrance. They didn't ... with a buzzer for the door used at other times. Erie PA native Charles R Walczak was named the new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 12:34:30
Good Grief! More Trouble for Cardinal
You may find it hard to believe, but a fifth Cardinal Health (CAH) ... of controlled substances from its Findlay, OH, warehouse. Yet another fine mess for “Iron Man” George Barrett ... is investigating Cardinal’s Findlay, OH, warehouse for allegedly failing to report suspicious drug [more...]
Date: 2008-05-30 10:05:00
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Saturday, November 15, 2008
After 3 years in bankruptcy, Lovell Place might be sold in the near future. The owners filed documents with the US Bankruptcy Court in Erie that puts a price of $7.8 million on the residential apartment and office complex. That's a big ouch for creditors as there is about $ 20 million owed. Lovell Place was developed by Steve McGarvey [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 14:18:53
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Erie area spent yesterday digging out of the snow. Representative Kathy Dahlkemper, now in Washington DC, hopefully spent the day learning the names of the other members of Congress - story. US Navy Seaman Alex McKelvey of Erie PA is serving as an aviation ordnanceman on the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 13:04:14
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Wednesday, January 7, 2009
What a bizarre story. Robert Daniels apparently died in the fire he started at the home he lived in on the 1300 block of West 25th Street. Daniels got into a domestic dispute with the women he lived with. The woman went to the police station after being beaten by Daniels. She warned them that Daniels was armed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:50:07
Will Voice Prints Work For Payment Authorization?
Will Voice Prints Work For Payment Authorization? A UK company is pushing retailers to use voice-recognition to authenticate purchases over the phone and online. The Voice Commerce Group (VCG)'s Voice Transact package has consumers call the service, quote a pre-arranged product code and then a series of digits dictated by the automated system [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 05:19:04
What’s nobody’s business is everybody’s
by Lady Liberty It seems that some people - in fact, most people - will give up all sorts of things if they think they’re getting something desirable in return. Lately, the thing we all seem to be giving up the most of is privacy. We think we’re exchanging it for cost savings or security, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 05:00:23
The Nation
The Nation 22-Aug-08 Should the U.S. rethink its military strategy? WASHINGTON — For the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the United States is contemplating a Russia that has used military force against a neighbor and wondering what, if anything, it must do to counter it [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 18:01:25
The National ID Chip
ID Chip Implants The National ID Chip National ID Chip Site Map "I have nothing to hide, ... Identification, or RFID. Both have had a small electronic chip embedded under their skin that grants ... in Washington. Graafstra got interested in RFID several years ago, and began researching [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 04:32:44
RFID for Beginners
RFID technology is used frequently today and has been around since the 1920s, but not many people know about, or understand it. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is used to store and retrieve information. This information is stored and retrieved using RFID tags or transponders. RFID tags are small [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:22:26
police state international: false flags & the strategy of tension
german intel agents caught staging false flag terrorfrom paul joseph watons: German intelligence agents have been caught staging a false flag terror attack against an EU building in Kosovo, apparently in an attempt to create a pretext for EU police to be deployed in Kosovo after government leaders rejected the UN-mandated proposal [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 07:11:00
Video Viewing Soars Again In May
Video Viewing Soars Again In May For those e-tailers wondering if video is an effective way to reach American consumers, here's the latest video stat, courtesy of Comscore: In May alone, U.S. Internet users viewed more than 12 billion online videos, representing an increase of 45 percent versus one year ago [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 06:16:44
Bank Breach Hits ATMs, No Retailer At Fault This Time
Bank Breach Hits ATMs, No Retailer At Fault This Time One of the repeated arguments made in retail data security circles is that retailers tend to have much weaker security because it's not as much of a cultural priority as, for example, banking. So it's a little bit consoling that the latest ATM databreach is apparently not the result of a [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 00:09:08
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Cape Airlines is in the final stages of negotiations with Erie International Airport officials to provide daily flights from Erie PA to Pittsburgh ... and professor of English, has accepted a position as Hiram ( Ohio ) College’s vice president [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 12:41:53
We're making progress but.....
This was in my mail today from Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. One is to write a quick, brief email to your Congress person and/or Senator ... funding for NAIS and related programs (WLIC, FAIR, and RFID research) of approximately $14 million, much [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 01:27:06
Monday, November 3, 2008
Transportation Communications Newsletter Monday, November 3, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057 Tickets Still Available for ITS Connecticut’s Grand Central Terminal Reception The Intelligent Transportation Society of Connecticut will host a special reception at the Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday, November 18 in New York City [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 23:10:49
[Dbworld] ACM GIS 08 Call for Participation (Nov 5-7, Irvine, CA)
From: “Jing Dai” <daij at vt.edu> ————————————————————————– We would like to bring the upcoming 16th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2008). It will be held in Irvine, CA, in November 5-7, 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 17:50:10
[Dbworld] ACM GIS 08 (Irvine, CA, Nov 5-7) Call for Participation
From: “Jing Dai” <daij at vt.edu> ————————————————————————– We would like to bring the upcoming 16th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2008). It will be held in Irvine, CA, in November 5-7, 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 12:40:24
links for 2008-08-31 (delicious broke, fixed themselves, so this is several days’ links)
2008 September 1 Links TECHNOLOGY WAR/CORPORATIONS/CENSORSIHP: Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities Nice to know that our “capitalist” system involves lawyers ensuring that the public has no clue that RFID is very insecure [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 06:01:11
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Erie School Board and the Erie Education Association, the teachers union, approved a 5 year contract between the teachers and the School District of City of Erie. This is their joint version of Sex Ed called Screw The Taxpayers as it will cost an estimated $2 million more each and every year [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 13:10:31
Way Odd News
Funny News and Pictures at WayOdd Australian High School Boys Caught With Real Life Fight Club On YouTube YouTube postings of real life fights among Australian high school students from the John Forrest Senior High School in Perth alerted federal education officials, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 08:00:18
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Today is Veterans Day. Remember and honor those who served. To those that are serving now. Thank you. And be safe. Image "Watch Your Six" from Cox and Forkum Editorial Cartoons, drawn by John Cox and written by Allen Forkum. Did you know biodiesel can be used as a substitute for jet fuel? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 12:57:45
OBAMA HEALTH PLAN POSES DANGER TO AMERICAN FREEDOMS
by NWV News director, Jim KouriJanuary 13, 2009 © 2008 NewsWithViews ... up at the emergency room without their card, the government will require that the rfid chips ... all the medical records. Next, control access to the records by use of a card containing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 13:32:01
[Dbworld] ICDE 2009 Accepted Papers
From: “Dik Lee ” <dlee at cs.ust.hk> Included below is the list of accepted papers in ICDE 2009. We hope to see you in Shanghai in March next year. Regards, Yannis Ioannidis Dik Lun Lee Raymond Ng PC Co-Chairs ICDE 2009 25th International Conference on Data Engineering Shanghai, China March 29 - April 4, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 09:15:52
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, November 17, 2008
The Erie area got hit with a bit of snow. It's very heavy, wet snow, almost slush. The usual area got the worst of it - south of I-90, from I-79 to the east. Harborcreek Christian School is closed. On 2 hour delays are Fort LeBoeuf, Corry, Wattsburg area, and General McLane schools [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 13:01:04
Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration
Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration - by Stephen LendmanGeorge W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 02:41:00
Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration
Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration - by Stephen LendmanGeorge W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 11:26:00
'Daily Voting News' For November 03, 2008 – Morning Edition
Election day is tomorrow Well, here we are. Tomorrow is the day we have been building toward. Today much of the news is articles of reassurance from election officials across the nation. They say they are ready. Tomorrow we will see just how ready they are [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 16:51:53
Buzz Out Loud 840: A box of evil
Hey, this sounds like a good idea! Create an artificial intelligence that's the incarnation of pure evil and immorality ... -powered SUV’s http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=134227 Ford offers RFID system [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 18:58:00
Backtrack GPS Navigation System lets you Backtrack using GPS!
Backtrack GPS Navigation System lets you Backtrack using GPS! ... and BackTrack will help you get back. Use it at the mall and stadium parking lots, at the festival ... , parking lots, personal location, purse, shopping mall, technology, wal-mart Related posts VHS Tape [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 20:02:34
Accessibility
I recently took a nine day motorcycle trip from Denver Colorado to Dayton Ohio to visit family and friends. I rode my BMW R1100RT about 2500 miles (maybe 4000 kilometers) round trip. When I'm riding [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 15:42:00
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, November 16, 2008
If you listened to the weather forecast, you had either taken you own life or planned to wake up and shovel snow ... which has their offices at 917 State St. Representative John Dingell of Michigan, Chairman [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 15:09:21
The 25 Most Modern Libraries in the World
Library of Picture Books in Iwaki City. Designed by Tadao Ando The folks at BestCollegesOnline.com have put together a list of the 25 most modern libraries in the world. The list is divided into three sections; architecture, technology and innovation, and digitial collections. The libraries [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 17:54:00
Sheetz, Wright Express Launch NFC Pilot to Field Test Mobile Payments with Fleet Vehicle Drivers
ViVOtech Enables First Real-Time Card e.Wallet for Mobile Phones South Portland, ME ... now and have been accepting contactless chip cards, using RFID technology for payments at the pump and in-store. ViVOtech [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 16:27:00
Yahoo Discovers The Problem Of Canceling An Online Product
Yahoo Discovers The Problem Of Canceling An Online Product It's the kind of issue that never existed in brick-and-mortars ... A, but selling badly at store B, RFID-powered inventory systems could initiate the transfer [more...]
Date: 2008-08-05 14:59:39
What is the Agenda of Barack Obama?
********************************************************************************************Obama and Acorn Officials Set Sights on GunownersBy NWV News Director, Jim KouriPosted 1:00 AM Eastern, November 8, 2008© NewsWithViews.comhttp://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news106 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 19:25:00
TRAVEL - fresh news by plazoo.com
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Date: 2008-12-30 04:51:00
TechKNOW
The most recent issue of TechKNOW is now available. Issue 14, no ... , Database Maintenance Librarian, Kent State UniversityBook Review: The Complete RFID Handbook: A Manual ... in Libraries [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 15:27:00
