[118310] in Cypherpunks
Re: Welcome to the future ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Fri Sep 24 21:52:53 1999
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 06:14:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan Olsen <alan@clueserver.org>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
cc: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Tim May wrote:
> At 6:34 AM -0700 1999-09-24, P. Capelli wrote:
> > Now, I know this isn't new news to anyone, but here's an interview
> >with the gent in England who had an identifying chip implanted in his
> >arm ...
> >
> >http://geeknews.net/interviews/kevinw.shtml
> >
> > What's interesting is the discussion on slashdot about it; rather,
> >how most people (okay, geeks) can overlook the downsides to this type of
> >
> >'instrument', because they are blinded by the 'coolness' factor.
> >Scary. These are some of the more intelligent people in society, albeit
> >
> >with perhaps less than normal social abilities.
> >
>
> Yes, hence their name. "Geeks."
>
> How very fitting.
Actually there is a class of life form that regularly gets these sort of
ID chips.
We call them "pets".
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