[118315] in Cypherpunks
Re: Welcome to the future ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Fri Sep 24 21:55:16 1999
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 11:53:17 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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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.
--Tim May
Y2K: It's not the odds, it's the stakes.
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