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So You Want to Work in These United States? June 2, 2006

Posted by Resident Egoist in : Politics , comments closed

Apparently there is just a tiny little price to pay … well, sort of.

Live Science reports:

Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company’s RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. He made the statement on national television on May 16.

Silverman was being interviewed on “Fox & Friends.” Responding to the Bush administration’s call to know “who is in our country and why they are here,” he proposed using VeriChip RFID implants to register workers at the border, and then verify their identities in the workplace. He added, “We have talked to many people in Washington about using it….”

The VeriChip is a very small Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag about the size of a large grain of rice. It can be injected directly into the body; a special coating on the casing helps the VeriChip bond with living tissue and stay in place. A special RFID reader broadcasts a signal, and the antenna in the VeriChip draws power from the signal and sends its data. The VeriChip is a passive RFID tag; since it does not require a battery, it has a virtually unlimited life span. [Links remoded -- Editor.]

Well, I did say it was tiny and little … but let’s hear some more first:

RFID tags have long been used to identify animals in a variety of settings; livestock, laboratory animals and pets have been “chipped” for decades.

… on second thought, no comment.

Back in Business! June 2, 2006

Posted by Resident Egoist in : Meta , comments closed

Yep, so let’s toast to upheld promises! School’s been out for a few weeks now, and summer is dawning — hopefully I can get some much needed work venting done, for it’s been quite a while. Besides, I might as well put this space and bandwidth to some … um … useful use: such as … venting, for example.

That said, feel free to pay us a visit from time to time whenever you’re in the neighborhood — and wish us good luck. Not only might you get a present, but more importantly, you will be showing Jesus that you follow (at least one of) his commandments: “Love thy neighbor.” :)