Archives

Archive for May, 2005

Biometric DVDs

Here’s a biometric DVD to go right along with your REAL ID.

At the store, someone buying a new DVD would have to provide a password or some kind of biometric data, like a fingerprint or iris scan, which would be added to the DVD’s RFID tag.
Then, when the DVD was popped into a specially equipped […]

Monkey see, monkey do

Wouldn’t you know it? Right on the heels of the REAL ID act, Tony Blair has introduced a similar plan for the United Kingdom.

One of the most contentious proposals is for a national ID card carrying biometric details such as fingerprints or iris scans, which opponents fear would erode civil liberties.

They all seem […]

More Vero…

There are a few recent pictures of Vero, for those of you that don’t know her personally. Click the photo below to go to the album:

I know, I know…

When discussing The Probability Broach with Jorge, a great friend of mine who actually lent me the graphic novel, I had to concede.

I know, I said, in part it’s because I’m a literary snob.
Oh, sure you are, he replied with a huge grin, you’re an elitist fucking snob.

I’ve got to get me a Jules-like wallet […]

Ayn Rand, deliver me from your followers

I remember seeing once a bumper sticker begging God, deliver me from your followers. I guess the same could be said about libertarian fiction writers.
A few of them, like Vernor Vinge, manage to subtly convey a feeling of what libertarianism is like and why it may be better, with superb novels and shows in […]