CDR: Re: RE: digital angel (tracking device)

Also check out the "Cookie Cutters" from Neal Stephenson's " The Diamond Age". -Neil Neil M. Johnson njohnson@interl.net http://www.interl.net/~njohnson PGP Key Finger Print: 93C0 793F B66E A0C7 CEEA 3E92 6B99 2DCC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trei, Peter" To: "Eric Murray" ; "'Sampo A Syreeni'" Cc: Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:02 AM Subject: CDR: RE: digital angel (tracking device)

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Sampo A Syreeni[SMTP:ssyreeni@cc.helsinki.fi] wrote On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Eric Murray wrote:

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The unit can be turned off by the wearer, thereby making the

monitoring

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voluntary. It will not intrude on personal privacy except in applications applied to the tracking of criminals.

Heh.

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Digital Angel[tm] measures bodily parameters. It does not interact with the body chemically or biologically. Designed to be completely harmless, Digital Angel will not interfere with bodily functions in any way...

at least in this version.

And pulling the last two together, we have Digital Angel/IE (Instant Execution), for those really Bad Seeds. The plus model will zap the offender if brought near Digital Angel/FC (For Children).

Sampo Syreeni , aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university

Go check out Harlan Ellison's short story "Repent Harlequin! cried the Tick Tock Man". This is really life imitating art.

Peter Trei