Unique ID to soon become 'pervasive & ubiquitous'- The Economic Times
The Economic Times reports: "The proposed Unique Identification Number could eventually become mandatory, as it may be required for making a passport, getting Nandan Nilekani driving licence and opening a bank account. Though the 16-digit Unique Identification Number will not give citizenship rights, it will be used for identifying Indian citizens. At present, UID is completely voluntary, but it will become 'pervasive and ubiquitous' later, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani was quoted as saying by a news agency."
Comment: India is getting into the national ID card biz and setting itself up as a major test of how to store data and track the interactions of hundreds of millions of numbered citizens.
2009/10/21
2009/10/15
My Way News - Google to launch platform for selling books online
My Way News reports: "Google will try to keep transactions simple, Turvey said, possibly by using its existing Google Checkout platform. Google will collect 55 percent of the revenue and turn a 'vast majority' of that to the retailers. The rest will go to the book's publisher, who will set prices."
Comment: Google is everywhere and soon the Google Checkout payment platform will be everywhere as well. We won't need a world currency, we will just be able to use Google on our smart phones, netbooks, personal computers and laptops.
My Way News reports: "Google will try to keep transactions simple, Turvey said, possibly by using its existing Google Checkout platform. Google will collect 55 percent of the revenue and turn a 'vast majority' of that to the retailers. The rest will go to the book's publisher, who will set prices."
Comment: Google is everywhere and soon the Google Checkout payment platform will be everywhere as well. We won't need a world currency, we will just be able to use Google on our smart phones, netbooks, personal computers and laptops.
2009/10/08
My Way News - Police stop more than 1 million people on street
My Way News reports: "Police in major U.S. cities stop and question more than a million people each year - a sharply higher number than just a few years ago. Most are black and Hispanic men. Many are frisked, and nearly all are innocent of any crime, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press."
Comment: Welcome to police-state America. I wish we could go back to the good-old-days when the criminals committed the crimes and the police caught them. Now the police harass citizens before the crimes are committed...and apparently it's legal. Has it ever occurred to anyone that if you are not free to commit a crime then you are not free? This is why God gave humans free will. Freedom means you can do the the right thing, or not. If you combine this stop-and-frisk policy with the UK's CCTV cameras it would be possible to deter a great amount of street crime, but at what cost? Would you rather live free in an unsafe world, or not free in a safe crime-free world? This is the question confronting citizens in the West, a West that used to value freedom and liberty above all else. Public safety is not an end that justifies any means. Just remember, there is no "Right to be Safe" in the U.S. Constitution.
My Way News reports: "Police in major U.S. cities stop and question more than a million people each year - a sharply higher number than just a few years ago. Most are black and Hispanic men. Many are frisked, and nearly all are innocent of any crime, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press."
Comment: Welcome to police-state America. I wish we could go back to the good-old-days when the criminals committed the crimes and the police caught them. Now the police harass citizens before the crimes are committed...and apparently it's legal. Has it ever occurred to anyone that if you are not free to commit a crime then you are not free? This is why God gave humans free will. Freedom means you can do the the right thing, or not. If you combine this stop-and-frisk policy with the UK's CCTV cameras it would be possible to deter a great amount of street crime, but at what cost? Would you rather live free in an unsafe world, or not free in a safe crime-free world? This is the question confronting citizens in the West, a West that used to value freedom and liberty above all else. Public safety is not an end that justifies any means. Just remember, there is no "Right to be Safe" in the U.S. Constitution.
2009/10/06
Bar codes: an everyday example of the Nobel prizewinners' genius celebrated with a Google doodle today - guardian.co.uk
The Guardian reports: "Bar codes are celebrated with a Google doodle that honours a familiar application of the technology brought to us by winners of the Nobel prize for physics"
The Guardian reports: "Bar codes are celebrated with a Google doodle that honours a familiar application of the technology brought to us by winners of the Nobel prize for physics"
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