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originally posted by: interupt42
a reply to: 222mockingbirdlane
C. The wall is just a cover to make it look like you are doing something but in reality you are not stoping them from coming here but you can make some money of the crisis.
originally posted by: 222mockingbirdlane
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: 222mockingbirdlane
You realize the majority of Americans carry tracking chips in their pockets every day right? They are called cell phones.
Not to be rude...but the downfall of any topic is when people just blindly post comments, without even reading what they are posting about. I just said in 2 different posts, that the point of microchip identification isn't about tracking, and then wrote a bunch of explanations of what is about.
A phone can be lost, discarded, or broken at any time, etc. It's not a permanent, all inclusive I.D. and tracking device. To get rid of a microchip implant, one would have to remove part of them selves.
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: 222mockingbirdlane
The simple reason of the illegals being welcomed is that the births of children of the existing residents is an unhealthy percentage below the 2+ that would sustain the population. And that ain't no way to grow the economy. Letting those illegals in is the same as having babies in increasing the population. Except they come at a working age or near working age. The immediately are independent consumers of all things.
How many business care one iota about where a buyer of their product comes from? Answer: zero. Business don't suffer from loss of jobs at such times as does a middle and lower class work force, businesses make more money.
As they say, "It's the economy, stupid." (Nothing personal, just a quote.)
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: 222mockingbirdlane
The simple reason of the illegals being welcomed is that the births of children of the existing residents is an unhealthy percentage below the 2+ that would sustain the population. And that ain't no way to grow the economy. Letting those illegals in is the same as having babies in increasing the population. Except they come at a working age or near working age. The immediately are independent consumers of all things.
How many business care one iota about where a buyer of their product comes from? Answer: zero. Business don't suffer from loss of jobs at such times as does a middle and lower class work force, businesses make more money.
As they say, "It's the economy, stupid." (Nothing personal, just a quote.)
originally posted by: MteWamp
a reply to: 222mockingbirdlane
The "they" I was referring to the "Government", so it IS hypothetical.
When I said "we" I was referring to industry. Which will be using barcodes for a long time.
As far as "barcodes killing lees birds with one stone", I really don't know what you mean. Barcodes and RFID tags serve pretty much the same purpose, which is to store a short sequence of alphanumeric data, usually 25 characters or less.
As far as the ability to "track" a RFID tag, they are no easier to track than a barcode. To do so would require an ENORMOUS infrastructure (such as RFID readers in every doorway), because in order to do so you would have to stay within range of a RFID reader, which have really short range, usually only a few feet. The read range of a passive RFID tag is also fairly proportional to the surface area and/or the length of the antenna on the tag. The smaller the tag, the shorter the read range.
Barcoding is a very mature technology compared to RFID, and was simply using barcodes as an example to demonstrate that barcodes are VERY much more reliable than RFID, at least as a general rule.
I don't know why barcodes would be a "stepping stone leading to a different method of WHAT in the near future?
I'm saying that if some type of 24/7 tracking system were to be implemented, I think it's unlikely to be RFID based. it's not reliable enough, and is EXTREMELY easy to hack or defeat. It's just another example of doom porn foolishness.
Walmart jumped all over RFID about 10 years ago. They were proposing a system that could suppliment and possibly replace checkouts. They wanted to set up "RFID Lanes". The customer would simply bag their items (which would be RFID tagged) and exit between RFID readers on either side of the exit door. Theoretically the readers would read all the tags and just bill the customer's account or credit card. No checker-person required. In practice, they were getting read rates as low as 50%, so that plan quickly fell by the wayside. Passive RFID is just not reliable enough for dependable real-world applications unless it's very short range. Inches in my experience.
About me, I was a Systems Engineer. Software and hardware. I mostly designed, wrote code for, and built warehouse conveyor and shipping/receiving/inventory systems for 20 years with a (very) large textile manufacturer. We invested a LOT of money in RFID tech around 2004-2005. 90% of it is in storage as of a couple of years ago.
originally posted by: ParasuvO
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: 222mockingbirdlane
The simple reason of the illegals being welcomed is that the births of children of the existing residents is an unhealthy percentage below the 2+ that would sustain the population. And that ain't no way to grow the economy. Letting those illegals in is the same as having babies in increasing the population. Except they come at a working age or near working age. The immediately are independent consumers of all things.
How many business care one iota about where a buyer of their product comes from? Answer: zero. Business don't suffer from loss of jobs at such times as does a middle and lower class work force, businesses make more money.
As they say, "It's the economy, stupid." (Nothing personal, just a quote.)
People had no problem having children when the economy was free from uncontrolled immigration and when jobs stayed in country.
Eventually the immigrants will realize this too, then what ??
originally posted by: 222mockingbirdlane
Why the U.S. rolls out the red carpet for illegal immigrants has been a mystery for years. It has brought down the economy and our school system. 60% of government subsidized housing is occupied by illegals and their anchor babies, but we practically usher them in. Just recently Obama told U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agents to release illegal immigrants. Why would he say that?