Look at this. New York is following London’s example for ‘congestion charging’. Such a system, which has already helped to turn London into the “Big Brother” capital of the western world, entails placing hundreds of cameras to read vehicle license plates as they enter the “designated” areas of the city. Vehicle owners are then charged for the privilege of driving in those locales.
Day: 25 June 2007
OpenID observations by John Ernst
John Ernst wrote some facts OpenID with what is already stored today by our ISP. This is in reply to some OpenID critics e.g. Ralf Bendrath.
SL uses third-party for verification
I just came across Ralf Bendrath’s blog he has some interesting thoughts on identity and privacy. Latest being in SL and the use of a third-party for verification. I’ve posted a comment.
Machine or Being?
What do you think about this posting? When will come the day when we pick up the telephone and when the conversation is over, we are not sure if we have spoken to a real person or machine….
Trees and trees and trees
lol…. Mark Curphy is rambling again. This time about trees. Trees in France, trees in Canada and trees in London… quite a fun posting actually with some interesting facts.