Posted on 09/10/2007 9:04:17 PM PDT by jazusamo
Outstanding words by Teddy Roosevelt and he’s exactly right. Thanks for posting this, there are some here that could benefit by reading those thoughtful words.
The biggest concern isn’t hacking, in that it could easily have a 1024-bit code known only to your service that could only be misused if they lost security over it. As someone else pointed out, the biggest problem would be if government tried to mandate it. Which they probably would. Damn them.
Its biggest vulnerability to this would be that it would have to be part of the manufacturer’s electronics, like their damn black boxes, and they would also want to include GPS tracking at the same time, making every car a surveillance tool to spy on its owner.
It is truly sad that government thinks this way. A combination of laziness and paranoia, using the catch-all of tyrants everywhere: “safety”, to justify endless intrusion and voyeurism.
In a personal and connected hybrid system of transiting, we could do this, and keep our cars, too.
Even better: Tax breaks for companies who promote working from home. You would need less roads, less cars and less fuel and terrorism becomes much more difficult with less people out in public. Your earnings go farther if you don't have all of the added costs of working in an office (clothes, etc), not to mention all the the time you would get back by not commuting.
Agreed. As long as it’s not permanent and there are no loopholes in it.
Point is, let’s take our heads out of the sand, and get creative. Take the thoughts of profit out of the design and decision making process, and move our Country forward. There’ll be plenty of time and opportunity to make money from whatever we decide. But we have to move past the stone age.
Excuse my Polish, but that's bullski chitski.
The last line of defence for the law abiding citizen is themselves.
One .50 caliber into the engine from that helicopter would slow things up a bit without the unpredictable crash that occurs when you shoot the driver.
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