[Sussex] The gadget show?

[John D.]

Iain Stevenson wrote:

> I nearly fell off my chair in hysterics at MS's "home of the future" - 
> will those guys never learn from mistakes of the past?  Still, with 
> M&S putting RFID in their underwear the MS home of the future will be 
> able to tell you when to change it as well as programming the washing 
> machine with suitable cleaning instructions etc.
>
>
Funny that you mention that Iain, because I'm one of those cynic's that 
believe that RFID is such an intrusive technology that I can't be left 
up to the like of "big business" and should be legislated for. Sure I've 
nothing against the likes of Tescos or whoever using it for stock 
management, but think that there must be law to ensure that any tags are 
of a type which MUST be deactivated on leaving the store (death 
penalty/public stoning/etc etc might prevent "them" from trying it on).

Similar, I suppose, to store loyalty cards. I mean, I have one for 
tescos, because that's usually the cheapest for diesel, so we might as 
well have any possible benefits, but also for somerfield (the 
nearest/most convenient) and a nectar one, because the BP connect is 
where I get my nuclear grade coffee (double espresso with extra uranium) 
to keep me awake when working overnight :-)  (and well spotted, I might 
have the cards, but I'm certainly not loyal to any one of the robbing 
swines).

Still, you're definitely right about "their" home of the future, not so 
much "future", but more like "home of now (with added intrusive chips - 
I'll have mine covered with mayo :-D )".

No seriously, I feel that it was interesting, because it gives me an 
idea of what's available, or heading this direction, but also what the 
sneaky bastards are gonna try next. Lets face it, M$ and their ilk are 
all for the high margins, but if they also get added marketing data 
thrown in for good measure, then hell, they can sell that more readily 
than they can their dodgy OS!

regards

John D.