A plan being pushed in Congress right now by senators from both major political parties would force all Americans to get a biometric national ID card. It is being promoted as a key "immigration reform" measure, but the truth is that a national ID card is much more about the government's endless appetite for more control over the American people. If this national ID card plan is passed by Congress, you will not be able to get a job without one. So how are you going to survive if you can't work? In addition, this national ID card would undoubtedly soon be used to identify us for all sorts of other purposes. For example, have you tried to open up a bank account lately? They make you jump through all sorts of hoops to prove that you are who you say that you are. So what would happen if the government decided to require you to show your national ID card before opening up a bank account? If you refused to get a card, how would you be able to function in society without a bank account? Would you try to conduct all of your transactions in cash only? That might work for a while. And of course you would not be able to drive or get on a plane without your national ID card. So forget about going anywhere. Are you starting (Read More....)
If the UN is given control of the Internet, that would be a massive step toward making the UN a true global government. The Internet is the number one venue for free speech and freedom of expression on the planet today, and if the UN is given authority over the Internet it would only be a matter of time before free speech is severely cracked down on. Of course it would not happen immediately. At first, UN officials would likely mostly keep their promises of maintaining a "free and open Internet". But inevitably you would see them act to remove "terrorists" from the Internet, to crack down on "hate speech" and to repress any "politically incorrect" speech that is likely to insult anyone in any way. If you were censored or banned from the Internet, you could scream about the 1st Amendment all you want, but the United Nations is not bound by the 1st Amendment. The UN is not there to protect you or your freedoms. If the UN becomes "the government of the Internet", you can essentially kiss freedom of speech goodbye. If you do not believe that this could ever happen, you might want to pay close attention to a UN conference that is being held over in Dubai starting on Monday. (Read More....)
"You are being watched. The government has a secret system - a machine - that spies on you every hour of every day." That is how each episode of "Person of Interest" on CBS begins. Most Americans that have watched the show just assume that such a surveillance network is completely fictional and that the government would never watch us like that. Sadly, most Americans are wrong. Shocking new details have emerged this week which prove that a creepy nationwide network of spy cameras is being rolled out across the United States. Reportedly, these new spy cameras are "more accurate than modern facial recognition technology", and every few seconds they send back data from cities and major landmarks all over the United States to a centralized processing center where it is analyzed. The authorities believe that the world has become such a dangerous place that the only way to keep us all safe is to watch what everyone does all the time. But the truth is that instead of "saving America", all of these repressive surveillance (Read More....)
So I’m sitting in an average size living room watching a couple of people texting each other rather than carry on a conversation. Isn’t that weird?
Apparently it’s becoming common practice. Texting is everywhere.
Why is it that a growing number of people prefer to text rather than converse, or to make phone calls, or to even leave voice messages?
And why is it that ever since texting has become the preferred one-way method of distance communications (anything beyond 2 feet), no one but old fashioned fools bother to directly answer their phones anymore?
Well I had a hunch but I decided to do a little internet research concerning texting vs. talk. The many comments I read confirmed my suspicions.
Here are some of the top reasons people prefer to text:
"It's more straight and to the point.”
“I can ignore or respond at my own leisure.”
“It is so much more easily accomplished through a few words of text without all the niceties and formalities of a phone call!”
“Texting is direct, to the point without the small talk involved in phone conversation.”
This is a guest post from Hunter Richards of Software Advice, which provides reviews of project accounting systems and other software.
Got a teen playing Wii instead of doing homework? You might want to share this post.
Despite the tremendous benefits of information technology (IT), it comes at a human cost - the displacement of less-skilled employees. As software and systems automate an increasingly large portion of business processes, the displacement is affecting a wider set of workers. So despite an improving economy, 9.5% unemployment might last longer than many think.
Here we walk through a fairly simple story of man versus machine. It’s not a new story, but we went to the effort of pulling together and visualizing the relevant data.
Our conclusion? Drop the Wii-mote and hit the books.
IT spending has risen dramatically over the last 40 years...
IT spending has steadily risen since 1970. Trendlines and new opportunities like cloud computing suggest that the current dip in spending is only temporary.
Your cell phone calls are not private. The reality is that your cell phone calls, your personal conversations and even your location can be tracked constantly by your cell phone company, by the government and even by enterprising stalkers who are able to get spy software on to your phone.
For any of you who doubt this, please start by watching the incredibly shocking news report below.....
The truth is that cell phone conversations never have been and never will be private.
Not only does the cell phone company have access to your phone whenever they want, but the government has access to all of our calls in order to protect us against terrorism.
If you doubt this, just see what happens if you make a joking remark about airport security over a cell phone while you are headed to board a plane. You will likely be picked up within minutes.
But as you saw in the video above, an even scarier scenario is that stalkers or criminals could have complete access to your calls if they can get spy software on to your phone. And with more phones than ever connecting to the Internet, that little hurdle is now easier to overcome than ever.
Not only can stalkers and criminals listen to your calls, but they can also listen to your personal conversations even when your phone is (Read More....)
The video clip below is a trailer for a film entitled "Transcendent Man".
This film examines the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, a world famous futurist who travels the world promoting his vision of a future in which humanity will merge with technology and machines.
Kurzweil believes that by doing so, humans will be able to live forever and will be billions of times more intelligent than we are now.
All within the next thirty years.
Does all of this seem fantastical to you?
The truth is that there are a LOT of scientists out there who believe this, and the number is quickly growing.
They call this being of the future "the Singularity", and today there are many futurists, philosophers and scientists who are talking about what it will mean to live in a "post-human" society.
Check out the trailer for this film. What you see should chill you to the bone.....
Your cell phone calls are not private. The reality is that your cell phone calls, your personal conversations and even your location can be tracked constantly by your cell phone company, by the government and even by enterprising stalkers who are able to get spy software on to your phone.
