In a recent article it was disclosed that Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada.
The coins carry tiny RFID tags that broadcast the location of the coin, and in turn the location of the carrier. It may seem harmless, but like everything, it could be used maliciously.
The article suggested:
Passing the coin to an unwitting contractor, particularly in strife-torn countries, could mark the person for kidnapping or assassination, Harris said.
"You could almost, by handing a coin to somebody, achieve the equivalent of the Mafiosi's last kiss on the cheek."
I'd imagine that the intended use of the coins is to track the location of Lord Stanley's Mug. They seem to have been unable to locate it for the past thirteen years, or so.
Labels: indiscriminate
posted by Shannon Smith @ 1/11/2007
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I have to get on my soap box here for a minute. I continue to be amazed at the number of words that are misspelled in written form. For example, the word "defense" is used as a proper noun in this article (as in, the "U.S. Department of Defence") and the word defense is misspelled more than once.
I realize that I have a very rare ability to find spelling errors in just about anything I see in written form, and it continues to amaze me at the number of people who put their stuff out there for the world to see without even reading it to make sure it looks and sounds right.
Another example... I went to fill out my paperwork for my OB/GYN the other day and found at least two typographical errors on their new patient questionnaire. How many people do they send this paperwork to? I would vouch to say that every patient in their practice has probably had to fill one of these things out. I even corrected the errors on my paperwork so that maybe they can fix them as to not look like idiots in the future.
Sorry... this just REALLY bugs me. English was my favorite subject in school and it's no wonder I was the best speller in my school in the 5th grade. I realize that most people have problems spelling words correctly, but I just think that it's worth taking a look at what you have written before putting it out there on that series of tubes they call the internets.
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In their defense, pun intended, they spelled the word "defence" correctly in British English. They should probably still call it the U.S. Department of Defense, but it's just "translated" to their form of English.
Colour me surprised.
jeramie said...
Kim, I seem to share in your desire to see the english language used correctly. I'm more bothered by people using prepositions to end their sentences in.
Oh, and another good thing about the internets is that you can browse at lots of online shoppes.
My husband has some very funny friends. I guess I am an ignorant American since I did not realise that the word "defense" is spelled "defence" in British English. I'm impressed that Jonathan even knows this. At any rate, learning another English dialect might be my new favourite pastime.
Colour me happy, for I have learnt something new today.
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Jonathan is going to be a lawyer. It is his job to be aware of strange arbitrary facts!
Patrick, what you say is true. :) I can't help but wonder who is adding and then deleting comments. Hmmm... probably those sneaky Canucks...
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