[LINK] RFID & Related issues

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On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 11:19, Geoff Ramadan wrote:
> Did you read about the baby that died the other day that was fed
> counterfeit 
> baby  milk that died....RFID tracking could have prevented this.

how?  machinery is not a replacement for people, but an augmentation of
their powers, making machines responsible is abrogating our human duty
of care.

the idea of life-critical decisions being made by machines makes my
blood chill, and every instance of it seems to end up with nobody taking
the blame for bludners.

"sorry, sir/madam, the computer made a mistake".  bullsh*t!

i think we are over-computerising the society, in the very areas where
we need humans in the loop more than ever.

Tim Lister
South Sydney Greens
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