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		<title>Homeless by Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[singlepic=6,320,240,,right]Perhaps this light hearted blog might not acutally be about why people are homeless by the tides of tehnological advancement. However I couldn&#8217;t resist posting this picture and yes I can&#8217;t wait for th new season of Battlestar Galactica. Nevertheless ultimately with all the computing processors in the world, soon all the extras and actors might find themsleves holding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[singlepic=6,320,240,,right]Perhaps this light hearted blog might not acutally be about why people are homeless by the tides of tehnological advancement. However I couldn&#8217;t resist posting this picture and yes I can&#8217;t wait for th new season of <a href="http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/" target="_blank">Battlestar Galactica</a>. Nevertheless ultimately with all the computing processors in the world, soon all the extras and actors might find themsleves <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8926172/" target="_blank">holding this sign </a>in the near future&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Marketing Scheme from Dystopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 07:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though we are not quite there yet as miserable technological dystopias, let it be from Dallas to Bangkok. However soon enough with the climate change rolling down upon us on the planetary scale, we probably will make it the list of top 10 dystopias to visit in no time. However at least a particular marketing scheme will materialized this notion of the bleak sci-fi future. Thanks to Sonny Astani. The 55-year-old real estate mogul is planning to bring 2019 Blade Runner Los Angeles to life in the form of two 14-story animated billboards modeled on Ridley Scott's opening sequence.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[singlepic=4,320,240,,left] Though we are not quite there yet as miserable technological dystopias, let it be from Dallas to Bangkok. However soon enough with the climate change rolling down upon us on the planetary scale, we probably will make it the list of <a title="Top 10 Dystopis" href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.12/start.html?pg=5" target="_blank">top 10 dystopias</a> to visit in no time. However at least a particular marketing scheme will materialized this notion of the bleak sci-fi future. Thanks to <a title="Sonni Astani" href="http://www.astanienterprises.com/news/article016.html" target="_blank">Sonny Astani</a>. The 55-year-old real estate mogul is planning to bring 2019 <a title="Bladerunner" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner" target="_blank"><em><strong>Blade Runner</strong></em></a> Los Angeles to life in the form of two 14-story animated billboards modeled on Ridley Scott&#8217;s opening sequence.<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;">Dystopia 2009</p>
<p>Residents will be able to see out, but viewed from a distance the pixel-like lights will form splendid images of your most wanted new Gucci’s and Bentley’s. Now we only are missing the robotic laborers to build all this. Yes we are all have been bombarded by excess information of things you don’t need purchasing on the daily basis. Let it be the new Prada bags, orange drinks that make chicks want to hangout with you and worse yet pills that make you Johnny stiff.  Nevertheless this is way too cool to see real life imitate art.</p>
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		<title>Warning Signs from the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[singlepic=2,161,240,,left]A while back ago, I came across this rather interesting Warning Signs on Flickr. Though the author was intended this post signs to be a good laugh to the masses, yet if you look further down the path of human carelessly mingling with the environment on the planetary scale.  Also our ever deminishing moral [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:180%;">[singlepic=2,161,240,,left]A </span>while back ago, I came across this rather interesting <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87547772@N00/sets/72157594323393196/">Warning Signs</a> on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a>. Though the author was intended this post signs to be a good laugh to the masses, yet if you look further down the path of human carelessly mingling with the environment on the planetary scale.  Also our ever deminishing moral obligation guide line of experiments on some cutting new technologies, perhaps this joke could easily turn into a ticking timebomb; waiting for a right movement to sneak upon our infinite complacency. Then wham ! Like a bad night of unprotected sex, humanity will find themselves with imminent problem that spawn faster than a prom date herpes, threaten our very existence . As for some of you who might think otherwise, here is a nice little article courtesy of Wired.com about the US government planning to spend an obscene amount of tax dollars for the ultimate warning sign.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71724-0.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Future Be Warned: Keep Out!</span></a></p>
<blockquote><p>A half-mile below the surface of the New Mexico desert, the federal government is interring thousands of tons of monstrously dangerous leftovers from its nuclear weapons program &#8212; plutonium-infested clothing, tools and chemical sludge that will remain potentially lethal for thousands of years to come.</p>
<p>It may be safely secured now, but how to keep our descendants centuries in the future from accidentally unearthing it?</p></blockquote>
<p>So let&#8217;s see some of the interesting candidates that might be spawning up in the neighbourhood near you, next time in the year 20xx you might have to look twice at the traffic lights wondering those nano pollution might ruin your genetically enhanced face lift.<br />
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/94/264116795_790ffce202_o.png" alt="" /></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics">MEMETIC </a>is presenting in a black light bulb to represent really bad ideas.<br />
<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">they should post this around religious institution and the presidential office</span></p>
<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/88/264116792_3d3d528219_o.png" alt="" /><br />
Today a nuisance, tomorrow a serious problem and possibly even damage risk. As our exoselves become more and more dynamic and linked to our biological minds a loss of connectivity could cause breakups of our extended minds. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Umm can you imagine forgetting your spam blocker and anti-virus after leaving your house? Don&#8217;t be surprise when you get those nervous ticks on your face.<br />
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<p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/110/264112994_0c360142b1_o.png" alt="" /><br />
Starlike explosion icon stating the fact that this stuff can really blow our planet into bits of interstellar dust in a flash. So keep safe when you&#8217;re handle a coffee can of this exotic matter.</p>
<p>Alright for the complete catalog for you all to wonder around is right here <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87547772@N00/sets/72157594323393196/detail/">at this link</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ways to Blow up Identity Card&#8217;s RFID Chips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, the U.S. State Department began issuing biometric "ePassports" that contain a radio frequency identification tag under the back cover. The tiny chip holds the usual passport data, including a digital photo. The motive behind adding the chips is ostensibly good: to combat counterfeiting and illegal immigration. However the good intention of big brother omnipresence backlash faster than a crack whip. A German hacker quickly found a way to crack the encryption. With a laptop and a chip reader he bought for $200, he was able to steal data from an encrypted RFID tag, potentially allowing him to clone an ePassport.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-23" title="e-passport" src="http://kirk.ictsolutions.biz/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/e-passport.jpg" alt="e-passport" width="170" height="200" />In October, the U.S. State Department began issuing biometric &#8220;ePassports&#8221; that contain a radio frequency identification tag under the back cover. The tiny chip holds the usual passport data, including a digital photo. The motive behind adding the chips is ostensibly good: to combat counterfeiting and illegal immigration. However the good intention of big brother omnipresence backlash faster than a crack whip. A German hacker quickly found a way to crack the encryption. With a laptop and a chip reader he bought for $200, he was able to steal data from an encrypted RFID tag, potentially allowing him to clone an ePassport. And it&#8217;s not just Americans who are at risk. Twenty-seven countries (mostly in Europe) that participate in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program are required by U.S. law to issue the new electronic passports to their citizens. The Dutch and British media have already reported major security flaws in the new IDs. Despites an obvious flaw in the chip encryption scheme, the US State Department will push the RFID passport program mandating all passport with always -on radio frequency identification chips by January 1. This will making it easy for officials and hackers alike to grab your personal stats.</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s a security-conscious citizen like me will do? Though it is inevitable that Uncle Sam want to track everyone like cattle&#8217;s, however there are still ways to make this method a bit more inconvenient for them. So I went around and do some research for devising a best plan to disable the RFID chips without burning up your passport all together. But be careful &#8211; tampering with a passport is punishable by 25 years in prison in the US. Not to mention the &#8220;special &#8221; custom search, with rubber gloves. If you&#8217;re getting paranoid about strangers slurping up you identity ? Here &#8217;s what you can do about it.</p>
<p>Water Treatment</p>
<p>1 &#8220;Accidentally&#8221; leaving your passport in the jeans you just put in the washer won&#8217;t work. You&#8217;re more likely to ruin you passport than the chip. Plus in the near future there will plenty more of RFID water resistance type.</p>
<p>Nuking</p>
<p>2 Forget about nuking it in the microwave, long term exposure to the nuking session could cause the chips burst into flames, leaving scorch marks. Besides ruining you passport with permanent nasty burnt smell.</p>
<p>Hammer Time<br />
3 The best approach? Hammer time. Hitting the chip with a blunt, hard object should disable it. A nonworking RFID doesn&#8217;t invalidate the passport. So you can still use it.</p>
<p>Best Solution</p>
<p>Hammer Time + 10 second Nuking Session, this will ensure that you&#8217;ve properly destroyed the actual storage unit within the chip itself. A brief microwave session also help electrocuting the power supply circuit. So what will you have left at the end, is a non working RFID passport with all your paper trail information intact. Besides this will give some work for your local custom agent to do typing the information and do their job.</p>
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