Saturday, April 18, 2009

Bicycles helping RFID's poor image

A bicycle can make you a better person:
- it is good for your mental and physical health;
- it can give you a slimmer and more attractive physique; and
- it can make you feel good about yourself and your surrounding environment.
Bicycles can even make unsavory characters like RFID tags cool. Although RFID tags have developed a poor reputation for privacy and environmental concerns, they are being used as helpful devices to combat bicycle theft around the world. The UK, the Netherlands and in Portland, OR, RFID tags are attached to registered bikes to deter bike theft or to track their locations when stolen.

2 comments:

  1. Is Portland, OR even part of the United States anymore? Definitely not my United States. You'd have to be an absolute idiot to accept a government or corporate issued RFID tag to be attached to anything that you own. The passivity and acquiescence of SHEEPLE never cease to amaze me.

    And if you truly care about "Earth Day," you'll go out and do something that is legitimately efficacious for the environment like communicating the importance of population (SHEEPLE) reduction for our country and our planet. Encourage your elected officials to stop ALIEN IMMIGRATION! Encourage all of the sheep that you know to stop having more sheep. The message should be to stop telling others that they must do with less so there can be more. Only then will you truly be a responsible steward of the environment.

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  2. I guess I should be glad that someone's reading Verdantic. My analytics show 3 readers on Sunday from Milwaukee, WI; Kissimmee, FL and Pawtucket, RI. Commenter, you're from Wisconsin. Interesting...no Minutemen chapters in Wisconsin.
    Assuming that you're being serious, your bipolar political views are quite peculiar. You have an ultra conservative immigration stance, a preference for both a strong and weak central government and a seemingly liberal position on anti-procreation and possibly pro choice. Referring to others as sheeple implies that your ideas are somehow superior to those of others. It also makes you sound elitist and racist. You have a disjointed view of our country--and by that I'm not referring to your Portland comment. Ending immigration will not benefit our country and planet. Not to mention, scapegoating immigrants has never ended well in world history.
    As crazy as it may seem, you have my interest. Where's your blog?

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