Aren't RFIDs the chips in new passports, too?
Yes.
Some people are concerned at how easy it is for someone to read your passport's RFID data.
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 16, 2009 6:26:06 am PDT #10884 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kathy A - Mar 16, 2009 6:27:08 am PDT #10885 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I read somewhere about a guy who drove around a neighborhood in New York with a receiver unit in his car and picked up a lot of RFIDs, including ones from passports. That's scary!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 16, 2009 7:12:52 am PDT #10886 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Has anyone posted about Ron Silver passing away? [link]
tommyrot - Mar 16, 2009 7:19:23 am PDT #10887 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dana - Mar 16, 2009 7:22:55 am PDT #10888 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I saw that about Ron Silver last night. Sad. It's scary to reach the point where celebrities who die are regularly younger than your parents.
Kathy A - Mar 16, 2009 7:27:10 am PDT #10889 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm just blown away by the idea that my president is younger than my brother.
Trudy Booth - Mar 16, 2009 7:28:28 am PDT #10890 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I remember the Olympics when I got older than everyone. That smarted.
Gudanov - Mar 16, 2009 7:31:44 am PDT #10891 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday
My favorite violation of 'Common Sense' is the Monty Hall Problem, because it is so simple a setup yet even after charting out why the answer is the way it is it's very hard to accept.
Emily - Mar 16, 2009 7:38:03 am PDT #10892 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I cannot believe that cracked.com is not blocked by my school.
Gudanov - Mar 16, 2009 7:41:13 am PDT #10893 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I think I've posted the Monty Hall Problem here before, but it goes like this. You've got a game show where there are three doors to choose from. Behind one door is the prize, behind the other two is a goat. Once the player selects a door, the host (who knows which door has the prize) will then reveal the goat behind one of the unselected doors. The player is then allowed to pick the remaining unselected door, or stick with the first selection. For the best chance to win should the player make the switch, stick with the originally selected door, or does it make any difference?
Answer: The Player should switch doors, which will double the chances of winning.