On Wednesday 20 December 2006 15:50, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:
On Wed December 20 2006 11:12 am, Mike McMullin scratched these words
onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 17:01 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: /snip/
Yes indeed. :/ I understand that someone in the U.S. wants to "chip" people with their medical records/ ID info. Personally as far as biometric authentication goes, Thanks, but, NO THANKS!
Yes, but then you don't have Alzheimers, or a chronic problem that can render you unconcious and unable to tell responders what has happened. Those were the only folks that were even considered.. the chip in that case was similar to the things they implant into pets for the same reasons. ( They can't talk )
/snip/ The chip inserted into a pet does not contain anything but a pointer to a database. It does not (AFAIK) even contain the pet's name. IOW, it's a numeral only. Perhaps 10 years down the line, a chip could contain medical records, but I don't believe the technology is here yet. You can't even get doctors in the US to computerize and share their records with other doctors. Every time you need to see a new doctor, you have to fill out a big form, with most of your medical history--as you may know it-- thereon. So I don't think chipping people is close at hand. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org