Re: Tin Foil Passports, Al foil diplomas

2004-12-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:02 PM 11/29/04 +, Justin wrote: >On 2004-11-27T06:36:24-0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: >> At 09:13 AM 11/27/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> >Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 >> >Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 >> > low-cost solution: '[I]incorporate

Re: Tin Foil Passports?

2004-11-29 Thread Justin
On 2004-11-27T06:36:24-0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > At 09:13 AM 11/27/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: > >Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 > >Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 > > low-cost solution: '[I]incorporate a layer of metal foil into the > > cover of

Re: Tin Foil Passports?

2004-11-29 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 8:02 PM + 11/29/04, Justin wrote: >There has always been an uneducated class. Spoken like a true elitist. The sins of compulsary government education are not necessarily the sins of education in general... and, today...

Re: Tin Foil Passports?

2004-11-29 Thread Steve Furlong
On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 09:36, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > At 09:13 AM 11/27/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: > >Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 > >Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 > > low-cost solution: '[I]incorporate a layer of metal foil into the > > cover of

Re: Tin Foil Passports?

2004-11-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:13 AM 11/27/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: >Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 >Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 > low-cost solution: '[I]incorporate a layer of metal foil into the > cover of the passport so it could be read only when opened.' Don't > they

Tin Foil Passports?

2004-11-29 Thread Eugen Leitl
Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 from the joke's-on-you dept. Daedala writes "The debate over [1]contactless chips with biometric information in passports continues. Vendors have been chosen for testing in the [2]U.S.