Here's what I think Nursey. No doubt the government is becoming a police state. That much is clear. The fact the Echelon (if you don't know what I'm talking about you're in the wrong forum) has been running for 40 years is the clearest indication of that. I haven't been able to confirm it, but they may have already launched Echelon 2. Echelon one monitored telephone communication. Echelon 2 is a data mining algorithm, and I think Y2K was the distribution platform, that monitors internet traffic for subversive content. What's the next step though? If I was a group seeking to control a populace, and bend it to my will, I would have a hunter-seeker algorithm to go along with that data-mining algorithm. You're looking in the wrong places. Always be wary of he who seeks to contol the information you see, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. It goes much further than RFID implants. The government won't just be tracking us, they'll be controlling what it is that we are even able to see on the internet. If you're right, by the time this is done intellectual transactions like this won't even exist, and I haven't even begun to mention the potential of nano-distribution of "human augmentation."
How close are we to developing nano-technology capable of delivering information and genetic augmentation. 2 days ago Purdue anounced they had a nano-particle they had succesfully used to fight specific forms of cancer. Google search it and find out for yourself. As far as the information control and enhancement, the developement of organic molecule based computers is well underway, and the mind-machine interface is already breaking ground in labratory tests. They have paralyzed monkeys using robotic arms to pick stuff up using only the chips implanted on their brain. This can go one of 2 ways, either technology leads to pure democracy, where every citizen is involved in every choice, or someone pulls the strings in some sort of quazi-cyberdictatorship. Interesting to think about. Google search all of this if you don't already know.
