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A Reverse ATM
Paying in cash makes you a nuisance.
Physical paper records for transactions are frowned upon. (That way we can say you owe us whatever we want!)
Become accustomed to swiping an electronic identification tag. (Cash usage lowers reproductive viability.)
Smart Cards belittle your intelligence if you refuse to use them. Already rolling out in college campuses, which regularly use closed alternative currency systems:
Reverse ATM machines will accept cash only. There are two reverse ATM machines on campus which are located near the Tuition Office and by the Cafeteria. The reverse ATM will allow students to deposit cash and view the balance of the Smart Card. The reverse ATM accepts $1’s, $5’s, $10’s, and $20’s.
Reverse ATM machines will collect biometric data on you. Your regular ATM already does this. Try walking up to an ATM wearing a black bag covering your face and body to withdraw money and see what happens.
{See also: Creditz, Cherry Credits}
- Eliminate ATM Fees
- Peer-to-Peer Banking w/ Shared Value Communities
- Be afraid
- Chinese Crystal Meth Explosion
- U-Maul, is more like it
- Prev: Removing indieKarma
- Next: Testing Out Flock
October 31st, 2007 at 6:11 pm
save me the adventure (for now) - what happens?
October 31st, 2007 at 7:53 pm
No, I will NOT save you the adventure. That’s a terrible thing to ask someone: “Shield me from firsthand experience. Keep me away from the consequences of actions.”
October 31st, 2007 at 8:05 pm
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October 31st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Ok. “Terrible”. Geez. I said “for now”…that’s worth something, no?
, first hand experience is great, I have lots of them all the time. They are just not ALL neccesary for everyone. But I am curious.
I’ve been in and near crazy shit before. But, u know, my life these days is not set conveniently towards getting picked up for attempted bank robbery, even if only for a few hours, to prove a point. I am not even sure that is what happens. Maybe security “swarm, swarm, swarm”. Dunno. It eats your bank card? That’s a bitch too.
Don’t get overly preachy wit me
November 1st, 2007 at 12:51 am
I’m not being preachy. I don’t know what happens either. I haven’t tried it. I’m too much of a chicken shit. It would be hilarious to do though as a joke if it probably didn’t get you arrested for terrorism or some fucking shit…
The point I’m trying to make is that it would make you feel guilty to go up to one of those things and “try it out” because you would feel like you were doing something wrong. Why? What would be wrong with that? It’s your money. You own it and deserve it. You have every right not to have a camera in your face when you’re retrieving it.
What about this camera built into the tops of laptops and those big ass Macs? That shit drives me wild.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:13 am
Don’t know much about it. Why does it drive you wild though?
November 1st, 2007 at 1:09 pm
It habituates people to being watched by a camera constantly in their face. Even if it’s not “on” right now, it becomes a mental blind spot through repeated exposure and therefore won’t be considered a hindrance when you can’t turn it off anymore.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:49 pm
It’s true, I know what you mean, but also what are we hiding from?
So maybe without “god” watching over to make sure you don’t “sin”, a camera to remind not to pick your nose or beat your wife or whatnot is a good idea…I dunno. Devil’s advocate and all that, I suppose I don’t really want a camera on me all the time, but if it was always there I wonder if it wouldn’t just become like furniture and who cares? The only time it would be of interest to anyone is once it was useful to look back and see what happened perhaps.
I mean, I know I don’t want someone watching me pick my nose or having sex or something. But otherwise…you had a thread awhile back where you were saying that it was good to record yourself in a way - I commented that it might make you “better” in the sense that planned intrusion hacking is meant to identify weaknesses that can be fixed in systems. Maybe this idea would make you better too? Like maybe I wouldn’t pick my nose. I have a right to pick my nose in private if I choose, but it doesn’t mean that it’s ideal or I shouldn’t eliminate that habit (it’s an example, I don’t pick my nose constantly, LoL)…but sometimes a finger sneaks up there…
November 1st, 2007 at 5:58 pm
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sigh…and it isn’t directed at you, Dan. I’ve heard people say similar things about phone eavesdropping. “Well, I’m not doing anything wrong, so if they really want to listen to me talk to my grandma…”
Kids are getting used to being tracked too, with those kid cellphones for scared of the world type parents…able to track their locations for safety sake…little mushy headed kids get raised with this, think nothing of it.
There many things wrong with it, one being, it is just creepy and sick-minded.
yes, see, I’ve held for sometime that Google (and others) are intent on indexing ALL of the spheres and planes of existence. They want to index the after-life.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:00 pm
The thing is the choice: that it is you choosing to do it, you know it’s being done and you can decide how and in what capacity to participate. That choice is a fundamental human human right.
Absolutely that is their plan. See Google SketchUp and Google Earth, OpenSocial, YouTube, etc (I also think they are buying up analog tv signals all across the country quietly too to create free Google ad-supported TV connected directly to your browsing history of computers in your home, your friends, and geographical neighbors— and that’s without getting into other crazy data layer schemes they have up their sleeves)
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