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1984 is coming!
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Re: 1984 is coming!
kingwaffles wrote:http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9059&feedId=online-news_rss20
Run for your lives!
A little late isn't it?
And I believe the guy who owns Apple (I forget his name) gave a live speech where he tricked Bill Gates into looking like Big Brother or something along those lines. I think the original commercial was aimed at some other company (Drawing a blank on the name.)
Re: 1984 is coming!
strike wolf wrote:kingwaffles wrote:http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9059&feedId=online-news_rss20
Run for your lives!
A little late isn't it?
And I believe the guy who owns Apple (I forget his name) gave a live speech where he tricked Bill Gates into looking like Big Brother or something along those lines. I think the original commercial was aimed at some other company (Drawing a blank on the name.)
The big brother part was the pact that Microsoft and Apple did in 1999.
Re: 1984 is coming!
strike wolf wrote:kingwaffles wrote:http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9059&feedId=online-news_rss20
Run for your lives!
A little late isn't it?
And I believe the guy who owns Apple (I forget his name) gave a live speech where he tricked Bill Gates into looking like Big Brother or something along those lines. I think the original commercial was aimed at some other company (Drawing a blank on the name.)
Steve Jobs..I think...
If 1984 was coming in any country first, it has to be in the UK, here are some facts -
- The UK owns 20% of the world's CCTV cameras.
- On average, you are captured on camera over 300 times a day in London.
- There is one camera for every 14 people.
Not only does cameras know when and where you are, Bank Machines record when and where you used it, Loyalty Cards in supermarkets for example record what you buy and when, and Cable TV records what you watched and for how long.
- The UK owns 20% of the world's CCTV cameras.
- On average, you are captured on camera over 300 times a day in London.
- There is one camera for every 14 people.
Not only does cameras know when and where you are, Bank Machines record when and where you used it, Loyalty Cards in supermarkets for example record what you buy and when, and Cable TV records what you watched and for how long.
Re: 1984 is coming!
strike wolf wrote:And I believe the guy who owns Apple (I forget his name)
His name is "Backglass".
(Well...100 shares anyway.
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The Pro-Tip®, SkyDaddy® and
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In Britain they've also started attaching microphones to CCTV cameras to make sure you're not talking about anything inappropriate (still being trialled) and some CCTV camera setups allow the operator to communicate with those being watched.
/me moves to some carribean island.
/me moves to some carribean island.
War, what is it good for?
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moz976 wrote:If you liked 1984 you should check out Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. There are some short stories in there that could so easily come true.
Fixed.
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Re: 1984 is coming!
What's that cost a guy?Backglass wrote:strike wolf wrote:And I believe the guy who owns Apple (I forget his name)
His name is "Backglass".
(Well...100 shares anyway.
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Re: 1984 is coming!
The Pro-Tip®, SkyDaddy® and
are registered trademarks of Backglass Heavy Industries.pancakemix wrote:moz976 wrote:If you liked 1984 you should check out Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. There are some short stories in there that could so easily come true.
Fixed.
I don't know why I always transpose those two. Very different authors both very good though.
"The suitcoats say, 'There is money to be made.'
They get so excited, nothing gets in their way
My road it may be lonely just because it's not paved.
It's good for drifting, drifting away."
-Vedder
They get so excited, nothing gets in their way
My road it may be lonely just because it's not paved.
It's good for drifting, drifting away."
-Vedder