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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 10/27/2005, you wrote:

> There is an older article that talked about calling the RFID chips a
> "super barcode" so people would be more receptive to the idea of
> having the chips in everything.

One idea is to eliminate the checkers.  You have an RFID tag on a card 
issued by either the merchant or the credit card company.  You just pile 
your shopping cart and head for the door.  Your cart is scanned and your 
card dinged as you walk out the door.  Mobil does that now with SpeedPass.

Don Bowen                          Awl Knotted Up

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