Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed a law today that would make it mandatory for convicted sex offenders to be implanted with a GPS device once they are "freed" from jail. This would allow them to be tracked via satellite anywhere in the world for the rest of their life! Is this really necessary? What is this going to help? […]
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Wiretaps in U.S. Jump 19 Percent in 2004
April 28th, 2005 
Robert Alan James Fitzpatrick III It’s no surprise wiretaps jumped 19% last year when judges granted EVERY SINGLE REQUEST that authorities made. Of the 1710 wiretaps made, 1507 of them were portable devices (cell phone, pager, etc.). "We’re still seeing a huge trend toward increased surveillance," said Edgar. We’re seeing huge trends toward increased surveillance all over the place, aren’t […]
Feds Rethinking RFID Passport
April 27th, 2005 Robert Alan James Fitzpatrick III Finally the Feds are pulling their heads out of their asses and rethinking the notion of using RFID passports. Back in October the State Department thought it would be a good idea to store each persons Name, Address, Phone, SS#, etc. on an RFID tag stored in that persons passport. This information would not be […]
Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It…
April 21st, 2005 Robert Alan James Fitzpatrick III I happened upon this posting on craigslist today and thought that it’s a good bit of information that should be read – one of those things that make you go hmm. In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude […]