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By Jamie McGeever Fri Jan 6, 9:41 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forgetting computer passwords is an everyday source of frustration, but a solution may literally be at hand -- in the form of computer chip implants.

With a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, opens his front door. With another, he logs onto his computer.

Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips inserted into Graafstra's hands make it all possible.

"I just don't want to be without access to the things that I need to get access to. In the worst case scenario, if I'm in the alley naked, I want to still be able to get in (my house)," Graafstra said in an interview in New York, where he is promoting the technology. "RFID is for me."

The computer chips, which cost about $2, interact with a device installed in computers and other electronics. The chips are activated when they come within 3 inches of a so-called reader, which scans the data on the chips. The "reader" devices are available for as little as $50.

Information about where to buy the chips and readers is available online at the "tagged" forum, (http://tagged.kaos.gen.nz/) where enthusiasts of the technology chat and share information.

Graafstra said at least 20 of his tech-savvy pals have RFID implants.

"I can't feel it at all. It doesn't impede me. It doesn't hurt at all. I almost can't tell it's there," agreed Jennifer Tomblin, a 23-year-old marketing student and Graafstra's girlfriend.

'ABRACADABRA'

Mikey Sklar, a 28-year-old Brooklyn resident, said, "It does give you some sort of power of 'Abracadabra,' of making doors open and passwords enter just by a wave of your hand."

The RFID chip in Sklar's hand, which is smaller than a grain of rice and can last up to 100 years, was injected by a surgeon in Los Angeles.

Tattoo artists and veterinarians also could insert the chips into people, he said. For years, veterinarians have been injecting similar chips into pets so the animals can be returned to their owners if they are lost.

Graafstra was drawn to RFID tagging to make life easier in this technological age, but Sklar said he was more intrigued by the technology's potential in a broader sense.

In the future, technological advances will allow people to store, transmit and access encrypted personal information in an increasing number of wireless ways, Sklar said.

Wary of privacy issues, Sklar said he is developing a fabric "shield" to protect such chips from being read by strangers seeking to steal personal information or identities.

One advantage of the RFID chip, Graafstra said, is that it cannot get lost or stolen. And the chip can always be removed from a person's body.

"It's kind of a gadget thing, and it's not so impressive to have it on your key chain as it is to have it in you," Sklar said. "But it's not for everyone."

Sklar's girlfriend, Wendy Tremayne, has yet to be convinced. She said she probably would not inject the computer chip into her body unless she thought it was a "necessity."

"If it becomes more convenient, I may," said the 38-year-old artist and yoga teacher. "(But) I'd rather have an organic life."

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Hehe, forgive me, when I saw a 'I'm with stupid sign' pointing at my post I thought ... well, you know.  :silly:

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Insead of going from a lengthy background process, to zero, why not just find a way to speed it up.

I don't think someone who is a missionary, soldier or volunteer automatically has moral authority over the rest of us. This makes no sense to me.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole

--Malcolm X

What a horribly written, Orwell-esque article.

HB 628, sponsored by Representative Paul Clark and Senator Jim Elliott and supported by programs, was signed into law on April 19, 2005. Representative Clark and Senator Elliott hail from Sanders County in Montana ? an area ?rich? with programs that serve troubled youth. Representative Clark, in fact, is the owner of a small outdoor program for youth at risk. The fruition of this bill becoming law was not without considerable efforts on the behalf of program and school personnel statewide.

The state board will be comprised of five members and each will be appointed by Governor Brian Schweitzer. Board members will consist of three representatives from programs and two members of the general public.

Me thinks something smells fishy here. So, the program creates legislation, then regulates itself. Doesn't seem like oversight to me.

This is a common tactic. If you are committing a crime, become the investigator. They pushed through legislation so they could now control the regulation. A very sly move. They beat the real child advocates to law by defeating real legistlation last year thorugh large cash donations and lobbying. Now, real and helpful legisltaion is almost impossible to pass.

Now they can claim their programs are in a regulated state, and most people will not think it's the programs regulating thesmelves.

This is a smokescreen.

Also on the Board are Representative Paul Clark, and Jacqueline Rutzke, Spring Creek Lodge Academy.

A SCL employee on a board that is supposed to be investigating itself? WHAT BULLSHIT!

This all makes more sense if you happen to catch this article last year:

Billings Gazette
from Associated Press


HELENA -- Spring Creek Lodge, a residential facility for juveniles affiliated with the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools, was listed as being among the top spending lobbyists in Montana during the 90-day 2005 legislative session. The Legislature only meets once every two years.

The spending report was complied by the state's political practices office.

In all, 411 special-interest groups and state and local governments spent $4.78 million to try to influence legislation. That is the equivalent of about $31,900 per lawmaker.

The total spending is nearly 47 percent more than the $3.2 million spent in the 2003 Legislature. Lobbyists spent $3.1 million during the 2001 session and $3.5 million in the 1999 Legislature.

Spring Creek Lodge spent $56,677 during the 90-day period, successfully defeating legislation which would have required therapeutic boarding schools to be licensed and regulated by the state.

This is the legislation they killed last year with their bribes. Can you believe this shit? An example of corruption to the highest level, right in front of our eyes. The press are completely fooled.

Why would a legitimate program, that helps teens need to spend that kind of cash to prevent legislation, only to pass their own a few months later... what is wrong with this situation? (and how many times have we seen this in dc politics)

This smokescreen legistlation is bought and paid for by WWASP. Un-fucking-believable. ::noway::

I guess we will not be represented until we can out-spend WWASP... god bless america.  :roll:

God is the...refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find no sanctuary in His arms, but...a kind of superiority, soothing to their...egos: He will set them above their betters.
--H. L. Mencken, American publisher

:smile: Thanks WWFSMD! The more I read about the 'older' programs, I am also amazed how similar all these programs are.

... and no big loss on the family. I am happier now than I ever was growing up.  :grin:

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that
they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
--Thomas Sowell

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Very funny BTW! :smokin:

On 2005-12-09 17:21:00, Anonymous wrote:

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"tortured, hmm thats funny i was in the program for 15 months and never saw anything that even slightly resembled torture"

I did. and many others. "

I did too. I saw them keeping kids like animals locked up in the hobbit for weeks, it's disguting. These places are a scam, the only ones who make out from this shitty deal are WWASP execs, everyone else gets screwed. These WWASP programs prepare you for nothing other than to take orders.. guess that's why so many join the military out of it. That's why the really freaky program people just end up working at the facility they were incarcerated at. Or maybe start their own.. ?  :roll: