From:	Sommers sommers@*****.umich.edu
Subject:	Human barcodes
Date:	Sat, 18 Sep 1999 18:10:57 -0400

At 04:26 PM 9/18/99 , Starrngr@***.com wrote:
>In a message dated 9/17/99 23:54:47 Pacific Daylight Time, gbmaill@***.de
>writes:
>
> > I heard that "they" are using invisible tatoos as an option for a
permanent
> > ticket to Disneyland to test people's acceptance. Is that true or just
> > another urban myth or conspiracy theory?
> >
>Urban myth. The longest period Disney sells a ticket for is their annual
>pass, and then what would people do with the tattoo next year?

Actually, that's not entirely true. I was at Disneyworld last year with my
parents and they had a deal. You could pay like 50 bucks for each person
for the day that got you into all of the theme parks (Dsineyworld, Epcot,
etc). Or you could pay $100 for three days that covered all of them. The
trick was, there is no expiration date on the ticket, so if you only use 2
of the days, you can use the third one later. They're betting that you lose
that third day, but the woman at the counter said they have people come
back 10 years later to use them.

> > Back to SR:
> > What would be the arguments for a subdermal chip? What can the corps tell
> > the people to accept that chip?
> > "You'l never lose your credstick"?
> > "In case of an accident you can be treated faster"?
> > "I am the big daddy corp. Now every bearer of a chip gets 10 nuyen
off"
>(ok,
> > that was silly)
> >
> > All not very convincing.
> >
>Actually, given the level of mega power in 2060, I would expect that if a
>corp decided to do something like this, it would come down more to something
>like "All corp personnel WILL recieve this chip and will report to medical at
>x hours to recieve theirs". It would be a case of get with the program or
>find a new job somewhere else.

I'm sure a lot of the middle management and up would get this, but other
than that, not everyone would get it. Issuing a credstick to each employee
and their family members might cost $100. How much does each one cost to
have something implanted?



Sommers
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