BetterBadNews » irv http://betterbadnews.com Half True More or Less 100% of the Time Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:09:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 BRANDING PEOPLE http://betterbadnews.com/2010/07/19/branding-people/ http://betterbadnews.com/2010/07/19/branding-people/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.betterbadnews.com/?p=565 In this episode the BetterBadNews panel considers a new technology for managing human livestock. Will less intrusive xray “solutions” do a better job of tracking the human herd than RFID chips embedded under the skin?

1. Full Body Xray Scanners 2. Lithium Deposits in Afghanistan 3. Smart Phone Geo Location Tools 4. Personal Data [...]]]>
In this episode the BetterBadNews panel considers a new technology for managing human livestock. Will less intrusive xray “solutions” do a better job of tracking the human herd than RFID chips embedded under the skin?

1. Full Body Xray Scanners
2. Lithium Deposits in Afghanistan
3. Smart Phone Geo Location Tools
4. Personal Data Mining
5. Popular Dissent

And what does Face Book do with its users personal data after a users account is closed? Does Face Book have more than just a trust problem?

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]]> http://betterbadnews.com/2010/07/19/branding-people/feed/ 0 ASPEN MAYOR PROMOTES VOTER ANIMOSITY http://betterbadnews.com/2009/12/14/aspen-mayor-promotes-voter-animosity/ http://betterbadnews.com/2009/12/14/aspen-mayor-promotes-voter-animosity/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:52:20 +0000 admin http://www.betterbadnews.com/?p=407 Instant runoff elections Aspen style sparks a voter revolt on BetterBadNews. The panel hears testimony about a clever politician in Aspen Colorado, who gamed an instant runoff election by locating a special early voting ballot box next to his office in city hall. Election procedures violated so many local ordinances the entire election commission had [...]]]> Instant runoff elections Aspen style sparks a voter revolt on BetterBadNews. The panel hears testimony about a clever politician in Aspen Colorado, who gamed an instant runoff election by locating a special early voting ballot box next to his office in city hall. Election procedures violated so many local ordinances the entire election commission had to be purged to protect voter piracy.

Can ballots photographed for verification of voter intent be hidden from public view because somebody in city hall forgot to shuffle the ballots?

And…

An early voting station set up near the mayors office pulled in more than 30% of votes cast. How will abused Aspen voters occupy city hall?

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