"Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.

Radio-frequency identification comprises interrogators (also known as readers), and tags (also known as labels).

Most RFID tags contain at least two parts. One is an integrated circuit for storing and processing information, modulating and demodulating a radio-frequency (RF) signal, and other specialized functions. The second is an antenna for receiving and transmitting the signal.

There are generally three types of RFID tags: active RFID tags, which contain a battery and can transmit signals autonomously, passive RFID tags, which have no battery and require an external source to provoke signal transmission, and battery assisted passive (BAP) RFID tags, which require an external source to wake up but have significant higher forward link capability providing greater range.

There are a variety of groups defining standards and regulating the use of RFID, including: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ASTM International, DASH7 Alliance, EPCglobal. (Refer to Regulation and standardization below.)

RFID has many applications; for example, it is used in enterprise supply chain management to improve the efficiency of inventory tracking and management.

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Statistician's are perverts too.
"Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.

Radio-frequency identification comprises interrogators (also known as readers), and tags (also known as labels).

Most RFID tags contain at least two parts. One is an integrated circuit for storing and processing information, modulating and demodulating a radio-frequency (RF) signal, and other specialized functions. The second is an antenna for receiving and transmitting the signal.

There are generally three types of RFID tags: active RFID tags, which contain a battery and can transmit signals autonomously, passive RFID tags, which have no battery and require an external source to provoke signal transmission, and battery assisted passive (BAP) RFID tags, which require an external source to wake up but have significant higher forward link capability providing greater range.

There are a variety of groups defining standards and regulating the use of RFID, including: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ASTM International, DASH7 Alliance, EPCglobal. (Refer to Regulation and standardization below.)

RFID has many applications; for example, it is used in enterprise supply chain management to improve the efficiency of inventory tracking and management.

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/a rticle/110152/wal-mart-radio-tags-to-t rack-clothing

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"Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.

Radio-frequency identification comprises interrogators (also known as readers), and tags (also known as labels).

Most RFID tags contain at least two parts. One is an integrated circuit for storing and processing information, modulating and demodulating a radio-frequency (RF) signal, and other specialized functions. The second is an antenna for receiving and transmitting the signal.

There are generally three types of RFID tags: active RFID tags, which contain a battery and can transmit signals autonomously, passive RFID tags, which have no battery and require an external source to provoke signal transmission, and battery assisted passive (BAP) RFID tags, which require an external source to wake up but have significant higher forward link capability providing greater range.

There are a variety of groups defining standards and regulating the use of RFID, including: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ASTM International, DASH7 Alliance, EPCglobal. (Refer to Regulation and standardization below.)

RFID has many applications; for example, it is used in enterprise supply chain management to improve the efficiency of inventory tracking and management.

And your point is?? Did I miss something?

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And your point is?? Did I miss something?

We worry over a few mills in taxes, which are needed to improve the infrastructure. It’s part of privilege of being American However, we can care less about the real thieves. Consumerism keeps getting stronger and less controllable, yet we bow at its feet. The government takes 20% of our pay, BUT consumerism takes the rest. In my world, a tiger is more of an immediate concern then the rat.

Big brother is a wimp compared to the consumer industry, they are relentless in the pursuit of your last penny. Tagging clothing, which has the potential to track consumers outside of the store, without the buyer’s knowledge is a scary thought to ponder. What, advertisements on every-last thing under the sun is not enough?

A point, I did not really have one.

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http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/a rticle/110152/wal-mart-radio-tags-to-t rack-clothing

This story is not new look at the date : Now for the rest of the story!:..Wal-Mart's Latest Approach to Shoplifting By Marcus Kabel - Associated Press "Friday, June 23, 2006" Wal-Mart this year adopted what it calls a "smarter" approach to battling thievery and security risks in its roughly 4,000 U.S. stores, spokeswoman Sharon Weber said. Weber denied allegations by union-backed critics that Wal-Mart is laying off store detectives for two reasons, to save labor costs and to reduce criticism from some local police departments about a high number of shoplifting calls.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
We worry over a few mills in taxes, which are needed to improve the infrastructure. It’s part of privilege of being American However, we can care less about the real thieves. Consumerism keeps getting stronger and less controllable, yet we bow at its feet. The government takes 20% of our pay, BUT consumerism takes the rest. In my world, a tiger is more of an immediate concern then the rat.

Big brother is a wimp compared to the consumer industry, they are relentless in the pursuit of your last penny. Tagging clothing, which has the potential to track consumers outside of the store, without the buyer’s knowledge is a scary thought to ponder. What, advertisements on every-last thing under the sun is not enough?

A point, I did not really have one.

Yes you do have a point and it was well stated. However, as you and I often do, we disagree, but as gentlemen. The tagging of clothing, as you describe seems almost innocuous compared to the current project by the feds to track the movement of every vehicle in the country at will. The contract is with Sprint and involves sensors in areas including roadways that will pick up a unique signal from each and every vehicle. The sending unit is now in all vehicles being produced and has been in previous model years. If you think private industry is the tiger and government is the rat, I would suggest you need to expand your reading, which I know you love to do. And open your eyes and mind to the loss of freedom we suffer as the government becomes ever larger and devours us as only a hungry and voracious tiger can. You might begin your reading with "Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark Levin. Let me know if you would like to borrow my copy. I would be most happy to send it to you with only the request that you pass it on after reading.

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Yes you do have a point and it was well stated. However, as you and I often do, we disagree, but as gentlemen. The tagging of clothing, as you describe seems almost innocuous compared to the current project by the feds to track the movement of every vehicle in the country at will. The contract is with Sprint and involves sensors in areas including roadways that will pick up a unique signal from each and every vehicle. The sending unit is now in all vehicles being produced and has been in previous model years. If you think private industry is the tiger and government is the rat, I would suggest you need to expand your reading, which I know you love to do. And open your eyes and mind to the loss of freedom we suffer as the government becomes ever larger and devours us as only a hungry and voracious tiger can. You might begin your reading with "Liberty and Tyranny" by Mark Levin. Let me know if you would like to borrow my copy. I would be most happy to send it to you with only the request that you pass it on after reading.

This scares me equally.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
We worry over a few mills in taxes, which are needed to improve the infrastructure. It’s part of privilege of being American However, we can care less about the real thieves. Consumerism keeps getting stronger and less controllable, yet we bow at its feet. The government takes 20% of our pay, BUT consumerism takes the rest. In my world, a tiger is more of an immediate concern then the rat.

Big brother is a wimp compared to the consumer industry, they are relentless in the pursuit of your last penny. Tagging clothing, which has the potential to track consumers outside of the store, without the buyer’s knowledge is a scary thought to ponder. What, advertisements on every-last thing under the sun is not enough?

A point, I did not really have one.

Dog gone it CWR, you have aroused the hackles on the back of my neck. So point by point, let us have a little debate. Yes I worry about a few mills in taxes because it is that few mills tacked on to the previous few mills added to the previous few mills,,ad infinitum, ad nauesam. Just skin the taxpayer lightly because if you skin him too deep, he may die and dead taxpayers are not of much use to politicians and bureaucrats. As to the real thieves, you must render unto the Caesars and do it in the manner and place designated. But as a consumer, your choices are endless and only limited by the fact that choices are required for such things as sustenance, comfort, education etc. Don"t buy the damn stuff where you think its tagged. You DO have choices! You are too smart to be fooled by the left forever and I think the day will come when CWR will use his God given brains and talent for the REAL good of mankind vs being a tool for causes that ring more and more hollow as time passes. You are a real danger to the left leaners simply because you have demonstrated the ability to think for yourself and the willingness to express it. They won't like you for that. God bless you.

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This scares me equally.

It scares me too.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
This story is not new look at the date : Now for the rest of the story!:..Wal-Mart's Latest Approach to Shoplifting By Marcus Kabel - Associated Press "Friday, June 23, 2006" Wal-Mart this year adopted what it calls a "smarter" approach to battling thievery and security risks in its roughly 4,000 U.S. stores, spokeswoman Sharon Weber said. Weber denied allegations by union-backed critics that Wal-Mart is laying off store detectives for two reasons, to save labor costs and to reduce criticism from some local police departments about a high number of shoplifting calls.

James, ask yourself this, do you let go of a “good thing ?” No ,you (or should I say we) hang onto things that we see as good or profitable, hiding it way until we can convince others that it is good. On the other hand, we take what we think is good( but bad by others) redressing it and find another way of delivering it to the masses.

Either way the tracking tags debate over consumables outside of the store is not dead, but young. My point was more focused toward the mighty arm of consumerism, which, to address "Class54", is becoming fused with the "government." I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.”

You know, the longer I discuss and read, the more I see that “we the people “are stuck between two massive forces uncaring about the pressure they exert.

We are left to fight over the little breathing room they give us.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
This story is not new look at the date : Now for the rest of the story!:..Wal-Mart's Latest Approach to Shoplifting By Marcus Kabel - Associated Press "Friday, June 23, 2006" Wal-Mart this year adopted what it calls a "smarter" approach to battling thievery and security risks in its roughly 4,000 U.S. stores, spokeswoman Sharon Weber said. Weber denied allegations by union-backed critics that Wal-Mart is laying off store detectives for two reasons, to save labor costs and to reduce criticism from some local police departments about a high number of shoplifting calls.

Yep, old news. in 1963, I became an Allstate Insurance agent at the time that Allstate was a wholly owned subsiduary of Sears. As an employee of Allstate, I was required to take the same training classes as new Sears employees. One of these classes had to do with theft from the stores and other company properties. It seems that Sears had tremendous experience on that subject but only one fact from that course stays with me until this day. Eighty percent of theft losses at Sears came in the form of employee theft. As an observant employee of a huge company today, I would suggest that nothing has changed. So, spending a lot of money on asset protection makes sence but spending it wisely makes more sence. Yes, the retail industry makes some noise infrequently about the costs of shoplifting, usually as prices go up and the real reason is less palatable. By the way, in most jurisdictions, a shoplifter cannot be convicted if not held in constant visual contact from the moment of the theft until apprehension. If visual contact is lost, even for a few seconds, all the store can do is diplomatically retreive the merchandise and suggest that the perp shop(lift) in some other venue. It really is a great world, isn't it.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
James, ask yourself this, do you let go of a “good thing ?” No ,you (or should I say we) hang onto things that we see as good or profitable, hiding it way until we can convince others that it is good. On the other hand, we take what we think is good( but bad by others) redressing it and find another way of delivering it to the masses.

Either way the tracking tags debate over consumables outside of the store is not dead, but young. My point was more focused toward the mighty arm of consumerism, which, to address "Class54", is becoming fused with the "government." I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.”

You know, the longer I discuss and read, the more I see that “we the people “are stuck between two massive forces uncaring about the pressure they exert.

We are left to fight over the little breathing room they give us.

Only if we are as divided as we are today are we relatively helpless. The alpha is definitely big government. Big government will slowly starve out small businesses and show favor more and more to large businesses for their $$ in political contributions until only a few large businesses remain in each economic sector. Then big government can take over those big businesses easily as they will be relatively small in number. But I'm sure you have allready read this elsewhere. Is big business as uncaring as big government? And by how much? You are making that assessment now and your opinion counts just as much as mine. Maybe more as you will probably be around longer to react to your final decision. My life is nearly over and my greatest regret is to look back at the number of years that I spent trusting others to make life changing decisions for me. One would have thought that many years with ones head up ones butt would have led to suffocation. I guess we are a resiliant bunch if at my age we recover, become interested, involved and ready to do battle, whatever that means.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
James, ask yourself this, do you let go of a “good thing ?” No ,you (or should I say we) hang onto things that we see as good or profitable, hiding it way until we can convince others that it is good. On the other hand, we take what we think is good( but bad by others) redressing it and find another way of delivering it to the masses.

Either way the tracking tags debate over consumables outside of the store is not dead, but young. My point was more focused toward the mighty arm of consumerism, which, to address "Class54", is becoming fused with the "government." I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.”

You know, the longer I discuss and read, the more I see that “we the people “are stuck between two massive forces uncaring about the pressure they exert.

We are left to fight over the little breathing room they give us.

I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.” :... Please define the word alpha as being used in you message .

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.” :... Please define the word alpha as being used in you message .

I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.” :... Please define the word alpha as being used in you message . CWR please ignore my question .

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
I ask one more question,” who is the alpha in that mix.” :... Please define the word alpha as being used in you message .

I took it to mean the "big dog". Correct me if I am wrong CWR.

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Dog gone it CWR, you have aroused the hackles on the back of my neck. So point by point, let us have a little debate. Yes I worry about a few mills in taxes because it is that few mills tacked on to the previous few mills added to the previous few mills,,ad infinitum, ad nauesam. Just skin the taxpayer lightly because if you skin him too deep, he may die and dead taxpayers are not of much use to politicians and bureaucrats. As to the real thieves, you must render unto the Caesars and do it in the manner and place designated. But as a consumer, your choices are endless and only limited by the fact that choices are required for such things as sustenance, comfort, education etc. Don"t buy the damn stuff where you think its tagged. You DO have choices! You are too smart to be fooled by the left forever and I think the day will come when CWR will use his God given brains and talent for the REAL good of mankind vs being a tool for causes that ring more and more hollow as time passes. You are a real danger to the left leaners simply because you have demonstrated the ability to think for yourself and the willingness to express it. They won't like you for that. God bless you.

Husbandry was murdered my friend and you know this to be true. Mass production and the artist’s golden means was used to cut it’s throat and bled it dry. We can do nothing but humble ourselves to the beast with plenty. If I try to live without, to live by my needs only, I would live lonely sickly and hated. We are not in control of our wants, not when we are surrounded in its intoxicants. Our Country adopted a sales pitch as a way of life, what more profit do you need.” Just do it.”

I dare you to sustain from the consumerist march for 30 days, I’d bet few could make it, our life’s depend upon it to much. If we all had a honest length of time to think about our purchases , time to research and compared, weight and ponder, we would not purchase and the system would collapse, sending us into darkness. Our time in history is that of full-force with not time to think. It is only natural that the huckster would take advantage. But it too will buckle under its own weight, the unreasonable, but factual addiction to purchase, it never-ly brought us to our knees in this decade. Something I almost “hoped” for.

It is not a dieing harmless distraction, but a real concern. The scale can be unbalanced but for so long. nless corrected the heavier mass either will decay and die away or out grow it’s lesser, to the point it exhausts its own feeding sources. O’ the age-old debate over greed, she is no less interesting then when it first showed its ugly face. You humble me Class54, I hope you take what credits that are due. You know as well as I that those hackles need tickles once in awhile.

Goodnight.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
Husbandry was murdered my friend and you know this to be true. Mass production and the artist’s golden means was used to cut it’s throat and bled it dry. We can do nothing but humble ourselves to the beast with plenty. If I try to live without, to live by my needs only, I would live lonely sickly and hated. We are not in control of our wants, not when we are surrounded in its intoxicants. Our Country adopted a sales pitch as a way of life, what more profit do you need.” Just do it.”

I dare you to sustain from the consumerist march for 30 days, I’d bet few could make it, our life’s depend upon it to much. If we all had a honest length of time to think about our purchases , time to research and compared, weight and ponder, we would not purchase and the system would collapse, sending us into darkness. Our time in history is that of full-force with not time to think. It is only natural that the huckster would take advantage. But it too will buckle under its own weight, the unreasonable, but factual addiction to purchase, it never-ly brought us to our knees in this decade. Something I almost “hoped” for.

It is not a dieing harmless distraction, but a real concern. The scale can be unbalanced but for so long. nless corrected the heavier mass either will decay and die away or out grow it’s lesser, to the point it exhausts its own feeding sources. O’ the age-old debate over greed, she is no less interesting then when it first showed its ugly face. You humble me Class54, I hope you take what credits that are due. You know as well as I that those hackles need tickles once in awhile.

Goodnight.

We are not in control of our wants:... If we want it but can't afford it don't buy it . It's call freedom of choice we can choose to go in debt or do with out.

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RE: Statistician's are perverts too.
Husbandry was murdered my friend and you know this to be true. Mass production and the artist’s golden means was used to cut it’s throat and bled it dry. We can do nothing but humble ourselves to the beast with plenty. If I try to live without, to live by my needs only, I would live lonely sickly and hated. We are not in control of our wants, not when we are surrounded in its intoxicants. Our Country adopted a sales pitch as a way of life, what more profit do you need.” Just do it.”

I dare you to sustain from the consumerist march for 30 days, I’d bet few could make it, our life’s depend upon it to much. If we all had a honest length of time to think about our purchases , time to research and compared, weight and ponder, we would not purchase and the system would collapse, sending us into darkness. Our time in history is that of full-force with not time to think. It is only natural that the huckster would take advantage. But it too will buckle under its own weight, the unreasonable, but factual addiction to purchase, it never-ly brought us to our knees in this decade. Something I almost “hoped” for.

It is not a dieing harmless distraction, but a real concern. The scale can be unbalanced but for so long. nless corrected the heavier mass either will decay and die away or out grow it’s lesser, to the point it exhausts its own feeding sources. O’ the age-old debate over greed, she is no less interesting then when it first showed its ugly face. You humble me Class54, I hope you take what credits that are due. You know as well as I that those hackles need tickles once in awhile.

Goodnight.

Well, CWR, I finally found some info on the tracking devises Wallyworld is using on their products. I can see why you are just a little upset as this is just the continuation of an industry trend. Personally, I avoid Walmart like the plague. But admittedly, there is that rare time when they are the most likely source of some product. I guess 1984 just took a little longer to get here, about 26 years. But as I posted earlier, with 80% of retail theft attributed to employees, Wally may just be going a little overboard on the asset protection. Still, this is definitely an unwanted intrusion into our private lives. So if you shop Walmart, make sure you own and use a really good hammer. But we agree on the squeeze between the force of consumerism and a government that wants even more control over our lives. One is hard to ignore, the other impossible to ignore.