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However, I won't be making twenty trips to the fridge to check on my stock of eggs every ten minutes

But, you might wish you'd remembered to look in the fridge before you went to work, since it's easier to stop by the store on the way home than to go home, check the fridge and THEN go to the store. Maybe you have screaming kids in the back and it would be a royal pain to make the extra trip.

Americans do need to exercise more. This is wildly off-topic, but it always strikes me every time I go back to the States how impossible it is to walk anywhere. Some cities are pretty good, like New York and Chicago, but Dallas is HORRIBLE. Worse, when they try to do mass transit, they usually put the train off in the middle of the swamp (well, that's where the TRE train between Dallas and Fort Worth is), virtually guaranteeing that you have to DRIVE to the station.

Europeans are thinner because they walk so much. Even the Irish are thinner, and they eat nothing but chips and beer (I exaggerate, but not by much. Ireland is the only place I've been where chips and mash potatoes counted as two sides of vegetables). I think that would go a lot further towards making us more healthy than foregoing a technology in order to get the extra bit of exercise from opening the fridge.
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thanks, but...  dpayne@... | 01/12/04
Rivacy is the main point John.  Tim Patterson | 01/12/04
Privacy will work itself out, don't be paranoid.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Sometimes a little paranoia is good.  Tim Patterson | 01/12/04
Ok, I agree, we need to be worried.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
This will remove a lot of costs from the distribution channel  NemesisNL | 01/13/04
ID Cards are no place for RFID  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
That's exactly the problem..  slopoke | 01/12/04
Government  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
Democracy means that you do have a choice ...  coffeenite | 01/12/04
Absolutely ...  coffeenite | 01/12/04
We still need to know how much milk is in the fridge.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
We need fridge artificial intelligence  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
How about opening the damn fridge door...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Didn't take you for a Luddite  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
That's because I am not a Luddite  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Granted  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
What if you are at work, and want to pick it up on the way home?  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Why not go the whole route here?  slopoke | 01/12/04
Well, sounds fun, but probably a ways off!  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Not that far off  slopoke | 01/12/04
How about opening the damn fridge door...  wploger | 01/12/04
LOL--exactly  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
Ok, get rid of the automatic garage door openers too.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Family time...  wploger | 01/12/04
Does your remote or garage door opener transmit its location via satellite?  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
To Grinding...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
to john carroll  CaptainObvious | 01/12/04
Some people have families. You don't know what your kids ate.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
What a girl wants...  wploger | 01/12/04
Simple!  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
And some people need to get their act together  shawkins | 01/13/04
order oldest items first  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
A ingenious Idea  CaptainObvious | 01/12/04
It's a huge benifit  voska | 01/12/04
Devices  FirstNLastN | 01/12/04
Well, a mild charge...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
For clothes and expensive items, the RFID will be in the packaging.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Curious!  theo_durcan | 01/12/04
Yes, it's all a conspiracy  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
Microsoft will not be able to control this.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Interesting Wired article  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
Or, better yet, change it so only you would know what it is.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Just like the whole fridge concept  slopoke | 01/12/04
I want them disable when I leave the store  voska | 01/12/04
Benefits? To whom???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
If you assume competition, it will benifit customers.  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Wal-Mart Competition  wploger | 01/12/04
For once Bitty you are right...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/12/04
remove and re-use  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
Consumers stuff is down the line  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
Be trusting. Laws will get adjusted.  slopoke | 01/12/04
Good point  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
You missed it.  slopoke | 01/12/04
yeah  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
Those are a lot of assumptions...  wploger | 01/12/04
you must get dissapointed a lot  NemesisNL | 01/13/04
Here's A Sick One ...  coffeenite | 01/12/04
To the Consumer  XXX_z | 01/13/04
Theft not Privacy  pixelman | 01/12/04
They don't need RFID to tell you have a new wide screen TV!  DonnieBoy | 01/12/04
Targeted Theft is the Main Issue  markdoiron | 01/13/04
Certainly does not reduce theft  XXX_z | 01/13/04
you will be a major fellon  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
Don't work in security do you?  voska | 01/14/04
as cd prices have shown us  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
re : They don't need RFID to tell you have a new wide screen TV!  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
That's doable  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/04
agreed  JWatson77 | 01/14/04
Boy ... talk about over simplification ....  coffeenite | 01/12/04
The problem is one of trust John.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
privacy is an issue  Lord Talon | 01/13/04
(sorry, hit the wrong key - here's the rest)  Lord Talon | 01/13/04
The Show Stopper is...  n9joy@... | 01/13/04
How to make privacy a non-issue  TVwebguy | 01/14/04
Detect and destroy?  bmeacham98@... | 01/14/04
If it?s not privacy: It?s the economy, stupid!  akrisch | 01/14/04
ms now supports rfid, john now support rfid  JWatson77 | 01/14/04

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