Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Govt Recordkeeping NFC OT No Ferrari Content

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Eric -
Ha!  We can only hope. ;-)

LarryT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Nielsen" <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Govt Recordkeeping NFC OT No Ferrari Content


> If they upload the data into SAP, we'll be fine. No one can run a
> detailed report out of that crappy program.
>
> On 4/17/09, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> > Just saw a disturbing TV  commercial (IMHO) on the History Channel where
> > dozens of white robed technicans proudly talk about what they are working
> > on.  Seems they want to create a huge database that puts medical records,
> > insurance records, hospital records, etc etc where *everything* talks to
> > everything else!  Don't know about you, but this doesn't sound like the
> > greatest idea.  Sure, it may make the insurance business more profitible,
> > but at the expense of patient privacy!  We've had a regular diet of 
> > reports
> > of credit card information being lost or stolen when hard drives are 
> > given
> > away, lost or stolen.  That's *very* bad.  But medical records being out
> > there for all to see is even worse IMHO.
> >
> > Yet here they are, all those IBM technicians proudly boasting they are
> > working toward the goal of total integration of
> > your life's total body of information.
> >
> > Am I being too paranoid?  I mean, I don't have to worry about finding a 
> > job
> > anymore, but someone with a family history of heart disease or cancer 
> > may
> > not get hired if that info is readily available.
> >
> > It seems the govt wants to eventually create an electronic record of each
> > person in this world -- driving records, working reccords, health 
> > records,
> > tax records, family records, - everything.  Sure sounds like 1984 to me.
> > Loss of pivacy is one thing - having faceless bureaucrats crawling 
> > through
> > every facet of my families' life is not something I want happening.  It 
> > may
> > surprise you to learn they're not ALL honest.
> >
> > The computer has brought us great convienence but it has the ability to
> > cause great harm also.
> >
> > LarryT
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