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Immortal K-Mart Employee · Jul 21, 2003, 01:11 AM

I want to attach one of these to my boyfriend and one to my cat

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/te...partner=GOOGLE

driven · Jul 21, 2003, 01:53 AM

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
I want to attach one of these to my boyfriend and one to my cat

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/te...partner=GOOGLE

Why? Do you suspect that your boyfriend is doing something to your cat?

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Jul 21, 2003, 01:57 AM

Originally posted by driven:
Why? Do you suspect that your boyfriend is doing something to your cat?

Ha no, but I don't want to lose either

scaught · Jul 21, 2003, 02:29 AM

hooboy. 1984 here we come.

AlbertWu · Jul 21, 2003, 05:29 AM

good to prevent bike theft (well, not prevent, but track stolen bikes)

same goes for laptops, wallets, whatever's valuable.

- - e r i k - - · Jul 21, 2003, 06:44 AM

I love this!

I have always wanted a Find-function for objects I commonly misplace: My wallet, my cellphone, iPod, keys, remote controls, my girl friend

Apple Pro Underwear · Jul 21, 2003, 07:00 AM

If this catches on do you guys foresee corporations using this?

like i have an ID i carry around with me in my building �_ya think they would make one of these instead for ID/tracking purposes to make sure you are at your desk all day or don't abuse lunch/breaks?

gorickey · Jul 21, 2003, 07:00 AM

How much will these little units cost?

rjenkinson · Jul 21, 2003, 07:25 AM

Originally posted by gorickey:
How much will these little units cost?

the article said they would be roughly $25 to produce. retail price would obviously be more, but it could be lowered with production.

-r.

Mediaman_12 · Jul 21, 2003, 07:34 AM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
If this catches on do you guys foresee corporations using this?

like i have an ID i carry around with me in my building �_ya think they would make one of these instead for ID/tracking purposes to make sure you are at your desk all day or don't abuse lunch/breaks?

I think this has already been done, There was a web site where you could track all the people in a dept at some big corp.

gorickey · Jul 21, 2003, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
I think this has already been done, There was a web site where you could track all the people in a dept at some big corp.

I think that was Apple trying to stop builds of Panther/Safari from leaving the premises...

Cipher13 · Jul 21, 2003, 08:27 AM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
If this catches on do you guys foresee corporations using this?

like i have an ID i carry around with me in my building �_ya think they would make one of these instead for ID/tracking purposes to make sure you are at your desk all day or don't abuse lunch/breaks?

StarCity casino in Sydney already uses them. They're implanted in employee uniforms to track employee movement and uniform theft (I'm sure the latter was an afterthought).

Buckaroo · Jul 21, 2003, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
I want to attach one of these to my boyfriend and one to my cat

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/te...partner=GOOGLE

This is so funny. The real question is: where on your boyfriend do you want to attach the tag?

hehehehehe

Phanguye · Jul 21, 2003, 04:38 PM

yea... letting anybody stalk you with relative ease since 2003

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jul 21, 2003, 05:15 PM

So how do you look something up exactly and how acurate is it? Do they also have a little map like GPS or does it just say 10 meters from base south west?

lawgeek · Jul 21, 2003, 05:42 PM

So it's like a general-purpose lo-jack? Funny that I just saw a Gilmore Girls episode yesterday (so shoot me) and one of the characters suggested creating a lipstick lo-jack.

Cipher13 · Jul 21, 2003, 10:50 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
So how do you look something up exactly and how acurate is it? Do they also have a little map like GPS or does it just say 10 meters from base south west?

Since it's based on GPS, I'd say it's accurate to about 1m.

Woz, I just lost all respect for you.

Skywalkers new Hand · Jul 22, 2003, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Woz, I just lost all respect for you.

Looks like he is not sleeping tonight!