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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (54264)	2/20/2006 2:53:51 AM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 110194

"Underground cash economy is a lot harder these days w/everything electronic..." Good point but the number of illegals in cash under the table service businesses is also growing at an ever increasing rate.. What is going on to me is hundreds of millions of new consumers to the east bought into the middle class and a housing boom of epic proportions. Add underreporting inflation, artifically low interest rates, tax cuts and not being hurt yet by lack of fiscal discipline. All this brings incredible wealth and prosperity to many and filters down to the workers who also do better. Look for California, the biggest benefactor of all, to give the signals this party is about over..

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (54264)	2/20/2006 3:20:42 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

DRM Based on Trusted Computing Chips yro.slashdot.org Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday February 19, @06:22AM from the never-saw-it-coming dept. An anonymous reader writes "We've always know that Trusted Computing is really about DRM, but computer makers always denied it. Now that their Trusted Computing chips are standard on most new PCs, they've decided to come clean. According to Information Week, Lenovo has demonstrated a Thinkpad with built-in Microsoft and Adobe DRM that uses a Trusted Computing chip with a fingerprint sensor. Even worse: 'The system is also aimed at tracking who reads a document and when, because the chip can report back every access attempt. If you access the file, your fingerprint is recorded.'" Now what if my IDENTITY is hacked and I need to change my password - how do I get a new fingerprint??????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?