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I love those random propaganda posters that appear on walls occasionally.
Cassandra makes mention of retinal patterns and fingerprints; does the Database even contain genotypes? (An entire genotype is a very, very big document. Small parts of it should be sufficient to distinguish individuals. “Small”, here, means megabytes.)
Takako is right, though. This Database thing is at least as evil as an atom bomb.
It doesn’t, but mostly because mapping genotypes is a relatively new science on Erda. The human genome was mapped about ten years ago, and Isa’s fancy biotech company only finished mapping the elven genome three or four years ago. They’re still working on orcs and goblins now.
I thought Code 2.0, by Lawrence Lessig, was pretty interesting on privacy and civil liberty issues on the Internet. He discussed, for instance, the general trend towards systems of identity verification overlaid on the Internet, with its pros and cons, and pointed out that it would be quite possible to have a system in which only the relevant aspects of one’s identity were verified for a specific reason — for instance, you could choose to verify that you were a resident of New York, without revealing your exact address, age, etc. By default, however, the trend is to reveal everything.
I suck at tests :(
I love the dialogue, I also love the crazy attention to detail!
Egyprian cigarettes now? Hah, hah, hah.
Rolled by genuine Khemitian child labor!
What does the poster say? “Equal/same” and?
I personally am quite fond of the Database. We haven’t quite gotten to that stage in our world yet, but we will. And it will be a fine day when we do.
Camel Turkish Golds?