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Believe me, I'd crack down on crime so hard people would be afraid to commit crimes because they KNOW they would be caught.

All I'd have to do is set up a network of GSM, GPRS, RFID scanners everywhere people normally traffic and law enforcement would be able to track, cataloge and store the data corresponding to all the criminals and non criminals on Earth.

Kidnbapping, drug deals and other crime would become a thing of the past. Then I'd couple this plan with an overly aggressive capital punishment system.

You deal drugs - YOU DIE
You kidnap and rape - YOU DIE
You steal, you got away for 10 -20
You're part of organized crime - YOU DIE

It works for China anyway. They have 10 times America's population and 1/15th the crime.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/
It might make getting them back at the pawn shop a little easier (OBTW you have to pay to get your stolen property back right away since the pawn shop owner is out of pocket and you have to reimburse him or it goes to the evidence room at the local constabulary until it comes to trial for receiving stolen property).

I also predict that the construction industry's shrinkage will get larger as a result of direct inventory correlation of missing property.

My 2 cents worth.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/
How does this help prevent theft anyway? Mabe it helps recovery, but prevention?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/
This is due to the fact that chinese are not so trigger happy and there is no NRA. Less guns, less crime :D No need for RFID to accomplish this goal.

Still I don't see the point of RFID to prevent theft. It's not difficult to turn of these chips and what's then ? Seems doing RFID in every dogs pooh is at the moment just another big business.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/
Here we go, blaiming guns and not the people who use them. The chinese have no rights, so guns are pointless. If you are old enough, you might remember students being killed with guns and run over by tanks during a non-violent protest, but I digress...

RFID is an interesting idea that may have a ton of useful implimentations, but I'm not sure this is one of them. Unless there was a way to scan everyone as they left the site and have a database of each tool and owner to cross reference, your not going to stop anything.

Quit blaming guns and the NRA for crime and get back on topic.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/
Care to substantiate that?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/
If you are old enough, you might remember the national guard gunning down students at Kent State during a non-violent protest, but I digress...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/ Less guns, less crime

No correlation. Whatsoever.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/14/rfid-prevents-power-tool-theft/Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM