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40hz:
To take the devil's advocate stance here- so we're banning things based on what others *might* do with them?  That seems a bit draconian...
-wraith808 (March 10, 2013, 08:39 PM)
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True. But I'm pretty sure (based on what has gone before) that we could come up with a pretty accurate probability of what will happen once these things hit the street. Some uses and abuses are so obvious it's not so much a question of "if any will" as it is a question of "how many will."

So c'mon Beelzebub. We're all geeks here. 8) We already know how this is likely to go down in an unregulated environment. Look at what happened with 'lipstick' cameras and nanny-cams. Those "benign by design" devices proved to be a major if unintentional gift to the voyeur porn market. Ditto with the cameras embedded in half the laptops being sold. Even public school administrators got caught abusing their trust, to say nothing of breaking the law, with those gadgets.

Like all tech, it can go both ways. And if I had to give odds on which side is going to be more 'innovative' and quick off the mark, I'll give you two free guesses as to which side I'd put my money on.
 ;D

Renegade:
To take the devil's advocate stance here- so we're banning things based on what others *might* do with them?  That seems a bit draconian...
-wraith808 (March 10, 2013, 08:39 PM)
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It's not the tool that's the problem - it's who is using it. So, yeah, you're bang on there about a legal banning.

But still, if I own a bar or whatever (as a person - I would exclude corporate entities as I don't believe in HUMAN rights for legal fictions), then I think it's really up to me if I want to establish a set of ground rules for behaviour in my establishment. e.g. If you own a brothel, then there are certain things that would be perfectly fine there that wouldn't be ok in a normal pub.

So, for the person that owns that bar, I'd say he's well within reasonable expectations about what he allows inside of his bar.

I wouldn't say the same for a TGI Fridays though as that's a corporate entity and doesn't have human rights like you or I do.

wraith808:
So... continuing to be Mephistopheles :)

These glasses have applications and implications far outside of being a simple device of entertainment, even if not in that particular form.  So what happens then?

40hz:
So... continuing to be Mephistopheles :)

These glasses have applications and implications far outside of being a simple device of entertainment, even if not in that particular form.  So what happens then?
-wraith808 (March 10, 2013, 09:20 PM)
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I'm guessing there were some people in McDonalds that were supposed to be somewhere else or with somebody else who got a little bent and bitched to the management. ;D

Renegade:
So... continuing to be Mephistopheles :)
-wraith808 (March 10, 2013, 09:20 PM)
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Please allow wraith to introduce himself, he's a man of wealth and taste~! :P

These glasses have applications and implications far outside of being a simple device of entertainment, even if not in that particular form.  So what happens then?
-wraith808 (March 10, 2013, 09:20 PM)
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The glasses haven't been around for a long, long time, though those thugs tried to steal them off his face.

;)

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