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I just read this today in the Indianapolis Star and felt then need
to pass it along to all the readers.  I am not trying to say the 
following article is the "mark" or anything but I just wanted to
show it so that we can see where this world is quickly heading.

Indianapolis Star Sunday April 7, 1996 

OLYMPIC MARATHONERS WILL CARRY CHIP ON THEIR FEET

Olympic marathoners will have a little something extra on their
feet as they run the 26.2 mile course this summer.  COmputer chips
attached to their shoelaces, each programmed with a unique
identifying code, will help register the runners progress
with what race officials hope will be unprecedented speed and
accuracy.  Although the chips are designed primarily to combat
cheating and sort out the confusion of mass starts, their first
use in the olympic marathon will be primarily for the benefit
of television and spectators at the olympic stadium, where the race 
will start and finish.  Official times will still be hand
recorded but because the chips will register runners progress
at 5-kilo intervals, spectators will get regular, almost 
instantaneous updates on all contestants on the stadium scoreboard.
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Just a thought from me:  The key words from this article
are .."to sort out the confusion..."  Just think...
Lets sort out the confusion of credit card theft.  
Lost paychecks?  Hey lets just scan the chip and
BANG its all good.  What? the chip is getting lost?
Lets implant the chip!!  

Ok..im getting carried away now....I will quit but lets
just remember that technology is changing VERY quickly
and we should keep are eyes open and follow are heart
when it comes to technology.  The devil can decieve very
easily.  What seems like a neat thing can very well be
the one thing we don't want.  

God Bless!!  

Chris Sterrett
Indiana U.-Purdue U.-at Indianapolis
cdsterre@indyvax.iupui.edu
http://cord.iupui.edu/~cdsterre/chris.htm