if I had a dime for every time Judie said that one to me.................
Glen Barrett wrote:
>Joe
>How come your always leaking into something.
>Glen
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rap.midco.net>
>To: "bennevl" <bennevl@netzero.net>
>Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:40 PM
>Subject: Re: Free Tires!!! ? Maybe
>
>
>>damn my imbedded wheel speed sensor and temperature
>>"data logging" technology has been leaked
>>
>>
>>
>>bennevl wrote:
>>
>>>Here is a short clip of a news article I was reading. Think about it if
>>>
>you
>
>>>ran this brand of tire you could back charge them for the time you spent
>>>gathering research data for them. Amounting to free tires??? Ok its been
>>>
>a
>
>>>slow day for me. Still thinking about the piston slapping issue.
>>>
>>>Bill
>>>
>>>"Tires, too, can tell on drivers. This year, Michelin began implanting
>>>match-head-sized chips in tires that can be read remotely. The company
>>>started using the
>>>
>>>chips to provide manufacturing information that could help spot failure
>>>trends and to comply with a federal law requiring close tracking of tires
>>>for recalls. But
>>>
>>>privacy activists fear that the chips, which can be loaded with a car's
>>>vehicle identification number, would allow yet another form of automated
>>>vehicle tracking.
>>>
>>>"You basically have Web browser 'cookies' in your tires," said Richard M.
>>>Smith, an independent privacy researcher"
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