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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com> Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers Date: 19 Aug 2024 20:59:06 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <lihq0qFgjuvU8@mid.individual.net> References: <kcOcnV96BcJ0yFz7nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <lid935FqfhiU1@mid.individual.net> <v9u90s$2n4th$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7rSg90fNvySxiafzspWHBg4s4Q1BX+z6+U1HAUJSXem+pI2ZZy Cancel-Lock: sha1:ktPXJGM48zioxil1VtJm6dGRuVs= sha256:DAk15fyQTJXV9GMHjtcur/93fNxghlJUMI297ADR7PU= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 1831 On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:01:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On 18 Aug 2024 03:45:42 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >> A contemporary article with a chilling vision of the future: >> >> "Eventually, large corporations could also be plugged into the system. >> Computers thousands of miles apart could talk taxes without any >> numbskull human interference. Banks could be hooked in, too, reporting >> who is getting interest payments. Real-estate and stock-market >> computers might tattle on who is making money. Machines in charity >> organizations could reveal amounts of donations. And hospital computers >> could report on individual medical costs." > > All routine nowadays. As is compliance with anti-money-laundering laws. > Which are governed by international agreements. Yeah, the surveillance state is doing fine but the flying cars predicted in 1963 never happened and there are some guys in orbit that hope they can thumb a ride home someday.