Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.misc,nz.general,aus.computers Subject: Re: Banning Social Media For Under-16s Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 19:27:21 +1000 Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: <10044na$30sk8$1@dont-email.me> <1f7f2kl88kh74u5r8c1hs0cb9rnmhsq162@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net sLeHbwBpgVHzLrLRKmfPMABpjd5A8JsNg2smrOXeQzAWvpvDc= Cancel-Lock: sha1:bNnWUd0lr3B+1BoDS0OqxlyRrVY= sha256:kPkVJNez0v5iRxduBWdMI5JVUneJcpvvoOrf4P6+2es= User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Bytes: 2964 Petzl wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Petzl wrote >>> Rod Speed wrote >>>> MightyMouse wrote: >>>>> and so we march ever onward towards microchip implants >>>> Fantasy >>> Saves carrying a Opal card for public transport >> Makes a lot more sense to use your smartphone so you can >> track your public transport and see how close it is etc > I get a statement as old age pensioner it is cheap I wasnt talking about any statement, I was talking about actually using the public transport and checking if the vehicle or train is running late etc. > Also can login to see where I've been and cost Another good reason for a smartphone instead of a chip embedded in your hand, > For me to go to shopping mall it's $1.12 return the busdrops me outside > of Woolworth, Cole's, Aldi Mine is $2.50 for use all day and it drops me next to Woolys bit its a short work to Coles but a big hike to Aldi but I get the stuff delivered from Coles for just $2 and that is a lot less hassle than using the bus > Usually shop online Woolworth's I usw Coles because its only $2 per delivery but Woolys stupidly wants $16 > and top up with a bus trip I dont bother with top ups, not silly enough to run out > (10 minutes each way) Same here, but it can be an hour wait if I miss the quick return bus > The timetable for bus and train is on mobile in real time, You dont get real time with a chip in your hand > stops outside 500 metres outside house Mine isnt even that >>> >>> https://tinyurl.com/4mvprzuj >>> Sydney man has Opal card implanted into hand to make catching public >>> transport easier >> More fool him > Like doing your own tattoos on your eyelids Not stupid enough to ever do tattoos