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Old Feb 2, 2011, 1:07 am
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
These days the distinction between "a buffer" and "RAM" and "local storage" is very blurred. There are RAM that can retain data permanently (FRAM) and very large flash devices that can function as "disk" drives. Windows itself is a virtual memory system whose entire memory is mapped onto storage devices -- everything that you put into "RAM" in Windows has a place on the "disk" drive.
One way or another,pictures of us and our junk WILL end up in the Cloud. From there, it's just a couple of clicks away from being aggregated into our total travel profile so that the security intelligence software can do it's thing...

Why isn't MikeMpls wearing the same types of clothes he normally wears when he travels? Why is he wearing Doc Marten's today when he normally wears Rockports? Why is he two hours early for his flight? Why did he book travel using his wife's credit card? Why did the thermal imager detect a sudden flush in his face when the BDO asked him a question in the queue? Why didn't he refill his antidepressant prescription last week? Why is his life insurance company reporting he upped his life insurance by $250,000?

What's that? They don't know who's in the machine? OK, but think of me when you see the first nude-o-scope with a passport/id reader at the entrance.
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