Bastion of Mediocrity » i for one welcome our new overlords http://www.bastionofmediocrity.com A country under socialism is a bastion of mediocrity Sat, 23 May 2009 23:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 RFID Tags in your Luggage Tag http://www.bastionofmediocrity.com/2008/05/23/rfid-tags-in-your-luggage-tag/ http://www.bastionofmediocrity.com/2008/05/23/rfid-tags-in-your-luggage-tag/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 19:47:12 +0000 Elizabeth http://www.bastionofmediocrity.com/?p=149 Apparently, Las Vegas’ Mcclarran International Airport has taken the next step in full on Big Brother-hood for the United States by putting RFID tags with all the of the traveler’s information into their luggage tags, so you can feel an extra slap in the face as you pay $15 for your first checked bag on American Airlines.

I was reading an article this morning on the new American Airlines luggage charge (THAT’s gonna go over well), and noticed an aside starting on page 3…Las Vegas is using RFIDs in outgoing luggage tags now to help move bags more efficiently.

Now, I’m not saying I’m even completely against this, used correctly…but I had no idea that it was occuring. THAT I don’t like…especially since I have a bag sitting in the hallway that just came back from Vegas! Checking…nope, no I’m an arphid note on it.

But oh yeah…it’s there.

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