Big Brother Comes To Wal-mart

[The Templar]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Wal-Mart hates us because of our freedom.

That is why soon all stores will be WalMart, comrade!

[Lancer]

At the mega store I work nights at, a store employee can no longer stop a thief that they witnessed ripping the place off. A store employeee can't strip off the sweater of the rip off artist, that's not fair to the poor thief. Only the 2 security personel can stop a thief. Why? Because they are trained in the myriad stupid assed laws that protect the criminal from us honest folk. If these 2 people don't happen to be working, the thief has to be permitted to leave the store and keep the ill gotten gains! Even the 2 security people are almost powerless unless they caught the theft on camera.

Well well.

So Wal Mart is getting smart about it. If the product is emiting a signal to any store employee within 5 feet, then the store employee can detain the thief with the signal as proof of the theft...

Damn good idea, and if you're going to have stupid assed liberals making the laws, science has to come up with the answer! ...and Lancer might just be permitted to detain a thief or two.

That's right folks, stand back and bare witness to the new, powerful, Mega Store Action Hero! (tm)

[JohnT]

Lancer, you just wanna bust some heads.

[Poogas]

I kinda like the idea, If I buy batteries from Wal-mart, a month later, and Forget where I put them, I could call up Wal-mart, they'd know.

[Lancer]

"Lancer, you just wanna bust some heads."

Ooo, talk dirty to me baby...

edit: Poogas:

[Elok]

Dammit, I was making fun of this post first. Get your own whipping boys, guys!

[Poogas]

Originally posted by Elok
Dammit, I was making fun of this post first. Get your own whipping boys, guys!

Lol, don't think your gonna like this than

I've come up with what Wal-marts ad compagne should be like.


"Can you track me now?"
"Good" (procedes to give Westcost sign signifying Walmart "

Simple, and Effective

[Nubclear]

Anyone wanna know the best way to combat this?

"OMG OMG OMG, WAL MART IS SO UNPATRIOTIC. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY, SO WE CAN KEEP OUR FREE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY!!!!

< article here >

REMEMBER, SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!"

It would spread like wildfire

[Q Classic]

except, see, walmart is extremely patriotic... it's linked with so many conservative things that...

ah, well.

[rmsharpe]

Instead of wasting millions of dollars on goofy projects like this, why don't they just see what sells the most and what people ask for the most? Put it this way and see if it makes any sense to you:

"The way to boost sales for next month is putting little computers in shaving cream cans."

[Lancer]

Because...they want the money from what they are already selling. Read this post, forgot who made it, but very perceptive individual no doubt.

"At the mega store I work nights at, a store employee can no longer stop a thief that they witnessed ripping the place off. A store employeee can't strip off the sweater of the rip off artist, that's not fair to the poor thief. Only the 2 security personel can stop a thief. Why? Because they are trained in the myriad stupid assed laws that protect the criminal from us honest folk. If these 2 people don't happen to be working, the thief has to be permitted to leave the store and keep the ill gotten gains! Even the 2 security people are almost powerless unless they caught the theft on camera.

Well well.

So Wal Mart is getting smart about it. If the product is emiting a signal to any store employee within 5 feet, then the store employee can detain the thief with the signal as proof of the theft...

Damn good idea, and if you're going to have stupid assed liberals making the laws, science has to come up with the answer! ...and Lancer might just be permitted to detain a thief or two.

That's right folks, stand back and bare witness to the new, powerful, Mega Store Action Hero! (tm)"

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by JohnT
Here's a link to a factual article, as opposed to some fear-mongering opinion piece.

Factual?

Originally posted by JohnT
Dayum! A 101 terabyte inventory/sales database?

Betcha they don't run that on Linux.

You can't run that on Windows

OTOH, Do you know that you can run Linux on an IBM S39?

Talking about shooting your own footfeet, John.

[Ben Kenobi]

Read this post, forgot who made it, but very perceptive individual no doubt.

How would you know?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
You can't run that on Windows

Windows Storage Server 2003 could do it.

[Lancer]

"How would you know?"

I just happen to be a very perceptive individual...