U think VIC Gov't is bad? 1984 has arrived!

[CarBroker]

Check it out: "the most pervasive surveillance systems on earth"

A "24x7 national vehicle movement database" that logs everything on the UK's roads and retains the data for at least two years is now being built

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11...ment_database/

All they have to do is add facial recognition software, and it's virtually like 1984. Time to drape a towel (or something) around your head (and your car?) when you're driving.

Scary.....

[big_waity]

Bloody POHMs!

[Paxton]

Originally Posted by big_waity

Bloody POHMs!

Its POM (Prisoner of Mother (England))

This was always going to be the case, with technology going as far as it is, this is the next step. I am not condoning this, however think about it this way - you can find if your car has been stolen, and if so, where the car is. Facial recognition can be linked to the owner(s) of the car, and if somebody un-authorized to drive the car is seen driving it, alarm bells will go off, and alert police.

[Tote]

Nsw already has a similar system that tracks heavy vehicles, dont know how long they retain the data for though, would be pretty easy to expand it to cover all vehicles. Although the limiting factor would be the placement of enough cameras to make it viable outside metropolitan areas.
Regards,
Tote

[PH47]

God.. damn.. that's SCARY.

It's only a matter of time I guess.

Better continue planning my move to Fiji ;)

[Electric]

Originally Posted by senifx

God.. damn.. that's SCARY.

It's only a matter of time I guess.

Better continue planning my move to Fiji ;)

I remember I went to Fiji for work a few years ago and my taxi driver was ****ed because he had been caught by a police radar trap earlier in the day.

He had to 'give' the cop a carton of fiji bitter to get off....

He was ****ed couse he found out another taxi drive had been caught going even faster but was let of with only a six pack...

[vztrt]

You think this isn't coming to OZ?

But it's either this or stop and search everyone at train stations etc.

[flappist]

Originally Posted by paxtonandrew

Its POM (Prisoner of Mother (England))

Actually it is POHM which is an acronym for Prisoner of His/Her Majesty.

It comes from the original paperwork of the convicts and military settlers.
e.g.

Bill Blogs RM (Royal Marine)
John Doe RN (Royal Navy)
Fred Nerk POHM (pommy bastard convict)

[CarBroker]

Originally Posted by flappist

Actually it is POHM which is an acronym for Prisoner of His/Her Majesty.

It comes from the original paperwork of the convicts and military settlers.

That's an urban legend. Check for yourself
here.

The best guess at this time is that "pommy" was based on the word "pomegranate" -- either because the redness of the fruit supposedly matched the typically florid British complexion, or because (like "Johnny Grant") it was used as rhyming slang for "immigrant."

[LTDHO]

Wow this thread is OT.

I knew it as POHM. Then later POM. Like everything, things change! Still English!!

I hope Bracks does listen to the UK.

[SpoolMan]

Its like out of a movie, this setup....scary big brother is every where..

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

Originally Posted by CarBroker

All they have to do is add facial recognition software, and it's virtually like 1984. Time to drape a towel (or something) around your head (and your car?) when you're driving.

Scary.....

That IS scary indeed! And the funny thing is, if you did drape a towel or anything else over your head, rather then achieve the desired effect, no doubt you'd find yourself in much more trouble, if only because they'd be ****ed that you tried to get around the facial recognition system and therefore must have something to hide...

Seeing as this was posted on the register (home of the BOFH) I hope it's not for real, anyone got any links to the same story on a different site for verification?

[Thunder]

Originally Posted by The MaDDeSTMaN

That IS scary indeed! And the funny thing is, if you did drape a towel or anything else over your head, rather then achieve the desired effect, no doubt you'd find yourself in much more trouble, .......................

Yes. They may assume your a terrorist :ticking:

[Keepleft]

Originally Posted by Tote

Nsw already has a similar system that tracks heavy vehicles, dont know how long they retain the data for though, would be pretty easy to expand it to cover all vehicles. Although the limiting factor would be the placement of enough cameras to make it viable outside metropolitan areas.
Regards,
Tote

TOTE would be referring to the NSW Safe T Cam system, also recently adopted by South Australia.

[BlueRaven]

None of this surprises me (except for the pom thing, I never knew that!). They have had the technology to do this for a while now and have tested it.

At this stage its not technology I fear, its the minds that are using it.

Think of it this way. At the moment, your bank card, medicare card, drivers liscense, tax file number, video card, phone etc etc are all seperate systems.

In the next 10 or 20 years I expect them to all be in one database per person. Add the voice and face recognition software to that and, well, you will never be free again.

[GreenMachine]

Originally Posted by BlueRaven

None of this surprises me (except for the pom thing, I never knew that!). They have had the technology to do this for a while now and have tested it.

At this stage its not technology I fear, its the minds that are using it.

Think of it this way. At the moment, your bank card, medicare card, drivers liscense, tax file number, video card, phone etc etc are all seperate systems.

In the next 10 or 20 years I expect them to all be in one database per person. Add the voice and face recognition software to that and, well, you will never be free again.

It's time to buy that matt-black XB coupe and hit the highway before the man gets control, I suppose...

[big_waity]

Actually, this reminds me of that thing I saw on that forensic investigators. They confirmed a suspect by locating him through his mobile phone records. They traced calls he made as he drove down the highway and found he was in the right place at the time of the incident. I suppose it is all that sort of stuff working together. And, as for the link to the site explaining why it is pommy, not pohm, i disagree and think that is a poor argument on the part of the writer of that website. It seems more likely to me that someone would be called a prisoner of his majesty, rather than a pommegranite. Why would you name someone after a red fruit becuase they are incredibly white? Also, who suggested that pommegranite rhymed with imigrant?

[CarBroker]

Originally Posted by Thunder

Yes. They may assume your a terrorist :ticking:

Exactly my point. Only muslim women would be unidentifiable. (Yes, of course I realise that the vast, vast, vast majority of muslims are not terrorists)

as for the link to the site explaining why it is pommy, not pohm, i disagree and think that is a poor argument on the part of the writer

The website in question does state it's a "best guess at this time". I think we will never ever know for sure. BUT I do believe (as they say) that the words "Prisoner of Her Majesty" never appeared on any documentation because it would be easy to check.