Harald
05-27-2005, 02:28 PM
That is, the US wants the UK to use the same technology inside it.
This is not so the US can read UK cards, oh no.
It's to avoid a Betamax-style technology war.
The link. (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=641731)
Oh, of course, the US card isn't a federal identity card, it's just the UK's card that's an ID card, only the cards may be exactly the same, but they do two totally different things. That's before the right wing points out my obvious mistake.
Original content from Harald: this is fucked up. Discuss.
This is not so the US can read UK cards, oh no.
It's to avoid a Betamax-style technology war.
The link. (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=641731)
Oh, of course, the US card isn't a federal identity card, it's just the UK's card that's an ID card, only the cards may be exactly the same, but they do two totally different things. That's before the right wing points out my obvious mistake.
Original content from Harald: this is fucked up. Discuss.