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{"commentId":965238,"authorDomain":"JBBois"}
This sounds like a great idea, but it also seems like there's a lot of room to misuse this. Can you imagine how easy it would be to put "toilet taps" on individual homes?
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#1 - Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:25 PM EDT{"commentId":965312,"authorDomain":"collin"}
This is just a disturbing idea. I'm going back on septic!
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{"commentId":965330,"authorDomain":"techgnostic"}
Can you imagine how easy it would be to put "toilet taps" on individual homes?
Mmm... no I can't really. How easy would it be? They wouldn't have to rip up the road? And then how would they collect an aggregate sample of my wastewater without having a large reservoir?
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{"commentId":965523,"authorDomain":"inghar2004"}
They might just collect it from the sewer on weekends.
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{"commentId":965548,"authorDomain":"austinmadcow"}
Let's get serious and drug test everyone, everyday. Law abiding Americans won't mind, since they have nothing to hide. It's the only way. Onward to Victory!
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#2 - Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:02 PM EDT{"commentId":968614,"authorDomain":"obrien-chris"}
Sounds like a good idea.
Hell, while we're at it, let's let insurance companies and healthcare providers in on the data too. Charge the zipcodes with the most fat consumption more. Charge the zipcodes with the most prescription medicines more. Bring it!
{"commentId":968614,"threadId":"140691","contentId":"911057","authorDomain":"obrien-chris"}
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{"commentId":965555,"authorDomain":"JBBois"}
How easy would it be? They wouldn't have to rip up the road? And then how would they collect an aggregate sample of my wastewater without having a large reservoir?
I think you might be right, not to mention trying to get a warrant to do that.
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#3 - Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:06 PM EDT{"commentId":965583,"authorDomain":"prompt"}
Warrants don't seem as important as they once were.
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{"commentId":965596,"authorDomain":"belarius"}
So let me get this straight: they can not only tell what a community is using, but how much, and how that volume shifts over time?
This may be the most powerful tool to measure the drug supply yet! Where can I get the data?
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#4 - Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:25 PM EDT{"commentId":967457,"authorDomain":"onlynow99"}
Verrrry interesting.
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