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...idea of a national ID card system has been around for decades, but the recent terrorist attacks--and an unlikely champion--have given it new life. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Larry Ellison, zillionaire CEO of software titan Oracle, met with Attorney General Ashcroft last week to drum up support for his scheme: all immigrants and consenting U.S. citizens would be issued a "smart card"--like a credit card with a microchip--linked to federal records of their vital statistics, including their thumbprint...
During a 1996 race off the coast of Hawaii, Plattner's yacht, the Morning Glory, had a breakdown. A boat owned by archrival Larry Ellison, the head of Oracle, cruised by and the crew allegedly mocked Plattner's plight by videotaping rather than helping. He famously mooned the camera...
...With 15,000 companies as customers, it had the heft to branch out into specialized software for 19 industries - well ahead of Ellison's Oracle, its closest competitor in this business. In recent years SAP has expanded into building links from the inside of these companies to emerging e-marketplaces, tying together suppliers and customers so they can easily transact online...
...kind of a dream metropolis, a place constructed of celluloid and ink, videotape and song. It?s hard to think about New York without thinking about the work of the various artists who have, over the decades, rebuilt the city in their work, from Herman Melville to Ralph Ellison to Jay McInerney, from the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley to current-day Big Apple hip-hoppers like Nas and Jay-Z. Some works help more than just artistic rebuilding, like the one taking place on October 20th at Madison Square Garden, where former Beatle Paul McCartney will headline "The Concert...
...Ellison's proposal makes the cards voluntary for U.S. citizens but mandatory for foreign visitors, whether they're students on visas, or non-citizens living and working in America who hold "green cards." What this would mean for the eight million or so illegal immigrants in the U.S. is anybody's guess. Any American without a card could board a plane, for example, but only after undergoing a more rigorous examination...