RFID Killer
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My local council are planning on installing RFID chips in refuse bins in order that they can weigh and charge (extra - I pay my local taxes, dammit!) to remove my rubbish. Now I'm not a tolerant soul when it comes to Government interference in things, so do any of you good people know of a decent RFID killer?
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I suspect a rare earth magnet might do the job.
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how big of a bag?
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Standard large garbage bag.
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NExt time try leaving them a hint. Tape a piece of paper that says 'trash' or 'please take' to the containers. I've never had a problem getting rid of them when I did that. Remember people don't go into garbage collection because of high intelligence.
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Another example of politicians failing to understand the principle of "path of least resistance". If you make people pay to dispose of their trash legally, they will avoid paying by disposing of it illegally. So now, instead of most garbage being disposed of properly/safely, people will start dumping in back alleys, wooded area's, wherever they can hide it.
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This junk always amazed me. How they feel that they can limit the amount of garbage you throw out. They try to do it here too. The garbage men whine if the cans are too heavy. Screw them. I can get them to the curb, they can lift them into the truck. I have been trying to trow out 3 wash baskets and one of those flip top plastic bins now for three weeks and every week they just leave them, apparently either because I am not putting them into the garbage bin or because they think I just want to sit them out by the curb for all to see or something. Idiots.. You know what? I don't want to spend my day lifting other peoples garbage either. That's why I did not become a garbage man!
Ray Cassick wrote:
one of those flip top plastic bins
Well, you can't just put a garbage can in the garbage! Good heavens, what were you thinking? BDF
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My local council are planning on installing RFID chips in refuse bins in order that they can weigh and charge (extra - I pay my local taxes, dammit!) to remove my rubbish. Now I'm not a tolerant soul when it comes to Government interference in things, so do any of you good people know of a decent RFID killer?
Me: Can you see the "up" arrow? User:Errr...ummm....no. Me: Can you see an arrow that points upwards? User: Oh yes, I see it now! -Excerpt from a support call taken by me, 08/31/2007
sledgehammer?
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I feel an RFID passport zapper coming on...
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It's called an incentive to reduce the amount of trash people generate; You just have to reduce the amount of "real" trash you are generating by doing more recycling and maybe dump organic material in a compost bin. Normally, when a city wants to do something like that, they need to offer a free recycling and composting program to balance the reduction in trash. People who care will make the effort to do that and not pay extra; people who do not, they will pay the extra.
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and burn what will burn. I was also going to say dehydrate the wet stuff (though I guess that's mostly compostable) when it occured to me... what about rainy days? Will they charge extra due to a leaky bin? Will dishonest collectors make a pass up the street opening bins before making another pass to collect? Other than that, attach Helium balloons.
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It's called an incentive to reduce the amount of trash people generate; You just have to reduce the amount of "real" trash you are generating by doing more recycling and maybe dump organic material in a compost bin. Normally, when a city wants to do something like that, they need to offer a free recycling and composting program to balance the reduction in trash. People who care will make the effort to do that and not pay extra; people who do not, they will pay the extra.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
Maximilien wrote:
Normally, when a city wants to do something like that, they need to offer a free recycling and composting program to balance the reduction in trash.
You'd think so, wouldn't you. Not here though. We pay extra for the privilege of having a container of rotting food in our kitchens that is emptied only 24 times a year. (We also had to pay for the special container.) Having maggots crawling around in your kitchen is a great way of making people compost more. :rolleyes: The solution is to spray oven cleaner in the compost bins to kill the maggots and stop the nausiating smell from making people stop in the street to vomit on your drive, but I doubt that does a lot of good to the compost they make (and charge us for) from it. As for recycling, I have been waiting for six years now for my recycling box as the local council will not collect it unless it is placed in one (to ensure that people don't recycle too much and cost them extra fees). I chase it up with them every couple of months but have pretty much resigned to the fact I will always need to drive down to the recycling centre ten miles away and do it all myself. Which raises another cost issue because I am having to us a room in my house to hold bottles, cardboard and plastic until there is enough to justify making a car journey. Recycling and composting here is every bit seen as a way to raise extra money and nothing about saving the environment. We already pay for our rubbish through our extortionate local council tax. Just like we already pay for the number of miles we drive in our car (fuel tax), but they'll still introduce a pay-by-the-mile charge on top of that, and charge us VAT on it as well. If you complain they they play the "why do you hate the environment?" card to make your feel guilty and shut up. Nothing like blackmail and intimidation to protect your extortion racket...
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It's called an incentive to reduce the amount of trash people generate; You just have to reduce the amount of "real" trash you are generating by doing more recycling and maybe dump organic material in a compost bin. Normally, when a city wants to do something like that, they need to offer a free recycling and composting program to balance the reduction in trash. People who care will make the effort to do that and not pay extra; people who do not, they will pay the extra.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
They should raise the taxes on everyone by double, then use the RFID chip as a way for people to get discounts back to the original tax rate for lower average garbage weight! :laugh: Then you would make sure the chip worked rather than trying to destroy it (would be completely optional at that point).
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And vote it down. I am tired of the overreaching of government. That said, try and reduce your waste. I have about one bag every two weeks.
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and reduce your waste. I have about one bag every two weeks.
I produce much the same quantity as you, but I have virtually no food packaging waste in my own bins (I tend to eat out more often than not -- my local pub does full meals for £3.99). It is young families that are going to be hit hard by this though. Nappies, soiled clothing, and the ridiculous amount of packaging on children's toys and food, etc, add 2 extra bags per child per week. For an average family that is about 10 bags every fortnight (our rubbish is not collected weekly). The supermarkets should be responsible for reducing the packaging waste. There is simply no need to have fruit and veg wrapped in three different kinds of plastic (and therefore unrecyclable). Stick them in a rack and give us paper bags. I bet it would cost them less too.
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Maximilien wrote:
Normally, when a city wants to do something like that, they need to offer a free recycling and composting program to balance the reduction in trash.
You'd think so, wouldn't you. Not here though. We pay extra for the privilege of having a container of rotting food in our kitchens that is emptied only 24 times a year. (We also had to pay for the special container.) Having maggots crawling around in your kitchen is a great way of making people compost more. :rolleyes: The solution is to spray oven cleaner in the compost bins to kill the maggots and stop the nausiating smell from making people stop in the street to vomit on your drive, but I doubt that does a lot of good to the compost they make (and charge us for) from it. As for recycling, I have been waiting for six years now for my recycling box as the local council will not collect it unless it is placed in one (to ensure that people don't recycle too much and cost them extra fees). I chase it up with them every couple of months but have pretty much resigned to the fact I will always need to drive down to the recycling centre ten miles away and do it all myself. Which raises another cost issue because I am having to us a room in my house to hold bottles, cardboard and plastic until there is enough to justify making a car journey. Recycling and composting here is every bit seen as a way to raise extra money and nothing about saving the environment. We already pay for our rubbish through our extortionate local council tax. Just like we already pay for the number of miles we drive in our car (fuel tax), but they'll still introduce a pay-by-the-mile charge on top of that, and charge us VAT on it as well. If you complain they they play the "why do you hate the environment?" card to make your feel guilty and shut up. Nothing like blackmail and intimidation to protect your extortion racket...
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkThe paperwork, electricity, bureaucrats, etc needed to run the extra tax are actually creating more pollution. If you really cared about the environment you'd work to shut them down by dismantling the nanny state. :cool:
-- If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.