tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post109660240958519018..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Fingerprinting Our Allies?Dr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-84041016009338351422008-05-06T22:04:00.000-06:002008-05-06T22:04:00.000-06:00I think the opposite: they might conclude that fin...I think the opposite: they might conclude that fingerprinting wasn't doing any good.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-46079640637781115402008-03-31T14:33:00.000-06:002008-03-31T14:33:00.000-06:00Dr. Tufte said:"So freaking out about getting your...Dr. Tufte said:<BR/><BR/>"So freaking out about getting your fingerprints taken may just be a form of "cheap talk". Think about it ... a lot of people squawk about privacy issues but do you personally actually know anyone who can demonstrate a concrete example in their lives?"<BR/><BR/>This is so true. I think that there is a tendency among today's generation to complain about everything. I Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334144632643811762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1100287664689898362004-11-12T12:27:00.000-07:002004-11-12T12:27:00.000-07:00I'm tempted to take off points for misspelling(s) ...I'm tempted to take off points for misspelling(s) in Pramahaphil's and Bruce Banner's comments.<br /><br />This is a really good example of explicit and implicit costs. <br /><br />And ... one of the reasons I'm having my students read Landsburg is that he is very good about saying that if people appear to be doing something irrational, then there is probably an underlying reason that we are Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1097630840721725032004-10-12T19:27:00.000-06:002004-10-12T19:27:00.000-06:00We as Americans do have a right to our privacy, bu...We as Americans do have a right to our privacy, but a lot of things in the world that we took for granted changed after 9/11. There is no question, that taking 15 seconds of someones time should not be too much to ask for. However, what about the person that is the exception to this rule and is kept for a much longer time because of some discrepency. All I'm saying is that the world will neverErniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727480926569919212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1097105282093505212004-10-06T17:28:00.000-06:002004-10-06T17:28:00.000-06:00Everytime I hear people whine excessivly about the...Everytime I hear people whine excessivly about their privacy, my butt twitches. How does your finger print cause some harm to your privacy? There are no bank account numbers in you fingerprint, your fingerprint doesn't give out your telephone number, and it doesn't confirm sexual preference. <br /><br />How is this extra security measure infringing on privacy?pramahaphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852898493878493736noreply@blogger.com