Comments on The Phoenix: Wal-Mart's Watching You

am i the only one creeped out by the 666 chip in t...

2006-06-22T18:10:00.000-05:00

am i the only one creeped out by the 666 chip in the hand???

ewwu.

It's amazing how centralized they are. As a volunt...

2006-06-22T08:26:00.000-05:00

It's amazing how centralized they are. As a volunteer firefighter, I sometimes respond to calls at our local Wal-Mart. All the alarm systems are monitored back in Arkansas or at this MO site ---it's also where they control the lights to the stores and the HVAC systems.

Walmart is definitely NOT the only company doing t...

2006-06-21T22:08:00.000-05:00

Walmart is definitely NOT the only company doing this kind of stuff. Credit card companies are notorious as well.

But it's the sheer size and the amount of data stored at this facility that is so mysterious. It's really a wonder in it of itself.

Walmart sells discount thongs???

The NSA will steer clear of this stuff.

Where is the NSA when you need them?

2006-06-21T21:18:00.000-05:00

Where is the NSA when you need them?

So I guess "they" know that I love their discount ...

2006-06-21T01:13:00.000-05:00

So I guess "they" know that I love their discount thongs...

i guess they're right...walmart IS taking over the...

2006-06-20T21:00:00.000-05:00

i guess they're right...walmart IS taking over the world, one town at at time....

Do you really think WalMart is the only store doin...

2006-06-20T20:38:00.000-05:00

Do you really think WalMart is the only store doing this kind of data mining? Everyone is doing this, but WalMart is getting the brunt of the MSM's fury over it.

I think they are hiding Jimmy Hoffa at this wal ma...

2006-06-20T18:35:00.000-05:00

I think they are hiding Jimmy Hoffa at this wal mart too.

I enjoy this post! I am a meijer fan myself. Screw Wal Mart

I am in Charleston on business, but I was hoping t...

2006-06-20T17:24:00.000-05:00

I am in Charleston on business, but I was hoping to go there (gulp) in the evening.

Come 'on, we need to go! You can take me. I'll bring a recorder and we can turn it into a podcast.

Either that, or the Mothman will scare us shitless and we'll have two grown men crying and screaming for our mommies as the winged phantom swoops down on us.

Point Pleasant is about an hour away. Is that wher...

2006-06-20T17:19:00.000-05:00

Point Pleasant is about an hour away. Is that where you are going, to investigate?
Those stories terrify me to this day. I always kept my eyes shut when we drove thru there, just in case I would accidently see it.
There are also ghost stories that are suppose to have occurred on the drive to Logan, West Virginia. In fact, I remember one of them being documented in a children's activity book I had gotten as a child--something called Kid's America.

Isn't there a Wal-Mart in India???The county asses...

2006-06-20T16:47:00.000-05:00

Isn't there a Wal-Mart in India???

The county assessor had to sign a non-disclosure agreement before going through the facility. Amazing.

I might just have to go down and visit.

When we moved to AR, we were forced to sign a secr...

2006-06-20T16:00:00.000-05:00

When we moved to AR, we were forced to sign a secrecy agreement.
I have no comment about that super secret Walmart data center where they store gobs of footage of me trying on shoes and looking at earrings and comparing this shampoo with that one and standing in line at the pharmacy.
I have no comment about how they use brain imagery to actually read their customer's thoughts and feelings towards certain products. How do you think they know what products to put out in the center of the aisles and at the end of each aisle? I'll never tell.
AND, you DON'T want to know about the cameras in the restrooms. No... you don't!

I knew it! Walmart is EVIL. I shop at the slightl...

2006-06-20T15:59:00.000-05:00

I knew it! Walmart is EVIL. I shop at the slightly lesser evil Target.

keshi: There is such a thing as privacy but it doe...

2006-06-20T14:57:00.000-05:00

keshi: There is such a thing as privacy but it doesn't exist for those of us who are so "connected" to the system. Those who aren't "connected" tend to be invisible to the system, they're the only ones with any privacy. The homeless, the Amish, the dirt poor who live in squalor in Africa and India... they're actually better able to find privacy than the rest of us.

Ugh, this is worth passing on.i've been to walmart...

2006-06-20T13:44:00.000-05:00

Ugh, this is worth passing on.
i've been to walmart once in the past 2 or 3 years, so i am probably in the clear.
But maybe i should worry about all those dubies i rolled in the walmart parking lot.
kidding.

michelle, The US has a secret military installatio...

2006-06-20T07:43:00.000-05:00

michelle, The US has a secret military installation in Austrailia???? Can you get me pictures? I'm going to do some digging on that. Thanks for the tip.

LB, The data center is actually fortified much like any sort of data center. Tall cement columns placed all around the perimeter (should some crazed idiot want to ram their car into the building), low profile building in case of tornado, and I'm sure a bomb shelter.

phred, I'm not sure if Sam Walton would approve or not. Wal-Mart is well known for sex discrimination and not being fair to its employees for a slew of other reasons.

cari, People want low prices. That's the bottom line. So they sell stuff made for $0.18 from South America and sell it for $14.83. Don't you love how they use odd prices like that? It makes you think you're getting a bargain. $18.64 sounds cheaper.

My inlaws are boycotting Walmart bc of the way the...

2006-06-20T07:28:00.000-05:00

My inlaws are boycotting Walmart bc of the way they treat their employees. And bc of the "sweat shops" they have. This info. came from my father in law's union newsletter. They say that Walmart is making their employees pay hi insurance costs, w/out giving them any base pay to live on.

My opinion? Who knows if Target isn't doing the same damn thing. Maybe Walmart has been exposed. I am sure there are MANY companies out there doing this very same thing. We just don't hear about it as much. Doesn't mean I agree with what there are doing. I don't think good ol sam woulda either.

I wonder, if Sam was thawed out, would he approve ...

2006-06-20T06:50:00.000-05:00

I wonder, if Sam was thawed out, would he approve of the way the company is being run now ??
I avoid Walmart like the plague. It`s always crowded and crazy in there. I don`t like to shop in that sort of atmosphere.
Maybe they should '' study '' that.

I bet they also have a damn bomb shelter undergrou...

2006-06-20T00:50:00.000-05:00

I bet they also have a damn bomb shelter underground, like Disneyland does, and someday, when the US gets blown to hell, those mullet-wearing, toothless bastards called "sale associates" at Wal-mart are gonna inbreed their brains out and create a whole new mankind...

Did you know America has an Area 51 here down unde...

2006-06-19T23:09:00.000-05:00

Did you know America has an Area 51 here down under? It's supposed to be hush hush...stuck out in the middel of nowhere, been there since i was a kid........spooky!

jenna, I remember walking into my first Wal-mart S...

2006-06-19T22:25:00.000-05:00

jenna, I remember walking into my first Wal-mart Supercenter. It was jaw-dropping. Everything under one roof. Maybe six months later, the local family grocery store closed down.

kim, Think about the data, though. Hurricane Francis is slamming into the Carribean, and Wal-mart sends Strawberry Pop Tarts???

flamingo, She's playing hard to get.

keshi, It seems that way.

there's nothing called 'Privacy' these days..Keshi...

2006-06-19T22:14:00.000-05:00

there's nothing called 'Privacy' these days..

Keshi.

Kim, I have been writing to your dog for some time...

2006-06-19T21:24:00.000-05:00

Kim, I have been writing to your dog for some time now. That bitch never writes back.

You know what though, I just ran the number by som...

2006-06-19T21:10:00.000-05:00

You know what though, I just ran the number by some IT friends who build storage networks and they say it's not out of line with what credit card companies and other big corporations would be storing.

I work in retail and see collection stuff all day long but seeing and and then knowing that a bajillion terrabytes on my life are somewhere are 2 different things.

And yet, my dog gets mail so you'd think they'd all be better at this by now.

Oh geez, I love walmart.I love the perky greeting ...

2006-06-19T20:54:00.000-05:00

Oh geez, I love walmart.

I love the perky greeting "Welcome to walmart" when I'm in a pissy mood, in that store because it's my last desperate bid to find something I need and Zeller's and Superstore are out.

I love no tills being open despite the fact that they have a billion.

I love that they never have my brand of shampoo on the shelf. Stockboy, get to work!

I love that their toy section is a disaster waiting to happen if I remove that one little bear from the pile.

I love that their underwear falls apart after the first washing.

I love that their customer service people can't fix any problem.

Oh how I love Walmart. It makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Kinda like a homicidal maniac feels all warm and fuzzy.