Closer to the chip?

[kenisyes]

I tend not to trust published news, but make careful observations of life as I go in place of it.

Many of you know I teach an online statistics course, and was surprised to find out this week, (a student told us) that 93% of purchases in stores in the USA are now made by credit or debit card. This leaves 7% by cash. I have been watching this trend for a long time, and, as I am in the 7%, it troubles me that I always have to wait while cashiers, customers, and equipment alike verify repeatedly, that this card technology is time consuming, frequently failing in one way or the other, and confusing yet to many of the supposed 93%.

Yesterday at Walmart, something strange happened. The two card buyers in front of me got through quickly. I was held up while the cashier had to recount my change to herself. I had the distinct impression that the machine was making her forget how to make change. For the first time, the card machine had worked faster, and it was because of her uncertainty how to get 38 cents out of the cash register drawer.

This to me is much more significant than published news about credit cards being the next step to the chip and possibly the "mark of the beast", because it affects everyone, every day. I distinctly remember a fast food chain switching to cash resgisters with pictures of menu items on the keys some 20 years ago, and the resultant inability of clerks to add up the order, or make adjustments in their heads. In fact, a professor colleague of mine enjoyed ordering exceptions just to confuse them, so he could tell the stories in math class. If my experience is not unique, could it be the intention of whoever plans these things, to bring us to such a point in a couple more years? I can hear them say "you must get the chip implanted, no one can count change anymore, and it is only fair to the person behind you in line that you do not hold them up".

 

[iamsoandso]

ken i also notice a striking similarity to the processes we undergo at the registers and the scriptures pertaining to the mark. now the r.f.i.d. i think shouldn't be ruled out as to pertaining to it(the mark) but i think it is a thing that will help them to more easily keep track of the "mark".,,the same as we use a calculator instead of scratch paper.

i remember at babel they said "let us get us an name,lest we be scattered",then god said "they are (one) and look what they do,,ect." so they wanted a "name" and they as one/together were calculating it. ,,,now "let he that hath wisdom calculate/count the number of the beast",,,,(semicolon?),,,"for it is the number of a man" and his number(the mans ?) is ect.

why is this separated with a simicolen? what type of punctuation (used in Greek) would cause the translators to sepperate these two statements with a semicolon?,,,the change of ownership from the "beast owning the name" to the man who calculates it "owning the name",,

Ive held several jobs across my life,when i was young good jobs beech-craft,rice-tech ect. but as i became older i returned to types of jobs from my youth,restaurant mgr. store mgr.(convenience stores/grocery stores). so in the process Ive witnessed the very thing you are stating about the 7%(cash only),,

the convenience stores really woke me up to it,,,,when a storm comes overhead,(everything is searching for signal),,the customers at the gas pumps start honking their horns and waving,,they point to the pumps and motion "turn it on",,,in the mean time the customer at the register scans their debit card and it says "declined",,,they say "Ive got 5,000.00 dollars in the bank it isn't declined",,,so i begin to explain "it did not(deny payment) as if you have no money it declined the purchase because it cannot confirm it".

now in the mean while the customers at the pumps are all honking their horns and screaming,,,some come into the store and slam their cards down on the counter and say "turn the blank-a-dee blank pump on!!!",,,,so i stop them and explain that the same sattelite that confirms the sales at the pumps also confirms the sales through the register's so since it declined it at the pump it will also decline it at the cash register so you will have to pay with cash.

now i think it is simple math,,,for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,,,that is Babylon and egypt used the first types of usury(credit) to trade among nations. but money as we know it(minted currency) as to the common people remained the same until around 1960 (tangible currency) in the 60's,"frank McNamara" embarrassed becouse he forgot his wallet came up with the idea of the "diners club card",,and it all spread out from their,American express,MasterCard,visa,,Texaco,Sinclair,ect.,,,,,,,,,,and now we need to have a debit card and to calculate a pin number that only we have wisdom of.the number of our name.


all's well today,my family says if ww3 breaks out they'll come to my house in the woods. if Yellowstone erupts there coming to my house. hmm,Yellowstone will send an ash cloud completely around the the top half of the earth as the world spins to the east and come back to it's self in the west,,and the satellites will be "searching for signal",,,what a cold day that will be, the ash will rise to the stratosphere and collect together and fall and reenter the atmosphere and ignite,somewhere around the canaries and onward they will fall,but the bread-basket of the earth will be covered with snow from Texas to the top.

all the whole while,they will go to the gas stations and swipe their card,and it will search for signal,and decline the purchase.if they have a half tank,they will pack up their guns and food and go,,hmm lets see 20mpg,and those that are panicking in the roads will take their food and water and????,,,they'll all be "searching for satellite signal,,transaction declined",,,

its the equal and opposite reaction ken,,,mankind is making a huge error,you are a mathematician,it is convenient to take numbers and set them where they fall,,,i see it simple because i was required to manipulate these numbers instead of revealing them.,,,i say "the answer is not the problem the solution is",,,that is do i divide,or subtract,add or multiply?,,,the answer though,i was given,but how to resolve it i was not.

there is no difference which calamity that will befall mankind,one is as well as the other. every nation in history is told to us from it's beginning to it's end. but this kingdom will be hard to calculate. that is when the satellites are "searching for signal",,whether the red dawn or the apocalypse how they they recon it?,,,the grocery store will empty it's shelves and the c.e.o.'s will say "i cannot track the goods i am sending them,stop",,,i will have 14.77 in my possession and no accountant will be able to prove it,,,,,,

here is the answer,,,"to balance the budget you must bankrupt it",,,who will own everything by law the day the worlds economy collapses?,,,who will repossess it,the day it folds?,,,,,better yet,,,here is the most common ask question,,,,"whats your credit score"???

 

[kenisyes]

Yes, I like your logic. And a whole generation grows up not being able to see it any other way. Just like you remember the old radio shows (I do too as a hobby) but I grew up on TV, and we both wonder how the world lived before phones. But you are correct, Internet can be put out much more easily that the electrical power grid (because that at least can be rebooted locally), and if it is it will totally paralyze everything. It is all just a new form of the tower of Babel.

 

[Mammachickadee]

I tend not to trust published news, but make careful observations of life as I go in place of it.

Many of you know I teach an online statistics course, and was surprised to find out this week, (a student told us) that 93% of purchases in stores in the USA are now made by credit or debit card. This leaves 7% by cash. I have been watching this trend for a long time, and, as I am in the 7%, it troubles me that I always have to wait while cashiers, customers, and equipment alike verify repeatedly, that this card technology is time consuming, frequently failing in one way or the other, and confusing yet to many of the supposed 93%.

Yesterday at Walmart, something strange happened. The two card buyers in front of me got through quickly. I was held up while the cashier had to recount my change to herself. I had the distinct impression that the machine was making her forget how to make change. For the first time, the card machine had worked faster, and it was because of her uncertainty how to get 38 cents out of the cash register drawer.

This to me is much more significant than published news about credit cards being the next step to the chip and possibly the "mark of the beast", because it affects everyone, every day. I distinctly remember a fast food chain switching to cash resgisters with pictures of menu items on the keys some 20 years ago, and the resultant inability of clerks to add up the order, or make adjustments in their heads. In fact, a professor colleague of mine enjoyed ordering exceptions just to confuse them, so he could tell the stories in math class. If my experience is not unique, could it be the intention of whoever plans these things, to bring us to such a point in a couple more years? I can hear them say "you must get the chip implanted, no one can count change anymore, and it is only fair to the person behind you in line that you do not hold them up".

First a majority are rushed through grades without learning how to read... and now they can't add and subtract. Kids, put down the controller and back away from the screen.

 

[kenisyes]

First a majority are rushed through grades without learning how to read... and now they can't add and subtract. Kids, put down the controller and back away from the screen.

but u al no how 2 txt rely gud. lok, i men lol.

And that is why we need the chip. It will do all that for us.

 

[djness]

I can understand and agree with the views expressed here, although what many christians need to realize is America isn't the only country in the world.

America is like 4% of the worlds population. If the mark affects the world, which it says it will, it's going to have to catch the entire world up to the system.

However after reading more about agenda 21 from the UN, I am subscribing to the idea that this is coming more and more quickly.

 

[kenisyes]

I am quite certain the world is trying very hard to catch up to America.

 

[PennEd]

We currently have the technology to implement "the mark". I believe some massive type of economic catastrophe will happen that will scrap the dollar as the world's default currency, while the worldwide debt bubble bursts everywhere at once rendering the Yen, Euro, Yuan, etc.. worthless. We cannot grow our way out of the debt, we cannot tax our way out of the debt, We cannot spend our way out of the debt. The ONLY viable answer is what they are doing, which is to try and PRINT our way out, but the simple math dictates this will result in massive inflation and eventual default. When will the wheels come off? Could be tomorrow, next month, next year, or this charade may carry on for several more years. I believe however, when it happens it won't be a slow grind, but those in the know will head for the exits similar to 1929 and the crash will happen quickly. This event may usher in the global currency and the mark. I've heard all the arguments about pre and post trib, and I know we shouldn't store up treasures here, but a little prepping that could help fellow brothers and sisters, while spreading the Gospel and food to the scared and hungry, may be prudent.

 

[morganlitchfield]

I am subscribing to the idea of leaving it. lol

 

[Agricola]

Yay its Morgan!

 

[kenisyes]

scrap the dollar as the world's default currency,

I was so embarrassed earlier this week. I was way off on dollar-Euro conversion. And I looked it up only a month ago. International currency exchange is all just a video game now.

 

[GRA]

I tend not to trust published news, but make careful observations of life as I go in place of it.

Many of you know I teach an online statistics course, and was surprised to find out this week, (a student told us) that 93% of purchases in stores in the USA are now made by credit or debit card. This leaves 7% by cash. I have been watching this trend for a long time, and, as I am in the 7%, it troubles me that I always have to wait while cashiers, customers, and equipment alike verify repeatedly, that this card technology is time consuming, frequently failing in one way or the other, and confusing yet to many of the supposed 93%.

Yesterday at Walmart, something strange happened. The two card buyers in front of me got through quickly. I was held up while the cashier had to recount my change to herself. I had the distinct impression that the machine was making her forget how to make change. For the first time, the card machine had worked faster, and it was because of her uncertainty how to get 38 cents out of the cash register drawer.

This to me is much more significant than published news about credit cards being the next step to the chip and possibly the "mark of the beast", because it affects everyone, every day. I distinctly remember a fast food chain switching to cash resgisters with pictures of menu items on the keys some 20 years ago, and the resultant inability of clerks to add up the order, or make adjustments in their heads. In fact, a professor colleague of mine enjoyed ordering exceptions just to confuse them, so he could tell the stories in math class. If my experience is not unique, could it be the intention of whoever plans these things, to bring us to such a point in a couple more years? I can hear them say "you must get the chip implanted, no one can count change anymore, and it is only fair to the person behind you in line that you do not hold them up".

And, all in the name of 'convenience'...

 

[Mammachickadee]

but u al no how 2 txt rely gud. lok, i men lol.

And that is why we need the chip. It will do all that for us.

I'm terrible at texting and like type writers. They encourage excellence.

 

[kenisyes]

I'm terrible at texting and like type writers. They encourage excellence.

Are you aware that the typewriter keyboard was at first in alphabetical order, ABCDEFG on the top row and so on? It was rearranged to QWERTY... to slow people down, as in the old days (1880's), the mechanical key mechanisms got stuck. It has been known since the 1930's that people could type 100+ words a minute if we would rearrange the keys to optimum. The Dvorak Keyboard -- a Primer You can just push a button on your computer and have it change now, of course. Like everyone else, I got old before I found time to relearn what I was forced to learn when I was 10 years old, on a mechanical typewriter.

 

[Mammachickadee]

I am quite certain the world is trying very hard to catch up to America.

In ways of education I'm not sure the world hasn't surpassed us. In America we don't hold children back until they learn; we don't rely primarily on phonics; and we lower the testing standards so kids don't "feel bad" or "look bad". There's a reason why a class full or Orientals that is graded on a curve is a guaranteed B or lower. They work hard.
American public schools have gone from teaching philosophy and Latin in high schools to No Child Left Behind.

 

[Agricola]

Long live America, the worlds best country at everything.

 

[morganlitchfield]

I sense a little sarcasm, I like it.

 

[wisebeardman]

im a cash only guy. No take cash then keep the stuff you want to sale cause I wont buy it. want me to do a job for you? better have cash to pay or no workie.

btw shame on you for going in wall-mart... er china-mart.

 

[kenisyes]

btw shame on you for going in wall-mart... er china-mart.

What do you suggest I do? The nearest comparable store is 20 miles away. I do not drive, and Delaware busses are a joke.

 

[woka]

There is a new chip that is being implanted into people with the understanding that is will allow medical personal to be able to better diagnose what the person's medical history is. It is like a grain of rice that gets implanted just under the skin and can be read with a scanner. "They" have already started approaching people with diabetes, or heart condition's etc that are very often at the doctor's or hospital's.

People do not suspect anything and just believe that this way if they are in a medical emergency the medical people can help them quicker with uploading all their medical history.

Mark of the beast yes I think so, I think it will come in different forms.

There is also the chip that you can implant into your child that will allow for you to track where they are should they be kidnapped or disappear. It is always done under the pretexted of caring.