- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 2005 from Moissac, France.
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andIs expected to Compostela can be ordered via web.
'special interest will develop an application that allows to obtain the Compostela through the use of new technology'
Fancy all the "likes" to be collected by the IT provider, both boosting egos and bank accounts. The next "idea" to be "financed" might be drones to "protect" hikers (pilgrims a dying race?) along the various Caminos.[...] These are things you put in a proposal to make it sound good so that your proposal gets approved. My bet: it will not happen... don't worry. Greetings from Santiago, Ivar
I wish I could download a cafe con leche and a bocadillo right now. Mmmmm............Yes - also, I find it a little sad that they think, predict, that pilgrims would prefer to miss collecting their Compostela and choose to download one ......
Try "Street view" in Google Earth... The future is here...Maybe they could "digitalize" the walk and then I can get a "digital" compostela and never have to leave the comfort of my living room. Ha ha ha ha ha...
I suppose cctv cameras all along the Camino to "protect" us will come next ... a bar code on our credentials so that we can be tracked and the pilgrim office (or the online equivalent) will know who we are, where we stayed, how many pilgrim meals we had, before we even say hello!
and re George Orwell .. this is a nice piece of irony ...... (and it isn't photoshopped, the camera is really there!!)
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Quote by the author of "1984", George Orwell (using my poor memory):
" The day when we communicate more with machines than with each other will be the beginning of the end of us".
I do not get your "Substitute Rockets for Terrorists": What do you mean?Substitute Rockets for Terrorists.
And as for doublespeak ...
I note this forum has targetted advertising too ... its not just big brother watching.
I do not get your "Substitute Rockets for Terrorists": What do you mean?
As for advertising: You see ads only because you are using this forum without any personal costs. This forum is completely free of charge for you to use. But there are costs related to running a forum, or any website, for that matter. F.ex.: I have been running my own website for 10 years: It is free to use, but the income from ads keeps it running. That is what the owner of this forum is also trying to achieve, for the benefit of all of us.
Instead of using this forum completely for free, you can donate a small sum and all ads will disappear. As a true, old-fashioned miracle. Given a fairly reasonable donation, you will even receice a nice forum badge by snailmail, to place on your backpack. Nice for connecting with others while on the Way. By doing this, you also help support and keeping alive a place you like to visit and enjoy, and it is ad-freeThis is not quite "1984" and doublespeak
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