Yeah. . . sorry about that. The comment centers areound the fact that I am a skinny tall guy with wrist braces who couldn't possibly be mistaken as a football player.
Combine the picture data, with name and ethnic information (horror of horrors) and that should help to clarify a person's description at the time of document issuance, and at the time of presentation to a customs/air port official.
On a side note, let's not even consider how abysmal this software must perform when terrorists are deliberately disguising their faces.
Facial hair can hide one of the larger metrics necessary for an ID; jaw lines. The 'stash can also help to obscure the mouth width. Not much can be done to change the ear height, but it can be eliminated by having thick hair covering the ears.
I'm willing to bet that the lab tests and Fed tests involved more ideal lighting conditions, or better quality cameras.
Other factors that could throw the real world results off the lab results:
*Too large of an angle between camera and subjects (for lack of better word) normal vector. If the cameras were placed too far off to the side of the usual traffic direction, then IDs would be very hard to find.
*Too large a field of view. If the camera is capturing people at 1/4 the size of the screen, that seems like too little useful resolution for the ID.
Having said that... The technology is extremely well suited to check that the identity of a card user is who the card says should use it. In otherwords, not as a primary means of identification, but as a check against the primary.
For example: Your debit card is used at an out of country ATM machine. That flag should trigger a visual confirmation of the user of the card. If the check fails, then the card may only be used as a credit card.
Hummmmm I'm taking a liking to the idea of litigation based on the "dorkage" of the offending party. Well . . . as long as that party isn't me of course.
"Vent radioactive gas?" [types] Y E S. "Sound alertness horn?" Y E S. [it sounds in the distance] "Decalcify calcium ducts?" Well, give me a Y, give me a...Hey! All I have to type is Y. [to Marge] Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!
I am ready to fill the corporate coffers of New Line at their bidding.
Sir, Yes Sir. May I please have another!
robi
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without getting one of the trusted members to be a snitch
I don't think that is hard at all to do because nothing has to be done in person. Try infiltrating a militant idealogical group. That would be hard.
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Have you tried to publish a book about STDs and slipped in 20 glossy pictures of hard core sex and still get the book published as an educational reference book.
It is hard to do, and for good reason. But with the internet, it is dang easy.
robi
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Excelent idea. It never hurts to ask a few hard questions about what the org does. Especially the balance between compensation of org employees / CEOs, & presidents vs pay outs for capital assets (equipment), perishables (food), or other items.
"Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them.
One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."
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Umm . . . no. I would prefer a private local for gratification of that nature.
:-)
jason
Or how about one for the couple in the back making out / having sex.
If thars one thing a mate won't take none of, its a stinking bilge rat 'o a mate that hoggs all ta grog!
Wow! A whole TCPIP packet to carry the question, one for the ack of the question, a 3rd for the response, and a 4th for the ack of the response.
.1 seconds for each packet to get from end to end (could be more over dial up).
Assume about
While a neat idea (and sarcastic at that!) the usability people may raise questions.
jason
Alert: possible deliberate use of quote mixing regarding dead LoTR character and Python.
It is just a sig after all.
jason
and with no prior knowledge of you
Yeah. . . sorry about that. The comment centers areound the fact that I am a skinny tall guy with wrist braces who couldn't possibly be mistaken as a football player.
Post attempt at humor: Failed.
jason
Hey! I have an idea. Take pictures of me in front of football equipment and I could be mistaken for a football player!!!
ummmmmmm no.
jason
Combine the picture data, with name and ethnic information (horror of horrors) and that should help to clarify a person's description at the time of document issuance, and at the time of presentation to a customs/air port official.
not that any system is 100% effective in IDs.
jason
On a side note, let's not even consider how abysmal this software must perform when terrorists are deliberately disguising their faces.
Facial hair can hide one of the larger metrics necessary for an ID; jaw lines. The 'stash can also help to obscure the mouth width. Not much can be done to change the ear height, but it can be eliminated by having thick hair covering the ears.
jason
I'm willing to bet that the lab tests and Fed tests involved more ideal lighting conditions, or better quality cameras.
Other factors that could throw the real world results off the lab results:
*Too large of an angle between camera and subjects (for lack of better word) normal vector. If the cameras were placed too far off to the side of the usual traffic direction, then IDs would be very hard to find.
*Too large a field of view. If the camera is capturing people at 1/4 the size of the screen, that seems like too little useful resolution for the ID.
jason
NOTE: I'm a previous shareholder in IDNX.
Having said that... The technology is extremely well suited to check that the identity of a card user is who the card says should use it. In otherwords, not as a primary means of identification, but as a check against the primary.
For example: Your debit card is used at an out of country ATM machine. That flag should trigger a visual confirmation of the user of the card. If the check fails, then the card may only be used as a credit card.
jason
Hummmmm I'm taking a liking to the idea of litigation based on the "dorkage" of the offending party. Well . . . as long as that party isn't me of course.
jason
Homer logic:
"Vent radioactive gas?" [types] Y E S.
"Sound alertness horn?" Y E S. [it sounds in the distance]
"Decalcify calcium ducts?" Well, give me a Y, give me a...Hey!
All I have to type is Y. [to Marge] Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!
You mean you are still on a single user OS?
jason
I have to wonder what it would take for you to think a movie needs to make it epic. I mean what do you want:
*More Characers? (Try J. Austin)
*More extras in huge crowd scenes that aren't CGI (Ten Commandments)
*More vile villins? (Event Horizon?)
*More battles (Jackie Chan / Jet Lee?)
*Better acting (Schindler's List?)
But it is way up there on all of those.
May be I just have too low of expectations when it comes to entertaining movies.
robi
I am ready to fill the corporate coffers of New Line at their bidding.
Sir, Yes Sir. May I please have another!
robi
without getting one of the trusted members to be a snitch
I don't think that is hard at all to do because nothing has to be done in person. Try infiltrating a militant idealogical group. That would be hard.
robi
Have you tried to publish a book about STDs and slipped in 20 glossy pictures of hard core sex and still get the book published as an educational reference book.
It is hard to do, and for good reason. But with the internet, it is dang easy.
robi
Excelent idea. It never hurts to ask a few hard questions about what the org does. Especially the balance between compensation of org employees / CEOs, & presidents vs pay outs for capital assets (equipment), perishables (food), or other items.
robi
Wow . . . now there is a scary thought . . . a Government bible. What chould be different about it?
Sodom and Gomorrah couldn't be mentioned, due to their destruction based on their status as "wicked" by someone one elses standard.
The prophets of Baal wouldn't be burned to crispy lumps by fire from heaven (they "worshipped a different god" and that is clearly discrimination).
No killing of Goliath by David (violence isn't the answer to problems).
Man . . . all the fun stuff would be left out!
robi
It is almost like they wanted you to read the headline and the article before jumping to any conclusions!
robi
As opposed to our giant space ant overlords?
"Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them.
One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."
robi
Or they said...
"Where the heck are those sites I was reading last week?"
robi
But you don't have to go all cloak-and-dagger about it.
But that is where all of the fun comes from!
robi
Just be sure to use a different university's anon terminal access than the one involved.
robi