Are you SURE that you're not just trying to weasel out of the ring ?:) While you do have some valid concerns, it is a tradition. Traditions don't have to make sense... that's why they're traditions.
I once read a short story called "One Legged Island" that would be relevant here. It's a take on the idea of 'traditions'.
Tell me, if it was 'tradition' that a guy was castrated when he was married (yeah, some would say it happens anyay) would you happily allow it?
After all, it a tradition. It's not like it has to make sense or anything...
Breaking light beams and retinal scans all rely on movement to some degree. The problem is that movement is what she is losing. So how about heart rate monitoring?
Since she is *very* sedentary, her heart rate should be reasonably stable, within a small tolerence. The point is, it it possible to ones alter heart through thought process alone. As an example, if she starts to stress, it should rise. You could even set up the volume of a bell proportional to the magnitude of the rate, or the rate of change itself.
I'm thinking along the lines of those sensors they clip on a finger in hospital as a pickup, then a bit of signal processing. It's also the sort of thing you should be able to buy, instead of hacking together a cheap gadget.
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1. Have you ever tried to convince someone that the driods in your possession were NOT in fact the driods they were looking for?
... oh, sorry, I thought you said "drugs in my possesion".
:-)
Why yes in fact
2. Did you ever have a crush on Princess Leah but had a strange feeling the cosmos would never let it happen.. Not even realizing she was your sister?
I'm Tasmanian. It really doesn't matter that she's my sister. (Aussie joke
3. While drivign down the street at night have you ever turned off your headlights and driven using only the force? did you live?
I did many stupid things when I was younger. This is one of them.
Are you SURE that you're not just trying to weasel out of the ring ? :) While you do have some valid concerns, it is a tradition. Traditions don't have to make sense... that's why they're traditions.
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I once read a short story called "One Legged Island" that would be relevant here. It's a take on the idea of 'traditions'.
Tell me, if it was 'tradition' that a guy was castrated when he was married (yeah, some would say it happens anyay) would you happily allow it?
After all, it a tradition. It's not like it has to make sense or anything
Breaking light beams and retinal scans all rely on movement to some degree. The problem is that movement is what she is losing. So how about heart rate monitoring?
Since she is *very* sedentary, her heart rate should be reasonably stable, within a small tolerence. The point is, it it possible to ones alter heart through thought process alone. As an example, if she starts to stress, it should rise. You could even set up the volume of a bell proportional to the magnitude of the rate, or the rate of change itself.
I'm thinking along the lines of those sensors they clip on a finger in hospital as a pickup, then a bit of signal processing. It's also the sort of thing you should be able to buy, instead of hacking together a cheap gadget.