The problem with face recognition is that faces change. If you get a black eye from some fist fight, the computer won't recognize you. Children going through puberty can look completely different in a matter of months. What if you're wearing huge-ass sunglasses? What if you grow a beard? Will you not be able to ID yourself if you are wearing an eye-bandage?
A few weeks ago I was buying GTA San Andreas in an electronics store. This was my conversation with the cashier:
"I'd like to buy this game"
Cashier looks at memo on desk.
"Are you 18?"
"Yes, I have a beard, look!"
"Do you have some ID?"
"Sort of."
Awkward silence.
"May I see it, please?"
"Ok, but I'm actually 17."
I smile with attempt to charm. Cashier eyes me suspiciously.
Cashier looks at ID, where I am clearly 17 and that has a photo of myself at age 11.
"Alright then, here's your game, that'll be 55euros"
PHEW!!!
So much for youth protection!
Im writing from Vienna, Austria. The censorship doesn't seem to have worked over here, this was my first hit: http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444
Graphic enough for me...
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Well, unless you want your name on the PATRIOT Act terror-list, its better to get your info from the net. Besides, books, really?
What plastic was he testing? Was it his mouse cable?
The problem with face recognition is that faces change. If you get a black eye from some fist fight, the computer won't recognize you. Children going through puberty can look completely different in a matter of months. What if you're wearing huge-ass sunglasses? What if you grow a beard? Will you not be able to ID yourself if you are wearing an eye-bandage?
A few weeks ago I was buying GTA San Andreas in an electronics store. This was my conversation with the cashier: "I'd like to buy this game" Cashier looks at memo on desk. "Are you 18?" "Yes, I have a beard, look!" "Do you have some ID?" "Sort of." Awkward silence. "May I see it, please?" "Ok, but I'm actually 17." I smile with attempt to charm. Cashier eyes me suspiciously. Cashier looks at ID, where I am clearly 17 and that has a photo of myself at age 11. "Alright then, here's your game, that'll be 55euros" PHEW!!! So much for youth protection!
The US always seems to be way behind on anything involving intelligent decisions. Why don't we get warnings about MS crap stinking?
Im writing from Vienna, Austria. The censorship doesn't seem to have worked over here, this was my first hit: http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444 Graphic enough for me...