I currently run an afterschool club teaching robotics at a local school. Although this would require getting in some kit, NQC is a good language for them to get to grips with. It is a well defined and documented cut down version of C ("Not Quite C"). The bonus here being that once they have coded something, it can be downloaded onto a simple robot and run.
That actually comes as quite a surprise tbh. I'd have thought that by now, most mobile phone makers would have dropped that 'feature' for something else far snazzier they could advertise. Maybe a built-in fridge? That seems pointless enough for them to add...no?
"How are they going to deal with people who gain or loose a lot of weight since the biometrics were taken"
Surely they could update the card each time it was verified. This way the changes would be extremely small and it should still pass.
There would still be the problem if someone didn't use their card in a long time, and gained/lost a lot of weight (for example), but I am assuming that the ID cards would be used for almost everything eventually (payments, keycards, etc), so the chance of not having your card verified for an extended period of time would be much less likely. Also, I suppose they could allow a slight difference between the scan taken and the data stored but it gets noted, and a proper match has to be made within 3 attempts.
There will obviously be problems if someone has an injury which drastically alters their face, etc, but they will probably be able to work around this eventually.
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With regards to the yahoo thing, I can't really see them attracting many users if they do go through with this. I only ever used Yahoo! search when I was logged into my mail account and it was easier than changing to google. If I was on any other webpage, I used google. Since swapping to Gmail, I no longer use Yahoo! and the possibility of getting rewarded really doesn't tempt me to search with them. (Especially since personalised google came along).
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I currently run an afterschool club teaching robotics at a local school. Although this would require getting in some kit, NQC is a good language for them to get to grips with. It is a well defined and documented cut down version of C ("Not Quite C"). The bonus here being that once they have coded something, it can be downloaded onto a simple robot and run.
That actually comes as quite a surprise tbh. I'd have thought that by now, most mobile phone makers would have dropped that 'feature' for something else far snazzier they could advertise. Maybe a built-in fridge? That seems pointless enough for them to add...no?
I couldn't care less, it's made up half my username for every website i've come across for the last 3 years.
"How are they going to deal with people who gain or loose a lot of weight since the biometrics were taken"
Surely they could update the card each time it was verified. This way the changes would be extremely small and it should still pass.
There would still be the problem if someone didn't use their card in a long time, and gained/lost a lot of weight (for example), but I am assuming that the ID cards would be used for almost everything eventually (payments, keycards, etc), so the chance of not having your card verified for an extended period of time would be much less likely. Also, I suppose they could allow a slight difference between the scan taken and the data stored but it gets noted, and a proper match has to be made within 3 attempts.
There will obviously be problems if someone has an injury which drastically alters their face, etc, but they will probably be able to work around this eventually.
Who knows..
Negative points are given, not only to change the karma of registered users, but to filter the comments. Some readers will only read comments of +3 or higher for example, and by marking 'first' posts as first posts, people who don't want to see them, don't have to. With regards to the yahoo thing, I can't really see them attracting many users if they do go through with this. I only ever used Yahoo! search when I was logged into my mail account and it was easier than changing to google. If I was on any other webpage, I used google. Since swapping to Gmail, I no longer use Yahoo! and the possibility of getting rewarded really doesn't tempt me to search with them. (Especially since personalised google came along).
Sorry, couldn't make out whether you were being sarcastic or not. (PowerBooks are fab though! :-) )
How exactly will your Powerbook get nuked.
It's reasons like this that make me glad I switched from windows.