Comments on: And you thought biometrics was boring? Think again. http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/01/and-you-thought-biometrics-was-boring-think-again/ life with cats Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Seamus http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/01/and-you-thought-biometrics-was-boring-think-again/#comment-234 Seamus Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:35:47 +0000 http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/01/and-you-thought-biometrics-was-boring-think-again/#comment-234 You might just be describing me.... except that I didn"t drive all over Botswana, only part of it. And yes, I am still said to be geographically dyslexic, and overly reliant on my GPS. The moral might be that people need to be given the latitude to look around in whatever way they want to? But yes, I can see the tragedy of your road trip. There is an excellent clip somewhere of man getting out of his car to take some close-up photos of some lions... same thing. "tourist with a gadget" syndrome. You might just be describing me…. except that I didn”t drive all over Botswana, only part of it. And yes, I am still said to be geographically dyslexic, and overly reliant on my GPS.

The moral might be that people need to be given the latitude to look around in whatever way they want to? But yes, I can see the tragedy of your road trip. There is an excellent clip somewhere of man getting out of his car to take some close-up photos of some lions… same thing. “tourist with a gadget” syndrome.

]]> By: Wim http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/01/and-you-thought-biometrics-was-boring-think-again/#comment-232 Wim Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:26:36 +0000 http://kilimanjarolion.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/01/and-you-thought-biometrics-was-boring-think-again/#comment-232 ...and there are various facial recognition packages for CCTV which must be applicable to all of these uses (whatever they may be.) I once wandered all over Botswana in the company of a guy who was glued to his state of the art GPS. He always knew precisely where he was to within a few feet but lacking a pair of binoculars, never got to see anything else beyond those few feet... There's a moral in that somewhere... Do keep posting all this scientific stuff it's muy interesante. …and there are various facial recognition packages for CCTV which must be applicable to all of these uses (whatever they may be.)
I once wandered all over Botswana in the company of a guy who was glued to his state of the art GPS. He always knew precisely where he was to within a few feet but lacking a pair of binoculars, never got to see anything else beyond those few feet…
There’s a moral in that somewhere…
Do keep posting all this scientific stuff it’s muy interesante.

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