Face recognition software does not always work.
How I know this is husband went to a AAA office last week to renew his license. Much less crowded than the main office in the city, and much quicker too.
Except the motor vehicle department and its satelites are now using face recognition software and refused to give husband his driver's license because the software told them he wasn't the same person on his current license.
Huh?
The guy at AAA says I know it's you, you know you're you, but the computer says you are not you so I can't issue a license, you have to go to our main office.
Three hours later, husband had his license but it took traveling to two different places, lots of pictures, lots of looking at him, lots of lines and waiting and frustration.
The paranoia about terrrorism is reaching crippling levels of insanity.
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The work men are still here, now I've signed a contract for them to point, waterproof and fiddle with the chimney. The boss man says that the water coming into the cellar from the chimney will continue if we don't do the new work. Another 1675 dollars and I should have a dry basement, oh that is until the next snafu.
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Yesterday I visited a house one of my family members just bought. It was built in 1746, before the Revolutionary war...just amazing to see the workmanship, the super wide floor boards, the walk-in fireplace in the kitchen, the woodwork...just the feel of a house so old. Even the yard has old old trees and perennials. If that house could talk, I wonder what it would say?
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An aside: Apparently lots of people are making deviled eggs with too much mustard. I wrote about it in an earlier blog, never realizing how many hits I'd get from people searching for "deviled eggs with too much mustard". So a warning to all, don't put a lot of mustard in your deviled eggs for godssake!
How I know this is husband went to a AAA office last week to renew his license. Much less crowded than the main office in the city, and much quicker too.
Except the motor vehicle department and its satelites are now using face recognition software and refused to give husband his driver's license because the software told them he wasn't the same person on his current license.
Huh?
The guy at AAA says I know it's you, you know you're you, but the computer says you are not you so I can't issue a license, you have to go to our main office.
Three hours later, husband had his license but it took traveling to two different places, lots of pictures, lots of looking at him, lots of lines and waiting and frustration.
The paranoia about terrrorism is reaching crippling levels of insanity.
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The work men are still here, now I've signed a contract for them to point, waterproof and fiddle with the chimney. The boss man says that the water coming into the cellar from the chimney will continue if we don't do the new work. Another 1675 dollars and I should have a dry basement, oh that is until the next snafu.
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Yesterday I visited a house one of my family members just bought. It was built in 1746, before the Revolutionary war...just amazing to see the workmanship, the super wide floor boards, the walk-in fireplace in the kitchen, the woodwork...just the feel of a house so old. Even the yard has old old trees and perennials. If that house could talk, I wonder what it would say?
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An aside: Apparently lots of people are making deviled eggs with too much mustard. I wrote about it in an earlier blog, never realizing how many hits I'd get from people searching for "deviled eggs with too much mustard". So a warning to all, don't put a lot of mustard in your deviled eggs for godssake!
posted by mary bishop | 1:21 PM
10 Comments:
i hate too much mustard in my deviled eggs... i also dont like pickles or relish in my deviled eggs. Deviled eggs shouldnt crunch.
Anyway I hope you have a dry basement soon. And I will post pics of the finished objects on my blog... I might post pics of the christmas stockings since i showed them to their new owners friday. one is still a work in progress.
And trust me you will love the them of the SnB. We are having a blue stich n bitch - its a knit all blue naughty things for a friend of ours. :)
I don't like too much mustard in my eggs either. :) but then again i'm not a *HUGE* deviled eggs fan. Give me horseradish any day - or horseradish mustard and I might be the only ones eating them.
As for the house - ahh I love the idea of livingin a house like that and it's nice to know it wasn't mucked up by someone trying to "modernize" it too much. But i'm afraid i just can't live with out central air. Would love to see pics of that house though. :)
Oh and regarding the facial recognition software.. (shudder) sometimes it is just too much reliance on machines and people getting weirded out. I mean if you go to http://blognonymous.com/ and go down a post or two - you'll the new lock you can put on your house...
what happens if you get locked out by this thing??
Hey Minijaxter! My deviled eggs were so bad, I think it will take another 20 years before I'll have a yen for them! Cool on posting pics, I love to see yarn genius in living color. I'm intrigued about the naughty blue things ;-)
Ilanna, I love horseradish, especially on prime rib. I eat shrimp cocktail just so I can eat the horseradishy sauce. The house has had updates and does have central air, but they've disguised it well. I'm sure I'll be invited back after they move in and I'll try to post pics then.
After husband's experience with face recognition, I doubt I'd try fingerprint locks...I'll wait till the technology is better. Then again, what book did I read not too long ago where the cut off the finger of the guy and used it to open a fingerprint lock? Famous book...hmmm dull brain day
and I can just imagine when you go to give your neighbor the key while away on vacation and you look at your finger and realize it doesn't come off the keyring as easily as a key... LOL (and yes i know you can just program in another person.. it's just the humorous concept.)
Ilanna, so true...I am laughing at the thought also of giving the finger to my neighbors so they can let me dogs out...hahahah
HAHAH giving them the finger! LOL
new suka stories (GIGGLE)
Oh boy Suka stories!
That face recognition thing is insane. Fingerprints or hand scanning would be more believable. Anyone can change the look of their face. Might as well make it like they do in futuristic movies. At least it'd be cooler than face recognition.
Deviled eggs give me gas... Just thought you'd like to know.
That is some silly DMV AAA bullcrap. The computer doesn't know all! Why do they have people working there if they cannot be allowed to use their brain? Useless people run by a computer.
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