On 11/09/10 16:38, Peter Merchant wrote:
After reading this, and thinking about the cars speeding up our road, I
wondered how hard it would be to write a speed camera program for a
webcam.
I believe there is a phrase about asking "can I do this" before asking
"should I do this".
Sounds like this would be something similar to the 'community speed
watch' scams. If so the results will be:
· Most people aren't speeding.
· The ones who are are your neighbors.
· You'll get bored of it quickly when you realise that you can't
actually /do/ anything.
Now lets get rid of all this spying technology and start treating each
other like humans.
(Also a company has had this idea already, they're called (or, were
bought by) RedSpeed. Their devices are little better than two or three
web cams and a computer running DOS.)
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