it is so sad that you actually believe that

Awesome! Now opera is just like chrome, but without that annoying....uhhhh -- it just like chrome, but with way better....uhhh....hmmmmm. Ok, I guess opera is dead then.

at least this approach involves the police, as opposed to some of their other just-let-us-handle-it schemes

forgive me if this is a stupid question, but what was wrong with the fish-eye lens? it seems to me the it would be easier to correct for distortion with a fish eyes (constant radius) then having to deal with the Kaleidoscope effect of a bug-eye lens

Nobody gets hurt, everybody stays safe

Maybe not thought commands, but new types of input for the device for sure

Everyone knows OSS doesn't have defects, it just develops random features

Ok, so lets say that hypothetically you can print all the parts for a gun. Who is gonna put the damn thing together for you? From what I gather gunsmithing is not something just anyone can do in there basement. You think the gunsmith down the road is gonna do it for you?! Hell no, he will lose his licence for making a gun with no serials on it and then he's out of a job. Are you gonna go to school and learn to do it yourself - then you might as well build a REAL gun with no serials on it

That was my first thought too, but the issue in not a lack of resources/computing power, but the number of people available to analyse visual data. They need to convert the visual data into something that any human can identify as falling into group A or group B (or c, etc)

I think it is time you upgraded from firefox 2.0

Even the "google goggles" app on my phone can recognise logos

I can see the police confusing the two, but slashdot?!

1)return your alarm system
2)keep the sticker on your door from the alarm company
3)put a big pair of mens boots, and a dog bowl that says "killer" out front

You don't need to have an expensive alarm system, you just need to make people THINK you do

You finally make this futuristic device and it turns out it really isn't that practical or is too futuristic to be cool with anyone but nerds

Does it run blockdude?