94304
submission
Punch-Drunk Slob writes:
I have a project coming up that involves coming up with a solution for an employee time-in/time-out system. Instead of the usual web-based system, such as Enterprise Payroll Systems (http://epayroll.sourceforge.net/), I would like to try out something more "cutting edge" — using biometrics.
Basically I just need a simple fingerprint scanner that can be connected via USB (or similar), and leave everything up to software. Are there any existing open source software that fits my requirements?
94162
story
Mav asks:
"I was recently asked to host a website for free in return for a lot of advertising. After querying them about how they knew the site would produce traffic they stated the site was going to be running PHPProxy (an open source web proxy). The traffic was a result of him and his contacts (nearly one thousand of them) using the site to bypass his school's firewall in order to view their MySpace pages and get access to their MSN messengers. Given all the attention social networking sites have recently received and the various laws attempting to block or control access to them I feel guilty and unsure making this available. Are there legal implications that I need to worry about? Could I be held liable if one of the students got in trouble? Most importantly, what's the moral thing to do?"
