It takes a while to be happy

it so happens from time to time that you run into something that gives you hope about the world, that makes you see it in a different light. That maybe you won't be the one sitting on the sidewalk, waiting for life to pass. Maybe you'll be the guy in the scooter with the hot chick in his back, rolling toward the horizon, a smile stuck to your face.

on Psychopathic Tendencies

Step 1: Distorting Childhood Fantasies

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First Post

I heard somewhere somehow that intelligent, interesting people should all have blogs.
While I don't necessarily objectively fall into that category, I thought I might as well pretend.

Public Iris Scanning

Sarnoff Labs in New Jersey are currently trying to patent a public iris scanning device.

The device is able to scan the iris of the eye without the knowledge or consent of the person being scanned. The device uses multiple cameras, captures multiple images, and then selects the best image to process.

Minority Reports is in the works.

http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/070206_technovelgy.html

Software to Predict Who Might Kill

The University of Philadelphia is currently working on a software that could possibly predict a person's inclination towards murder.

Using multiple input of information about a person, it compiles the probability of that person commiting murder.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/16155226.htm

Forced Targeted Advertising in Schools

Microsoft has applied for a patent that would use face-recognition webcams and CAPTCHAs to ensure that school computer users are paying attention to ads and 'disabling or even repossessing the computer' if they're not.

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070033102%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070033102&RS=DN/20070033102