Posted on 09/06/2006 9:26:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) ROME, Ga. -- The never-ending march of technology now means school children here can pay for their cafeteria sloppy joes with their fingers.
Rome City Schools is switching to a scanning system that lets students use their fingerprints to access their accounts. In the past, students had to punch in their pin numbers.
"The finger's better because all you've got to do is put your finger in, and you don't have to do the number and get mixed up," said Adrianna Harris, a second grader at Anna K. Davie Elementary School.
The new system speeds lunch lines, said city administrators. It's being phased in to Rome High School, Rome Middle School and all the city's elementary schools. The city hopes to have the system in use next month system-wide.
Some parents are uneasy with having their children's fingerprints scanned, and wonder about how well the information is secured.
"It may be perfectly secure, but my daughter is a minor and I understand that supposedly the kids have the option to not have their prints scanned, but that's not being articulated to my daughter," said Hal Storey, who's daughter is a 10th grader at Rome High.
bump.
Fingerprint scanning, good God. I had to have my fingerprints scanned for my most recent job. It was a regular via dolorosa that required multiple tries over a period of several months. Suffice to say, I don't think the technology is up to the job of scanning some people's fingerprints (Three Bears: "this one's too oily, this one's too dry...")
Retinal scanning may be the way to go...
Ping!
That depends on the quality of the scanner.
But let them try that when it is time to vote ... merde!
This is almost as bad as when President Clinton was showing interns how he could salute without using his hands.
I got a finger for 'em.
Oh for goodness sake...I can't even imagine the germs that will be passed around on this one.
When I worked at a school, I had to stand in line with my kids. There was quite a bit of nose wiping and picking going on in those lines. Sure, let's all put our finger on the same scan pad! I don't think so.
Need to watch Mythbusters Episode 59: Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 2
They easily fool fingerprint technology.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/episode.html
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
