Dining Has no Qualms with Palm Scans

MaineCampus.com ^ | April 3, 2011 | Matthew Soucy

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Over the next month, Dining Services will be testing a pilot program that uses a scan of an individual’s palm in place of his or her MaineCard. The program uses infrared technology to recognize the meal plan user’s palm and links that image to that person’s MaineCard account.

“Instead of swiping your MaineCard, the program is going to identify you by the palm of your hand,” said Benny Veenhof, director of technology management at UMaine. “It takes a snapshot of the veins and creates a black pattern that it then converts into an encrypted algorithm.”

[GiovannaNicoletta]

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:16,17)

[Carling]

Well, since we already have God-given palm prints, what does it mean? I do realize the potential implications of using such prints in a government or private business database, however. I simply don’t trust either enough to willing give that information.

[momtothree]

Exactly what popped into my head when I read the article.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Obviously these people have never read Fred Mustard's "Mephisto Waltz" or seen the movie with Curt Jürgens and Barbara Parkins.....




(Worth seeing if just for the late great Jakob Gimpel's magnificent dubbing of the Liszt masterpiece....)

[Myrddin]

The right hand is used for eating and greeting
in the Middle East. The left hand is used for
washing your butt with the aid of a bucket of
water. That is why the right hand is cut off as
punishment for theft. Never offer your left hand
to a Middle Easterner. There is reason for
specifically referencing the right hand in that
scripture. Frankly, many of us already have
fingerprints on file for security clearances. A
palm doesn’t matter that much. It’s harder to
commit fraud.

[johngrace]

Interesting to say the least.

[Senior Chief]

Ditto...first thought that crossed my mind.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

It's about getting people used to using body parts, in this case the hands to buy and sell.

For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN22jkDSBuk

The technology for the one-world economic system as described in the book of Revelation, which involves the mark of the beast, is here. It's just a matter of getting people accustomed to the idea.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

And if a person’s right hand happens to be missing, the other place the mark will go is the forehead.