Hard Brexit or Hard Brexit

[mistermack]

Should barcode tattoo everyone. If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to fear...

While the intention is good, unfortunately that's a ludicrous idea. It would be too easy to forge. And an iris scan works just as quickly and would be very hard to cheat.

[Brian Peacock]

What's wrong with fingerprints?

[mistermack]

What's wrong with fingerprints?

I don't know, but they haven't taken off for some reason. They started doing a finger print login for laptops, but they soon dropped it.
DNA would be the most reliable, but takes too long.
I don't really know much about iris scans, except that the banks seem to trust them, but they haven't taken off in a big way either. Maybe the hardware is too expensive?

[pErvinalia]

Eyeballs stabbed out on pencils. That's why.

[mistermack]

Seems like iris recognition is the future. The lens doesn't need to get close up, it can work at a distance.

The Government of India is enrolling the iris codes (as well as fingerprints) of all 1.2 billion citizens within three years for national ID and fraud prevention in entitlements distribution. As of April 2016 the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) had enrolled more than 1 billion persons in this biometric programme.

[JimC]

It will drive those crazy Iridologists into a frenzy...

[Hermit]

It will drive those crazy Iridologists into a frenzy...

Everyone will become undetectable. Our eyes are devoid of iridium.

[rainbow]

MPs call for new lottery to fund new Royal Yacht Britannia to 'showcase' UK after Brexit

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/89723 ... ttery-fund




We in Africa are sure to rush down to the docks in our feathers and skins, when the great white queen arrives and buy lots of British made trinkets.

[Scot Dutchy]

MPs call for new lottery to fund new Royal Yacht Britannia to 'showcase' UK after Brexit

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/89723 ... ttery-fund




We in Africa are sure to rush down to the docks in our feathers and skins, when the great white queen arrives and buy lots of British made trinkets.

I never read the Express and now I know why.

[mistermack]

I never read the Express and now I know why.

Just as I suspected !!


But you could always get someone to read it to you.

[Brian Peacock]

Volunteers could be deployed to help plug gaps in the UK’s Border Force, which has undergone drastic cuts under successive Conservative-led governments.

The plan, similar to the use of special constables in the police, is being considered in Whitehall. Critics, however, say doing so would be risky and caution against using a “Dad’s Army” to guard Britain’s frontiers.

Under the proposal, teams of volunteers would be used to bolster staffing levels at the Border Force, which manages immigration and customs controls. The government stressed that involving volunteers in immigration enforcement was not under discussion....

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... _clipboard

Don't panic Capt Mainwaring, don't panic - they don't like it up 'em!

[Hermit]

Volunteers could be deployed to help plug gaps in the UK’s Border Force, which has undergone drastic cuts under successive Conservative-led governments.

The plan, similar to the use of special constables in the police, is being considered in Whitehall. Critics, however, say doing so would be risky and caution against using a “Dad’s Army” to guard Britain’s frontiers.

Under the proposal, teams of volunteers would be used to bolster staffing levels at the Border Force, which manages immigration and customs controls. The government stressed that involving volunteers in immigration enforcement was not under discussion....

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... _clipboard

Don't panic Capt Mainwaring, don't panic - they don't like it up 'em!

And there is always some bright spark who will come up with a cunning plan.

[mistermack]

Just had a look at the currency markets.
Sterling is about 2c down against the Euro on the last year. ( a Euro that is massively up against the mighty dollar on the year ).

Shall we call it the two cent crisis ?

[Brian Peacock]

Are you not conflating currency futures with national economic performance? The stock market is up too, but inflation is rising and wage growth falls behind month-on-month.

[Strontium Dog]

I will certainly be celebrating the news that I am only 2% poorer than I was a year ago.