Do you know what the word "identification" even means, dumb ass? If
you don't know what someone looks like, how in HELL would a TV "ID"
anyone?

Saw an interesting program on Jesse James the other night. They used facial
recognition to do a lot of ID's. Modern pictures are even better. I have
often seen footage of a robbery, and wonder how the hell anyone could tell
who the perp was. But then, someone calls them in. Might be the clothing,
or several things. Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

We won't even get into iris scans.

Steve

On Dec 9, 2:27*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Do you know what the word "identification" even means, dumb ass? If
you don't know what someone looks like, how in HELL would a TV "ID"
anyone?

Saw an interesting program on Jesse James the other night. *They used facial
recognition to do a lot of ID's. *Modern pictures are even better. *I have
often seen footage of a robbery, and wonder how the hell anyone could tell
who the perp was. *But then, someone calls them in. *Might be the clothing,
or several things. *Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

We won't even get into iris scans.

Steve

That's my point, you have to know what someone looks like in the first
place.

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:




Do you know what the word "identification" even means, dumb ass? If
you don't know what someone looks like, how in HELL would a TV "ID"
anyone?

Saw an interesting program on Jesse James the other night. They used facial
recognition to do a lot of ID's. Modern pictures are even better. I have
often seen footage of a robbery, and wonder how the hell anyone could tell
who the perp was. But then, someone calls them in. Might be the clothing,
or several things. Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

I was watching that show, and reading the wikipedia article about
James at the same time. Totally different stories.
That history channel don't need no history at all.
In my opinion James was a low-life murdering reb.
But I'm from the north.

--Vic

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.

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says...

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.

The governments foster this belief because they lose tax revenue when
you leave with more than you came in with.

"BAR" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.

The governments foster this belief because they lose tax revenue when
you leave with more than you came in with.

Yet you have to turn inside out to deduct losses. We had an old guy who
came into the Hilton when they started the $100 slot machines. $300 a pull
if you played all three lines. He lost big time, yet along the way, he'd
win $10k here and $50k there, every time having to fill out an IRS form for
winnings over $1,000. Ended up, he lost all his money, and had a hefty IRS
bill, and could not deduct the losings. He was about 80, and his attitude
was, "What they gonna do, throw me in jail for the rest of my life?" Papers
got ahold of it, and it died a quiet death shortly after that. He probably
did, too.

Steve

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says...

"BAR" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats and
counters.

To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.

The governments foster this belief because they lose tax revenue when
you leave with more than you came in with.

Yet you have to turn inside out to deduct losses. We had an old guy who
came into the Hilton when they started the $100 slot machines. $300 a pull
if you played all three lines. He lost big time, yet along the way, he'd
win $10k here and $50k there, every time having to fill out an IRS form for
winnings over $1,000. Ended up, he lost all his money, and had a hefty IRS
bill, and could not deduct the losings. He was about 80, and his attitude
was, "What they gonna do, throw me in jail for the rest of my life?" Papers
got ahold of it, and it died a quiet death shortly after that. He probably
did, too.

Reminds me of the "day traders" of about 10 years or so ago. Big article
printed in the local paper in early April of 2000. There was a guy whose
brokerage account had about $10,000 in it yet he owed the IRS about
$250,000 in taxes from the profits that he made in 1999 on his day
trading. He would make a huge profit on one trade and then lose it all
on the next trade. But, the government didn't care. Profit is profit and
you could only claim $30,000 in losses at that time.

"BAR" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

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says...

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

Casinos use facial recognition software to photograph
people coming in the door and compare them to a database of cheats
and
counters.

To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.

The governments foster this belief because they lose tax revenue when
you leave with more than you came in with.

Yet you have to turn inside out to deduct losses. We had an old guy who
came into the Hilton when they started the $100 slot machines. $300 a
pull
if you played all three lines. He lost big time, yet along the way, he'd
win $10k here and $50k there, every time having to fill out an IRS form
for
winnings over $1,000. Ended up, he lost all his money, and had a hefty
IRS
bill, and could not deduct the losings. He was about 80, and his
attitude
was, "What they gonna do, throw me in jail for the rest of my life?"
Papers
got ahold of it, and it died a quiet death shortly after that. He
probably
did, too.

Reminds me of the "day traders" of about 10 years or so ago. Big article
printed in the local paper in early April of 2000. There was a guy whose
brokerage account had about $10,000 in it yet he owed the IRS about
$250,000 in taxes from the profits that he made in 1999 on his day
trading. He would make a huge profit on one trade and then lose it all
on the next trade. But, the government didn't care. Profit is profit and
you could only claim $30,000 in losses at that time.




The limit on losses is long term losses. I remember the case of the casino
slot machine winner and the IRS problems.

On Dec 9, 9:21*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"


To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.


This guy obviously didn't "cheat"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5924641.shtml

On Dec 9, 9:29*pm, Tim wrote:
On Dec 9, 9:21*pm, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:27:05 -0800, "Steve B"

To a casino a "cheat" is someone who manages to leave with more money
than they came in with.

This guy obviously didn't "cheat"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5924641.shtml

"Now he has filed a civil suit, claiming casino staff regularly plied
him with alcohol and painkillers in order to keep him gambling. Casino
rules and state law both say anyone who is visibly intoxicated should
not be allowed to gamble."

And it seems like it's always somebody elses fault.