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Cigarette machines' facial recognition doesn't work

With the full-scale rollout of Japan’s cigarette vending machine age-verification system just around the corner, a Sankei Sports news reporter has confirmed the existence of a minor flaw: magazine photos can be used to fool the age-verification cameras on some machines.

When the reporter went to check out the new age-verifying machines after they were introduced in the Osaka area in June, he soon discovered that

Posted at 10am on 07/03/08 | no comments | Filed Under: buttwhackdom read on

And now….the news from Bill O’Buttwhack [er, Reilly]

Watch how this *news professional* handles himself without the aid of a teleprompter.
How does he react to dropped calls or someone cutting him off in traffic?
Watch out for this Buttwhack!!!

Posted at 10am on 07/02/08 | no comments | Filed Under: buttwhackdom read on

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