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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (166658)	2/28/2014 2:11:20 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213170

Lol! I guess that would appeal to me as well. "Oooh, I detect you are eating a fine steak. …" But! Only as long as it is a totally private communication. I wouldn't want to draw attention to myself from the other patrons. That would be rude. Years, I mean years, ago I was friends with a fellow who made his living from the console video game industry. He was a techie who built them, remodeled them, installed them and collected quarters from them. At the time, the Internet was virtually unheard of, but we discussed the possibility of multi-player games even then. As we became aware of the possibilities inherent in the newly evolving Internet, we discussed a possible video game (quarter grabber) connected to the Internet with kiosk information and social media at its core of functionality, along with a decent multi-player game, of course. One of the issues that came up was user identification and verification. I was in favor of some sort of biometric identification, but the sensor technology was not there yet. So, I imagined a multiple parameter approach, which involved the use of Fajirojikku (Fuzzy logic in English). In my approach, the random person who used the console would be unaware that various metrics were being measured, but would be able to present themselves to the system with a handle and avatar, protected by a password. After the first time, the person would be automatically identified upon stepping up to the console, and invited to log in and use the device, for a nominal fee of course. That was then, and this is now. Just think what could be done with today's technology if video games were still popular. And, who's to say that there isn't an angle here that couldn't be exploited and monetized?