Re: eyes in the sky

Oct 24, 2011 10 Replies


I was in a laundromat the other day, a typical downtown retail space.


> It has 4 fisheye ceiling cameras. 4 cameras... a laundromat!
>
> I guess we've gotten used to it at this point - Big Brother is always
> watching.
>
> But really, they're recorders, not live watchers, except at places like
> WalMart. (ever looked at a WalMart ceiling?) So my question is, for a
> small business, how long do they keep the DVD? How far back do their
> records go?
>
> They have to swap a disc every 4 hours. If they use DVD-R, how many
> discs do they typically store? If DVD-RW, how often do they recycle
> the discs? In either case, do they have hundreds of discs, going back
> months?
>
> Anybody have experience with security systems?
>
> I don;t know which board to address this question -

A lot of this is not so much Big Brother as Big Lawyer. Business owners are putting these things in so they can have video for the "slip-and-fall" lawsuit or the billion other things someone can try and haul you to court for.

Joe Texas-American Republic of Texas

I estimated my walmart had 100 cameras at least. Many outside.

Greg

Get it to work on a micro chip instead of a hard drive so it can be put on RC planes, and you'll be set.

Not surprising is the stupid crap that turns a total retard like you on.

Jeez, f*****ad, why don't you offer him cash for it, you loony f*ck!

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No problem. Rip out the main board and 8 Mega pixel sensor off your iPhone or Android. You can 4G or Wifi the video to the storage server. The board is just a couple of ounces.

gregz wrote in news:559348523341196805.504795zekor- snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

think of the vandalism and theft potential for a laundromat with lots of machines having MONEY inside,waiting for some thief with a crowbar or other burglar tools.

then you'll understand why they have cameras.

it's their option. they might just record to a big hard drive and have the -ability- to make DVD copies when necessary. if there's no vandalism/theft,then they just start over the next day. if there is vandalism,they make a copy for the police.

they could even have off-site recording/monitoring,via internet. they could be WEBCAMS.

Why would they keep such records,for a laundromat? they know the next day if there's been vandalism or a crime.

these systems might use motion-sensing recording,only recording when someone is moving around in the laundromat,together with a low frame rate.

Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com

SkyPilot wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

lots of RC planes have video,even model rockets.

I saw a PBS show where a guy made tiny camera/xmitter packages for attaching to raptors such as falcons and hawks,to xmit and record their flights. they had to be small and light enough to not hinder the birds. It was pretty impressive video.

the show was titled Raptor Force,you can probably find it on their site.

Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com

Do you have a link that you can point me to which has some of that type of info?

To the payload capacity of an RC plane, silly.

Look at the post header! Did you read the thread at all?

Making non-contributory stupid netkkkop wanns be retard on patrol posts again, Thompson? You are the troll.

It's certainly interesting to see from your poorly written posts how far the education system is failing, but it's dull, jejune and quite frankly, it makes the adults cringe with embarrassment. You should really hack through your abdomen with a blunt table-knife and spill your guts on your grubby carpet in atonement for your heinous offence, but if you just f*ck off that'll be a huge improvement.

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