Comments on: Australia’s new ID cards http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8674 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8674/comment-page-1#comment-39733 Reader's Write Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:12:21 +0000 #comment-39733 The aspect to National ID cards that gets little attention from the politicians (likely because they have no clue of their workings) is the back end of the system, or the so-called "data base". I sincerely doubt that it would be possibly to select a single platform, database product, Query language, report generator, debugger (yes, you will absolutely need this), etc, let alone develop a schema for a single data base to fulfill all of the requirements that all of the bureaucrats, security apparatchiks, pointy-headed academic researchers, and pointy-haired bosses (like Dilbert's) are going to ascribe to "The Database." Rather, it's going to be what it is now, a collection of disparate, poorly networked (if at all), incompatible data repositories on a myriad of different platforms, implemented with many different incompatible products, protocols, character sets, query languages, and record structures with on data that's experienced little or no quality control that will produce mounds of errors upon any attempt at correlation. It will also likely lead to the misidentification of law-abiding citizens as criminals, faithful taxpayers as tax dodgers and cheats, and dedicated philatelists as perverted pedophiles. Perhaps it would be a good idea to get all the "gee-whiz, techno-gizmo, hocus-pocus, nerdy geek stuff" working first before we start handing out the ultra-secure, tamper resistant, forgery-proof, unalterable, impact resistant, waterproof, stain-resistant, launderable, smart-chipped, self-repairing uber-duber cards? You know, like MasterCharge (now 'card') and BankAmericard (now Visa) and Amex and Diners Club did BEFORE they starting issuing simple plastic charge plates (without mag stripes) embossed with one's account number and name, back in the days of key punches, card readers, and line printers. Just a suggestion. --TurboGeek (If my suggestion is adopted into the law authorizing such ID cards, it will be at least two decades before the first one is issued given the way government bureacracies pile requirements onto newly enacted 'mandatory' programs. SSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!) The aspect to National ID cards that gets little attention from the politicians (likely because they have no clue of their workings) is the back end of the system, or the so-called “data base”. I sincerely doubt that it would be possibly to select a single platform, database product, Query language, report generator, debugger (yes, you will absolutely need this), etc, let alone develop a schema for a single data base to fulfill all of the requirements that all of the bureaucrats, security apparatchiks, pointy-headed academic researchers, and pointy-haired bosses (like Dilbert’s) are going to ascribe to “The Database.”

Rather, it’s going to be what it is now, a collection of disparate, poorly networked (if at all), incompatible data repositories on a myriad of different platforms, implemented with many different incompatible products, protocols, character sets, query languages, and record structures with on data that’s experienced little or no quality control that will produce mounds of errors upon any attempt at correlation. It will also likely lead to the misidentification of law-abiding citizens as criminals, faithful taxpayers as tax dodgers and cheats, and dedicated philatelists as perverted pedophiles.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to get all the “gee-whiz, techno-gizmo, hocus-pocus, nerdy geek stuff” working first before we start handing out the ultra-secure, tamper resistant, forgery-proof, unalterable, impact resistant, waterproof, stain-resistant, launderable, smart-chipped, self-repairing uber-duber cards? You know, like MasterCharge (now ‘card’) and BankAmericard (now Visa) and Amex and Diners Club did BEFORE they starting issuing simple plastic charge plates (without mag stripes) embossed with one’s account number and name, back in the days of key punches, card readers, and line printers. Just a suggestion.

–TurboGeek

(If my suggestion is adopted into the law authorizing such ID cards, it will be at least two decades before the first one is issued given the way government bureacracies pile requirements onto newly enacted ‘mandatory’ programs. SSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8674/comment-page-1#comment-39433 Reader's Write Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:10:57 +0000 #comment-39433 have no place ANYWHERE!!!!!!! have no place ANYWHERE!!!!!!!

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