Re: Booking System

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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:05:32 -0800, "Jim Edgar" <djedgarRemoveThis@xxxxxxx>
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>"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> A grid would be much easier to manage than a bunch of labels, in my
>> > opinion.
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>> > Perhaps multiple grids... box seats, front-rows, wings, balcony,
>standing
>> > room, block seating, special needs section, ...
>> >
>> > We could probably really get into this, but alas, it is someone else's
>> > homework. <g>
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>> Well, if I were going to get fancy it would be a graphic with hit
>> testing....
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>In my world (30 yrs as a peace officer) a booking program includes a "mug"
>shot...
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>Jim Edgar

By far one of the coolest systems I ever had the pleasure of installing was a
fingerprint recognition system with mugshots all of which was stored on huge
optical disks in a jukebox you could walk into. Rockwell International
engineers had come up with software algorithms to do the matching and then they
built a custom board for VAX/VMS implementing those algorithms. Rockwell didn't
want to deal with municipal PDs since they were a big federal contractor so they
gave it away to a small group of guys who brought it to market.

What was really cool was, the first system was installed at the RCMP in Ottawa
and they got a murderer, a rapist, and an arsonist in the first 48 hours. I was
originally hired to write an IO driver for a compression device. I did that in
12 days and figured my job was over. Then I realized they had no real system
design so I got to see it through about 18 months to delivery.

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Stefan Berglund
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