I wouldn't trust you either

Many big stores have it to catch shoplifters, but instead of reprogramming the tag they simply cut it off.

they either swipe it over a thing on the counter, or they just take it off

And if they don't take them off, put them in the microwave for a pretty, and brief, lightshow.

for criminals like jbennet

mine too

but i wonder why everyone's picking on jbennet?! lol

lol i always get picked on

ahh, it's not gone be so bad...
jbennet is good guy wih huge interest in IT, I'm impresed with his coding skills and the large knowledge of hardware (setup, performance, issues)
if he can keep his interest in IT, he will success in industry very soon

i am studying applied computing at uni next year so yeah, i am to be in the industry

coding skills?

but yeah, my main intrest is like you said "hardware (setup, performance, issues)" , linux, general troubleshooting, tweaking etc....

anyway, back to the topic in hand

good final projects

EpoS system (stock control + sales + possibly payroll (comission?) + customer management + link to website + lots of oppertumity for fun h/w setups . This is a challenging one though. Team project possibly, but probably not the sort of thing you could make + properley document/test on your own unlesss you worked full time on it for quite a while

Something new and upcoming. My friend did this thing at uni for his masters, where he looked at using eye movements for navigating menus for disabled people. (Basically applytng the same principles the targeting system on the apache gunship helicopter uses). Could take a while. Rather complicated.


perhaps some sort of thin client system?
network bootable, with a custom frontend. Terminals for an internet cafe maybe? (links slightly with the epos system i reccomended)

great ideas. thanx! i'll research more on them