On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 00:44 -0800, Jason wrote:
> From: "Herbert Graf" <mailinglist3@farcite.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 10:03 PM
> 
> > As for the weigh scale, that was just a suggestion. Another technique
> > perhaps is to put an RFID scanner and scale in the cart. The RFID
> > scanner continuously scans the basket, if there is a change in weight
> > and no change in the RFID inventory the cart will tag itself as
> > "problem" and signal the self check-out terminal that a manual check
> > should happen.
> 
> Put 2 items in the cart at the same time, one with a destroyed tag.

Which would fail since the cart would detect the RFID tag of the first
item, note it's weight, and then determine the actual increase in weight
doesn't match.

> I understand what you're trying to say, my point is just that there's so 
> many loopholes in the system, and no real advantage. 

Checking out in 5 seconds vs. 10 minutes? HUGE advantage IMHO.

TTYL

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