As much as I'm a diehard proponent of just answering the question, sometimes there IS no answer to the question that makes any sense. I suggest that this is one of those cases. posted by aberrant at 1:27 PM on April 11, 2007
What? The dude is pretty clearly asking for advice on how to do something, not advice on whether this thing should be done. mmascolino is out of line, not the Asker. posted by Mister_A at 1:32 PM on April 11, 2007
The question—how to solve the technical side of the proposition—is entirely answerable, even if the answer turns out to be "there's no easy way". It being a goofy or impractical idea is not at issue, as far as I can tell. posted by cortex at 1:33 PM on April 11, 2007
It's not whether it SHOULD be done, it's whether it CAN be done given the assumptions stated ("reasonable verification"). These assumptions are flawed, and therefore, any answer that's given won't meet the stated need (as there's no answer that can be correct). posted by aberrant at 1:35 PM on April 11, 2007
The question isn't crap, but the idea as described in it certainly has flaws. The person is asking for technical solutions to getting webcam shots uploaded somewhere, and that's a valid question.
Their reply to the first two comments is certainly a curt one and off a bit, but they apparently don't want to hear "this is a bad idea for the following reasons..." they are looking for "you should use the following software to upload webcam video..." posted by mathowie at 1:35 PM on April 11, 2007
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