On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 03:04:13PM +0300, Michael Spratt wrote: > And by the way if you have ever used a webcam now days they are no longer > pixilated... You must still be living in 1998. Of course you are a "real" > computer user and real computer users don't need webcams because they only > need packet filter, cvs, and code auditing. OBSD also has a role as a > desktop system.
Besides, don't some sysadmins use a webcam to keep visual tabs on their datacentre? Helpful to actually __see__ how high the water is other than just getting a claxon saying there's water on the floor... Sure, for high-quality you can go with a video capture device and a video camera, but there could be many serious uses for a simple webcam. You may even want to run those serious apps on a box that is less likely to get hacked. You wouldn't want an image of an aquarium overlaying the image of your machine room with fish swimming through your racks... :) Doug.
