woops, forgot changes in README and hello-world.cpp

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@@ -5,20 +5,24 @@ and opencv to detect a face.  i'm going to use the API used by the default movie
 player in ubuntu for preventing system sleeps.
 
 OTHER IDEAS:
-1. detecting a face could simulate user activity.  this would prevent sleeping
+* detecting a face could simulate user activity.  this would prevent sleeping
 and bring up the password prompt when the system is already asleep.
        * how cool would that be?  if the system is asleep and you sit down at it, the
        password prompt comes up before you touch anything!
        * or if the screen saver doesn't lock the screen, then the laptop just wakes
        up.
-2. authenticating a user based on face recognition (as opposed to face
+       * DONE!
+* fire up the face detector only just before going to inactive mode.
+       * that way the camera isn't running all the time
+       * maybe start 10 seconds before going inactive, then run until activity
+* authenticating a user based on face recognition (as opposed to face
 detection)
        * much more difficult to do reliably
-3. be more aggressive with turning off the screen.  dim the screen as soon as
+* be more aggressive with turning off the screen.  dim the screen as soon as
 it's not being looked at.  turn it off soon thereafter.
        * could be enough to save battery.  would need to power the camera sometimes,
        but would save on backlight.  need to test.
-4. don't prevent sleep when face is detected, but user isn't actually looking at
+* don't prevent sleep when face is detected, but user isn't actually looking at
 screen.
        * requires pose estimation.
        * also requires estimating the direction of the eye.