Any jobwhere you continually handle coarse surfaces erodes your fingerprints, such as builders and working as a potter and suchlike.
This is why the Government's biometrical ID scheme is doomed; it has some basic assumptions that just aren't valid, such as that everybody has (unique) fingerprints, and that nobody wears contact lenses.
(This is why the Government's biometrical ID scheme is doomed; it has some basic assumptions that just aren't valid, such as that everybody has (unique) fingerprints, and that nobody wears contact lenses.
wheelybird mreee!,
Wed 21 Nov 2007, 11:20,
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and they've got to decidewhether they like false positives or false negatives better. because there's going to be a lot of one or the other
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plentyofants more ghee, vicar?,
Wed 21 Nov 2007, 11:24,
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Well,on account of the terrrrrrr that's going about, we'll all be better off if it's false positives. The more innocent people in prison, the better. In fact, what better way to protect the population from terrrrrrr than putting all innocent people in prisons?
( wheelybird mreee!,
Wed 21 Nov 2007, 11:26,
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