Tim Cook wrote:
> Rune wrote:
>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122102544_pf.html

>>
>>
>> "The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's 
>> largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a 
>> project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to 
>> identify individuals in the United States and abroad.
>>
>> (...) In the coming years, law enforcement authorities around the 
>> world will be able to rely on iris patterns, face-shape data, scars 
>> and perhaps even the unique ways people walk and talk, to solve crimes 
>> and identify criminals and terrorists. The FBI will also retain, upon 
>> request by employers, the fingerprints of employees who have undergone 
>> criminal background checks so the employers can be notified if 
>> employees have brushes with the law."
>>
>> Hello Big Brother...
> 
> Hello Big Brother, you say, but *I* say...it would be interesting to 
> take the data and average each set to get a composite 'American' of each 
> gender.
> 
Yes, you would expect the average fingerprint and iris pattern to be 
flat, but may be it isn't. Could be a big leap for science.

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