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.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.digitalartsuk.com

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