At 08:18 PM 1/19/98 -0800, Tim May wrote:
At 7:53 PM -0800 1/19/98, Lucky Green wrote:
I asked the exhibitor if the scanner would grant access to a hand not attached to the body. At first, the exhibitor paled and replied that if a ... Well, the droids they hire to man their booths are Happy People.
Sometime in the late 80s I was at some computer security conference that had some presentations on biometrics; the issue of body parts no longer attached to original-condition bodies was brought up by several of the exhibitors (I think they were checking for pulse while scanning fingerprints, for example.) As Tim said, the James Bond movie was old by then, and also the military and other Feds have been early enthusiasts for biometric identifiers - if the KGB is bothered by detached hands, it's because it takes longer than just carrying the guard's body across the room, and the bloodstains might be noticed faster than a "sleeping" guard. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639