On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote:
computer chip. In airports and at border crossings, a machine will read the chip to see if the information there matches the bearer's face. But the machine can be flummoxed by smiles, which introduce teeth, wrinkles, seams and other distortions.
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In the end, some critics say, the joke may be on the government, because the face recognition system may deal poorly with aging, and a passport is good for 10 years.
On the other hand, this provides a "reason" for passports to be reduced to 5 years. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF Civilization is in a tailspin - everything is backwards, everything is upside down- doctors destroy health, psychiatrists destroy minds, lawyers destroy justice, the major media destroy information, governments destroy freedom and religions destroy spirituality - yet it is claimed to be healthy, just, informed, free and spiritual. We live in a social system whose community, wealth, love and life is derived from alienation, poverty, self-hate and medical murder - yet we tell ourselves that it is biologically and ecologically sustainable. The Bush plan to screen whole US population for mental illness clearly indicates that mental illness starts at the top. Rev Dr Michael Ellner