OT: bitter, cynical political rant (was: Re: Biometrics)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:47:07PM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > Gee, then why did the FBI say it was "a guaranteed, 100% accurate
> > match"?
> 
> Probably the PR department.  I bet that if you talked with the
> person who did the exact match on a partial - depending off course
> and just how partial it was - they may not have given a "a
> guaranteed 100% accurate match".  
> 
> The best rule to follow is never trust anything that is "100%
> guaranteed" "will never fail"  or uses the words "always" or
> "never"
> 
> The only thing you can amost always be 100% sure of is that what
> you are told is not 100% accurate.

Unsinkable.

Yeah.

"Always remember: never use absolutes."

Cheers,
-- jra
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