It's the "less than .01 per cent error rate" that worries me a bit. <br><br>Does that mean one in a thousand crims will get loose? How much is a government prepared to spend for a one-in-a-<i>million</i> error rate?<br>
<br>It would be interesting to know what the current error rate is using carbon-based life-form security agents.<br><br>;-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, PIKE Philip <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PIKEP@bmg.vic.edu.au">PIKEP@bmg.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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