>From http://anil299.tripod.com/vol_002_no_001/papers/paper005.html:
"Sir Francis Galton published a book entitled Fingerprints in 1892. In this book, Galton provided a (very conservative) estimate of the number of possible fingerprints. He showed that there are at least 64 billion fingerprints possible. Given that this is larger than the number of people alive, we reasonably state that fingerprints are unique." For most practical purposes, fingerprints are unique. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 7 May 2005 8:53 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: HASH() reverse On Saturday 07 May 2005 12:59, James Holmes wrote: > literally though, as people's fingerprints are unique while hashes are not. Bzzt. Finderprints aren't unique in any meaningful sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205955 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
