Comments on: Fingerprint required for library card http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/05/23/fingerprint-required-for-library-card/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Jones http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/05/23/fingerprint-required-for-library-card/#comment-677 Mike Jones Thu, 26 May 2005 09:38:09 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/05/23/fingerprint-required-for-library-card/#comment-677 <i>The stored numeric data cannot be used to reconstruct a fingerprint, West said, nor can it be cross-referenced with other fingerprint databases such as those kept by the FBI or the Illinois State Police.</i> Sure it can be. You may not be able to reconstruct the fingerprint from the numeric data, but you can compute the numeric data for the fingerprints stored at the FBI and then compare that numeric data against those from the library. The stored numeric data cannot be used to reconstruct a fingerprint, West said, nor can it be cross-referenced with other fingerprint databases such as those kept by the FBI or the Illinois State Police.

Sure it can be. You may not be able to reconstruct the fingerprint from the numeric data, but you can compute the numeric data for the fingerprints stored at the FBI and then compare that numeric data against those from the library.

]]> By: David http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/05/23/fingerprint-required-for-library-card/#comment-676 David Mon, 23 May 2005 17:52:22 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/05/23/fingerprint-required-for-library-card/#comment-676 Benjamin Franklin wrote under many pseudonyms, and he established the first public library. The irony is not lost on most folks who realize that the freedoms of our founding fathers have been slowly eroding, mostly in the false assumption that it brings safety. Governments rarely point out that the greatest violence against civilians is perpetrated by governments, not criminals or terrorists. This might be okay for checking out materials since you are obligating yourself to return them, and so anonymous borrowing does not make sense. But sure you should be able to use computers and read book inside the library without having to identity yourself. Benjamin Franklin wrote under many pseudonyms, and he established the first public library. The irony is not lost on most folks who realize that the freedoms of our founding fathers have been slowly eroding, mostly in the false assumption that it brings safety. Governments rarely point out that the greatest violence against civilians is perpetrated by governments, not criminals or terrorists.

This might be okay for checking out materials since you are obligating yourself to return them, and so anonymous borrowing does not make sense. But sure you should be able to use computers and read book inside the library without having to identity yourself.

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