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Identifying People By Odor As Effective As Fingerprinting
A study has found that everybody has a unique body odor, like their fingerprints, that could be used as an unique identifier. The study showed that a persons unique odor stayed the same even if they varied their diet with strong smelling foods such as garlic and spices. "These findings indicate that biologically-based odorprints, like fingerprints, could be a reliable way to identify individuals," said Monell chemist Jae Kwak. I would have thought that hundreds of years of dogs tracking people would have proved this, but it's nice to know that science has figured it out officially now.
i need to know
each persons' fart has its own unique flavor too. although I don't envy the poor bastard who has to test this theory.
It's on Idle because this idea was invented by Shampoo.
I welcome our new armpit sniffing overlords!
I was about to say something like that. This does have quite a bit of relevance to forensic examination, biometrics, chilling effects, avenues for technology, it's practically a topic for Slashdot paradise. I'm sure Microsoft will find a way to, dare I say it... stick their noses in it?
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
My dog already knew and understood this, that does not speak well for science.
An SQL query goes to a bar, walks up to a table and asks, "Mind if I join you?"
Didn't the 4th Alien movie (the one with winona ryder) kinda show one of the problems with this?
awful.
Oh yeah, I agree with you one hundred percent. And apart from the cheek, the neck, behind the ear and on the lips, there was always one other place that had a very distinctive smell to it. Now what was that again ? It was something that I had to wash off vigorously with soap before returning to the wife, that's for sure. Come, help me out !
Religion is what happens when nature strikes and groupthink goes wrong.
I hate Idle, Btw.
Try running this then:
#!/bin/sh
while true; do
fork
done
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
sniff sniff sniff... Hi Honey!
They were right - the revolution did not get televised. It was posted on YouTube instead. All in 120 characters. SLOOSH!
If they're your friends, at least you like those people.
I've got co-workers.
Boot Windows, Linux, and ESX over the network for free.