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    Default That thing on law shows...

    That program you see on their computers where it has a suspects fingerprint or picture and its scanning through 1000's of possible matches real quick...

    You guys think it really works like that?

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    Really can't see why not, each input say a finger print would have a few key points which would easily be compared to a well organised database.
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    They do, but it's not as 'flashy' (eg flashing through 1000s of faces first before catching the right one) as on those shows.


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    I know our beautiful Government and Police Force wanted to create some huge DNA database to keep us all in check. Knowing the UK as well as I don't, it would probably consist of a Visual Basic database or worse, something an outsourced startup company made in Microsoft Access using tutorials found on the internet.

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    It doesn't work as fast, the thing has to go through EVERY fingerprint they have ever entered into the database, sometimes it takes forever, sometimes you get an instant ping. Those shows that go for like a day or two on the show really take weeks to months for them to get any results.

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