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	minutiae - a Whatis.com definition
		In the biometric process of fingerscanning, minutiae are specific points in a finger image.
		The number and locations of the minutiae vary from finger to finger in any particular person, and from person to person for any particular finger (for example, the thumb on the left hand).
		The precise locations of the minutiae are also recorded, in the form of numerical coordinates, for each finger.
	whatis.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,294236,sid44_gci957129,00.html (226 words)

	Using 'minutiae' to match fingerprints can be accurate
		NIST conducted the study, called the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX), to determine whether fingerprint system vendors could successfully use a recently approved standard* for minutiae data rather than images of actual prints as the medium for exchanging data between different fingerprint matching systems.
		Minutiae templates are a fraction of the size of fingerprint images, require less storage memory and can be transmitted electronically faster than images.
		However, the techniques used by vendors to convert fingerprint images to minutiae are generally proprietary and their systems do not work with each other.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-03/nios-ut031806.php (303 words)

	I Will Teach You To Be Rich: We love to debate minutiae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ironically, debating minutiae is the easiest way to get nothing done: Imagine the last time you and your friend talked about this stuff.
		I think this trait of debaging minutiae comes out in the culture of long meetings that is common in many (especially big) companies.
		It is the fact that a detail is relatively incidental to the outcome that categorizes it as minutiae for the purposes of this post.
	www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com /archives/2005/10/we_love_to_deba.html (997 words)

	Neural Networks Project: Minutiae Classification
		The locations of the minutiae are very valuable in fingerprint verification: they are the features that make it possible to distinguish one fingerprint from another.
		The picture below shows some minutiae in a fingerprint: bifurcations are enclosed in red squares and ridge endings in yellow ones.
		The central question of this project is whether minutiae can be detected by simply inspecting small segments of a fingerprint image.
	utelnt.el.utwente.nl /links/gerez/ci/minutiae.html (961 words)

	NIST Tech Beat - March 16, 2006
		Fingerprint image with four different minutiae points marked.
		Minutiae types shown are (from left) a bifurcation, ridge ending, core and delta.
		study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates—mathematical representations of a fingerprint image—can be highly accurate as an alternative to the full fingerprint image.
	www.nist.gov /public_affairs/techbeat/tb2006_0316.htm (2592 words)

	Bioscrypt Inc. - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Innovatrics, a supplier of advanced algorithms and consulting services, has developed a world-class algorithm as demonstrated by their placing 5th in terms of average equal error rate in the Open Category of the 2004 Fingerprint Verification Competition (FVC).
		With more than 95,000 units of its Veri-Series line of finished readers and OEM modules featuring the industry recognized best one-to-one verification algorithm sold to date, Bioscrypt is committed to expanding their market penetration for the commercial application of fingerprint biometrics using their pattern based algorithm.
		Bioscrypt Inc., Bioscrypt and V-Smart, are trademarks of Bioscrypt Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks referenced herein are properties of their respective owners.
	www.bioscrypt.com /about/press/press-2004-12-01.shtml (679 words)

	minutiae at Rants!
		Now imagine this: Almost a week has passed and it is now 5pm, the day before your presentation, and you still haven’t read these two plays.
		Front yards are sordid and unkempt, frazzled, for the fight to maintain a verdant lawn is out-muscled by the sun.
		The nights are no longer wholesome, save December, and the air begins to chill and thin and the blankets are summoned from the closet.
	www.ariyam.com /category/general (1140 words)

	Koranteng's Toli: Minutiae
		Much as I like to write about grand designs and architectural issues or people, processes and communities, all too often, the devil is in the details and I get lost chasing technological quirks.
		But even when you move beyond whiplash and abrasive personalities, who would have thought that the Atom working group would have spent so much time on the concept of dates.
		It will have to be a case of monitoring minutiae in the US newspapers if indeed they do cover the games.
	koranteng.blogspot.com /2006/03/minutiae_114260124270264612.html (3849 words)

	Minutiae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		With the minutiae a fingerprint identification can be made.
		Eye, two lines splitting and meeting each other shortly after that.
		There are more level 2 minutiae but they are all combinations of starting or splitting lines.
	www.xs4all.nl /~dacty/minu.htm (125 words)

	Sam Ruby: Minutiae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah: The thing however is that these details do matter and they are best dealt with up front.
		The aggregate waste of programmer effort in pursuit of minutiae might keep the profession in business but it surely isn’t sustainable.
		P.S. here is the link to my description of the xsd:boolean issue.
	www.intertwingly.net /blog/2006/03/17/Minutiae (66 words)

	Risk and Insurance - WORKER'S COMP - Minutiae Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		If we look hard enough at minutiae, we can better predict losses.
		In the area of policing, minutiae may be defined as illegal acts not worth the attention of a cop.
		Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton went after $1.50 subway fare jumpers, arraigning them in mobile units only to find that a third had open arrest warrants.
	www.riskandinsurance.com /0915_column_1.asp (649 words)

	Using 'Minutiae' to Match Fingerprints Can Be Accurate
		A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates—mathematical representations of a fingerprint image—can be highly accurate as an alternative to the full fingerprint image.
		When dealing with large multi-million record databases which will be used for national security, the 98% accuracy rate provided by minutiae templates is unacceptable.
		The United States would better meet its security needs by employing systems that use all available information, including images.
	www.physorg.com /news11889.html (616 words)

	Amazon.com: Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865: Books: Carlton McCarthy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon.
		Nicely paced, reader-friendly account of the "minutiae" involved in the life of a Confederate soldier - more specifically, as a member of the Army of Northern Virginia.
		Along with Billings' Northern perspective as seen in Hardtack and Coffee, these two books tell just about all the "ins and outs" of the tedium and horror of war.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0803281978?v=glance (826 words)

	Old Stuff
		A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
		You may now find Summa Minutiae at stblogs.org.
		This version of the blog will remain as an archive, Vetus Minutiae.
	members.wolfram.com /billw/blog (1672 words)

	Minutiae & Musings by Mike Sauter, digital gadabout. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Minutiae & Musings by Mike Sauter, digital gadabout.
		Frankly, my dear, I don't give a blog.
		The Sideblog service seems to be down right now, so the Music Minutiae will be on hiatus until and if it comes back online.
	mikesauter.blogspot.com (3629 words)

	The New York Times > National > Religion Journal: Faithful Track Questions, Answers and Minutiae on Blogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The New Gender Divide: At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust
		Faithful Track Questions, Answers and Minutiae on Blogs
		In many ways, Lisa Butterworth is the very image of Mormon devotion; she lives in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their three children younger than 4, faithfully attending church and teaching Sunday school.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/03/05/national/05religion.html?ex=1267678800&en=06bfb9fbefeb8886&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (1321 words)

	Amazon.com: Vital Statistics: An Amazing Compendium of Factoids, Minutiae, and Random: Books: Paul Grobman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Packed with an enormous array of factoids, minutiae, and random bits of wisdom, Vital Statistics is perfect for both knowledge hounds and pop culture fiends alike.
		From the cost of the first pair of Levi’s to the name and release date of the first color movie, rest assured, Vital Statistics has the answers.
		this is fun to read and an indispensable guide to minutiae
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452286468?v=glance (896 words)

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