The ultimate goal is to be able to fit in while simultaneously being able to stand out, for good reasons, says Debra Benton, an executive coach and author of The Virtual Executive: How to Act Like a CEO Online and Offline.

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Prof Tim Benton from the University of Leeds says that tough choices may have to be made.

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Pete Benton, deputy director of the British census, says that using databases means that counts can be more frequent.

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Now the number crunching can be done with a single PC, says Toshio Honda, a professor of engineering at Japan's Chiba University and a former Benton student.

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