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Bruce Schneier vs. the TSA
An anonymous reader writes "Bruce Schneier has posted a huge recap of the controversy over TSA body scanners, including more information about the lawsuit he joined to ban them. There's too much news to summarize, but it covers everything from Penn Jillette's and Dave Barry's grope stories, to Israeli experts who say this isn't needed and hasn't ever stopped a bomb, to the three-year-old girl who was traumatized by being groped and much, much more." Another reader passed along a related article, which says, "Congressman Ron Paul lashed out at the TSA yesterday and introduced a bill aimed at stopping federal abuse of passengers. Paul’s proposed legislation would pave the way for TSA employees to be sued for feeling up Americans and putting them through unsafe naked body scanners." -
Underwater Computer For Ocean Research
Jafa writes "Following the article on space laptops, here's an article on a computer built for underwater. Not as in a typical dive computer, or for higher pressure air environments, but wet and under pressure. The article is fairly short on technical details, but it sounds like it uses key chords in place of a typical keyboard. We've got space, underwater, and nano. What other frontiers or environments are left for computers to work in?" -
Mars Lander goes Spelunking!
Khan writes "Seems like the Polar Lander may have landed a little too far..about 1 mile deeper than expected into a canyon and probably broke apart in the process. Check out the article in the Miami Herald." According to the official Mars Polar web site, they are still looking for it, or at least some evidence of a crash. Maybe some Martian dragged it to its garage for spare parts. -
Dave Barry on Internet Millions
HoppQ writes " Somewhat relatd to the hype of IPOs, Dave Barry writes about how everyone (ie. "not you") is getting rich on the Internet. " -
Live Video Cam of Star Wars Lines
Vince writes "PhantomCast.com, "The Official Webcast of the Star Wars Lines" has live video of the Westood line, some funny new parodies, and interviews with the people in line. It's almost as good as being there. " In the meantime we can all run around the net trying to find those prequel mp3s. Why must I wait until May 4 for CDNOW to ship me mine? I need a T1! Update: 05/01 04:59 by CT : if you want more SW fun, check out this weeks Dave Barry column (thanks Johnath) -
Cyberspace too confusing for Janet Reno