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Full disclosure: I work for the company that JetBlue is partnered with to provide the satellite link, and I work on this project specifically.

There was a media flight yesterday morning that had a bunch of aviation press on it, all trying to push the system to its limits. Here's what one blogger had to say: "Speedtests proved that the WiFi remained fast, registering between 12-28 Mbps, even with over 60 devices connected and pushing activities like Netflix Instant, Google Video Hangouts, Ustream live streaming, and Skype calls." Engadget also has more details about the media flight.

There are obviously a lot of posts about the service, but out of the ~10 that I read those had the most details about Wednesday morning's actual flight.

The 'enhanced' pat downs are not radically different from a regular pat down except that they will use the palms of their hands on non-genital areas. Your 'privates' are still checked with the back of the hand. There is no 'groping' involved.

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/11/24/8401/7997/travel/What+It's+Like+Having+the+TSA's+Enhanced+Pat-down%3A+A+Firsthand+Account

Onto the pat-down. Ms TSA asked if we were ok having it done in front of everyone, we said sure, unless you’re going to make us take our clothes off. She looked unamused and said no, there would be no stripping. Then she talked through what she was going to do— like the last agent did during our un-enhanced pat-down a month or so ago. Except she said something that had passed us by in all the hysteria about pat-downs—she would use the front of her hands everywhere except sensitive areas. Ie, boobies and nether regions would only get the back of her hand. No different from the old pat-down.

The hysteria about this is amazing given the supposedly more logical leaning crowd that visits /. I don't care if these searches are not 100%, and every /.'er should know that NO security is perfect, but I feel better that it's done rather than no security at all. Exempting children from this would just make children the ideal transport for contraband.

Yes!

Get the children involved!

..as opposed to British tourists in Europe, who are the very models of restrained sobriety.

How many more years until realtors no longer sell houses in certain areas to sex offenders? Or even more scary, how long until we only let them live in certain areas?

Already happened. Check out this story. Turns out Miami passed restrictions on where offenders can live that are so restrictive that the only place available to them is under a bridge. Seriously.

Would that be something like this beach?
http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/borat_swimsuit_cann es.jpg
http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/borat_cannes_2.jpg
http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/i mages/borat-preview-1.jpg

Bery naice!

Would that be something like this beach?
http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/borat_swimsuit_cann es.jpg
http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/borat_cannes_2.jpg
http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/i mages/borat-preview-1.jpg

Bery naice!

Heh, the country with a sex tourism trade that will probably have a penis-shaped museum certainly couldn't be more porn-friendly than the fundamentalist US. Regardless, being porn-friendly does not equate to being child-porn-friendly.