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Airport Security vs. Cyborg Steve Mann
CompaniaHill writes: "The New York Times (free reg, etc.) has a story on University of Toronto engineering-professor-turned-cyborg Steve Mann's recent run-in with humorless airport security. Apparently his preplanning and documents were sufficient to get him through the Toronto airport security on his way to St. John's in Newfoundland, but not sufficient to get him through the St. John's airport security on his way home. Two days later, after strip-searches, forced removal of implants and x-raying and other ill-handling of delicate hardware, he returned home in a wheelchair. Mann's lawyer is attempting to recover the cost of the $56,800 in damaged hardware, while his doctors are studying his body's response to the removal of the implants, some of which he has had for over twenty years."
only half a Mann?
JOhn
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If you open a NYT article and press the "Print this article" button, you're taken to a link that does not require an account. So if you're going to submit a story with a NYT link please go to the "Print this article" page and post that link, then we'll all be able to read the story.
It's getting so that I hardly bother reading /. stories that reference the NYT (why oh why did the owner of "aaaaa" change their password?)
If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
Dear "eDrugTrader",
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~jeff
no, but sometimes I'm really, really lazy. besides, copying and pasting is good exercise.
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
Since we see their ads no matter how we log in, I fail to see what difference it makes. The NYT is telling us loud and clear that they don't give a damn about our desire for anonimity and privacy. But then, given their view of everything west of the Hudson and south of Coney Island, what did I expect?
If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
"do you geeks even know what day it is?"
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Of course we do, who the hell do you think INVENTED the calander system in the first place?
Uh duh, ancient geeks.
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Wassup, Lazarus? I was in the Gay Deceiver getting some.
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