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Updated Schedule for U.S. Biometric Passports
SRain315 writes "The story from the Chicago Times via Yahoo! give more details about biometric information to be added to U.S. passports. Trial run this fall, full production next year. Slashdot covered this last year."
who will get first passport?
That americans aren't demanding bioimperial passports...
"I think everyone is an agnostic but just doesn't know" - Frazz
"In Soviet America, Passport stamps You!"
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
I don't like this idea. Last thing I need when I'm in some third world country is passport showing a blue screen of death. "Welcome to Congo, Mr. Thread Exception!"
I personally don't mind extra scrutiny if it's in the name of keeping me and my family alive.
Could you post a link to a picture of your wife please? I may need to have a camera placed in your shower to protect her from terrorists but first I need to check out the threat level. TIA.
Time to start making tin foil contacts
Moo!
the article says:
"The goal is to prevent known terrorists from entering the country and to make the use of stolen
passports virtually impossible."
This is only effective if we know who the terrorists are, but its not effect againsts terrorist we don't know.
My research group, Landover Baptist Center For Creation Research, developed a new technology that is able to
detect known and unknown terrorist. the original use of this technolgy was to protect our boys in Afghanistan.
This technolgy that fight terrorism and protect our soldiers is not only effective but it is also very
affordable.
Can you slashdotters guess what this technolgy is? its pork filled bullets. in Afghanistan we found out that our
pork filled bullets not only killed the terrorist but also sends them to hell. Anyways this technolgy can be
adapted to a simple pork pill test. Instead of spending billions of tax payers dollars in these high tech
measures, we can use the miracle of pork to detect terrorist. our theologians tells us that the terrorist will
not eat pork no matter what. This test is so much cheaper than advance passports and its so much more effective.
to upgrade the infrastructure would cost billions of dollars, to ask a person to swallow a pill will cost much less.
why would any good, patriotic american want to travel to some inferior foreign country?
Yes, you patriotic americans stay the hell home for a change. Please...
Somebody need to create a device that can:
- Your Name is: John Doe
- Your Passport number is: 1234567
- Your Passport will expire on: 01/01/2007
- Your Passport was issued in: Los Angeles, CA
- Who is watching you: Big Brother
on a sign.This person could then stand in an airport lobby and display this sign to passengers walking by.