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TSA Software Bug Creates Airport Bomb Scare

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the somebody-just-got-fired dept.

192939495969798999 writes "An article at CNN's website reports on a serious software bug at the Atlanta airport." From the article: "TSA screeners are given tests around the clock to check their alertness. Images of bombs and other suspicious devices that are hard to detect are put up on the X-ray machine, followed after a brief delay by an alert that reads, 'This is a test.' After reviewing a tape of the images, Hawley said the software failed to alert the screener of the test."

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  1. Re:They're easily confused. by Somegeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Seriously, why do you bother? I mean, your trolls are so bad that its pitiful. Read the users guide; trolls are supposted to be refined.

    Do you really get amused by posting this junk?

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  2. Re:Fun with false images by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You're getting awful good at this proof by assertion thing.

    Well, it's hard to make an exhaustive proof complete with supporting evidence in 120 characters. The point of a "proof by sig" is to give the essence of the argument, and trust the readership to fill in the details. In other words, it's the start of a discussion, not the end of it.

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  3. Re:Fun with false images by colinrichardday · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you saying that no one has ever wiped OSX from a Mac and replaced it with Linux?

  4. Re:Fun with false images by Moofie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, I tried that with you before, and didn't get anywhere.

    So, I'll just leave it at, "You're full of crap", and let the reader fill in the details.

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  5. Re:Fun with false images by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Are you saying that no one has ever wiped OSX from a Mac and replaced it with Linux?

    Of course not. But the number of people who buy Apple hardware just for the hardware is very, very small.

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  6. Re:Fun with false images by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yeah, I tried that with you before, and didn't get anywhere. [...] So, I'll just leave it at, "You're full of crap", and let the reader fill in the details.

    Hmmm, sounds like I won the argument last time, too. :D

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  7. Re:Fun with false images by colinrichardday · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And the number of people who buy it just for the software? Isn't part of OSX's appeal that it runs flawlessly? And isn't that because OSX is specifically tuned for its hardware? How well would it run on generic hardware?

    Also, however customers value the software over the hardware, is it in Apple's interests to be a software company?