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Prototype EU Airplane Spy Cams Watch For Facecrime
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "You can't make stuff like this up. The EU is actually testing a prototype system of cameras in airplanes to monitor passengers' facial expressions in order to detect both terrorism and 'air rage.' The Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment (SAFEE) project used an Airbus A380 fuselage with six wide-angle cameras to watch for people running or loitering near the cockpit door, as well as a camera in the back of every seat to watch for facecrime like sweating too much, or acting nervous. But that's okay, because the system won't alert anyone until it sees a 'combination of signs,' instead of just one stray expression, or they might accidentally catch a lot of people who are afraid of flying or of being watched."
Whiting out your face won't make a difference, I'd go with the old trusty tinfoil hat.
Disclaimer: I am not god.
We may not be created equal
But we can be treated equal.
"No maam, I don't know how that tape got there, maybe someone was trying to fix something.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
A camera in every seat back is another example of the government's efforts to identify and then marginalize nose pickers.
My grandfather was commissioned into the Navy in 1936 as a pilot. My great uncle flew the China Clipper and was a Pan-Am pilot for 30 years. My father is a retired airline pilot with over 20 years. I took flying lessons from when I was 12 to when I was 17 (I was supposed to solo the Saturday following Sept. 11, however that fucked everything up and I never got my lesson).
I even have some time logged behind the stick of a DASH-8 that my dad snuck me in to ferry between Newport News and Norfolk airports one time when I was 13 (only crew members on board, no "passengers").
Its not that I don't like flying. However, I **HATE** to fly commercially. The seats are uncomfortable, the air is stale, babies scream, people cough and sneeze, etc.
I always look pissed off on airlines and in airports, because I usually am. Of course, most of the flights I've taken in the past were as a non-rev and the crew knew my dad, so I was nice to them and they were nice to me, too.
Frankly, I think the people who **DON'T** look like they're about to kill someone are the ones you need to watch out for. There is probably something wrong with them as they clearly enjoy pain and discomfort.
(No offense to Allah, he probably made the cute girl in the next row.)
The state you are in while your HEAD is detached... - wait, what?
Silly nervous kids! If they blew themselves up for the glory of Allah, he would guarantee them 72 cute virgin girls all to themselves for eternity in paradise.
Talking of which, every time Mustafa blows himself up, 72 innocent virgins die, by definition.
Stick Men
See, I have a theory -- they must be actual virgins in every respect. I imagine the sexual encounters resemble something like this:
"Your gonna do WHAT? Your gonna put that thing WHERE?"
"Ouch! Ow! That hurts! Stop that! Ow!"
"Your done already?"
See, they think it's paradise but it's actually hell ;)