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Security Checkpoints Predict What You Will Do
An anonymous reader writes "New security check points in 2020 will look just like something out of the futuristic movie, The Minority Report. The idea of the new checkpoints will allow high traffic to pass through just as you were walking at a normal pace. No more waving a wand to get through checkpoints — the new checkpoint can detect if you have plans to set off a bomb before you even enter the building."
Seriously - what goals do airport security checkpoins have?
It gets even worse. The TSA is actively working to ensure pilots are now screened before they can enter the tarmac/airplane or leave the tarmac/airplane to enter the a terminal area. It seems the TSA has decided the pilots who fly the planes are a higher threat on the ground where they can do less damage than a pilot in the air flying a jet full of fuel and passengers. Remember, in smaller airports, people (including pilots) still walk on the tarmac to board/deboard the plane.
This of course all ignores the fact TSA agents have been caught damaging critical pitot sensors on many commercial planes. Some of those planes continued to fly dozens of hours before the damage was detected. If in doubt how critical these sensors can be to the safety of a flight, here is a video of what happens when one becomes overly contaminated with moisture or is simply not calibrated properly - no physical damage required.
2020 will also be the year of linux on the desktop.
But still no "Duke Nukem Forever"
I am not a crackpot.
Even 99% accuracy is useless when the thing you are attempting to detect occurs only 0.000...001% of the time. See False Positive Paradox and Procutor's Fallacy.
Actually, that -is- racial profiling, but that doesn't mean it's ineffective or wrong.
I see your informative link, and raise you a pithy comment.
...the last group in the White House...
Clinton?
The last group in the White House was the 1st Term Bush administration. Right now the group is the 2nd Term Bush admin, and in a short while we'll have a new group in there.
Oh, & it's pretty common political terminology to refer to the current Lame Duck administration to already BE the last administration.
And before you freak out, I'm not calling Bush a lame duck, From Jan 1st until the swearing-in ceremony any administration is considered to be in a "Lame Duck" status.
But yes Bush is a lame duck, and worse, and if you think it's gonna take until 2020 to get this type of half-assed Big-Brother security you're delusional. It'll be in place by 2012.
But thanks for Trolling.
Yes apparently the project used to be called Project Hostile Intent, but was re-branded as FAST.
See http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/09/precrime-detector-is-showing-p.html