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Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van
Velcroman1 writes "In August, Slashdotters learned that full-body scanners were roaming the streets in vans: 'The same technology used at airport check points, capable of seeing through clothes and walls, has also been rolling out on US streets where law enforcement agencies have deployed the vans to search for vehicle-based bombs. Fox took a ride in one of the $800,000 vans, videotaping the entire event — and continues the debate about security, privacy, and health risks."
Cops always have the best porn!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
I'm gonna start carrying a mannequin in the trunk of my car.
I guess it works. Your statement about 8 million flights without a successful terrorist attack almost sounds like an endorsement.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
In totally unrelated news, statistics show that tall, slender and well endowed women are more prone to being terrorists, not young middle-eastern bearded men.
~Syberz
8 million flights without a successful terrorist attack since 9/11.
Stop these "measures", and attacks will resume. The whole purpose of terrorism is to, well, cause fear, and what's better than having the State do it for you?
The best way to avoid terrorism is to live in fear all the time.
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There was no problem with the Therac-25. The problem was that the targets being examined had too low of a tolerance to radiation.
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Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
We have a non-American citing U.S. Supreme Court cases while many Americans would wonder whether that show comes on before or after Judge Judy... *sigh*
Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once
"Hey, what happened to our backscatter van?"
"Well, we drove by a container full of parabolic satellite dishes, and our input stages were fried."
It's a dream I have...
Everybody gets what the majority deserves.