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The Hi-Tech Security at the Super Bowl
Hugh Pickens writes "As millions of fans sit glued to their sets next Sunday, one part of the game they will not see is the massive deployment of federal and local law enforcement resources to achieve what is being called the most technologically secure Super Bowl in history, an event that has been officially designated as a National Security Special Event (PDF). At the top of the list are gamma-ray cargo and vehicles scanners that can reportedly see through six inches of steel to reveal the contents of large vehicles. 'We can detect people, handguns and rifles,' says Customs and Border Protection Officer Brian Bell. 'You'd be a fool to bring something into that stadium that you shouldn't. We're going to catch it. Our goal is to look at every vehicle that makes a delivery inside the stadium and inside the secure perimeter.' Next is the 51-foot Featherlite mobile command center for disaster response that will support the newly constructed $18 million Regional Operations Center (ROC) for the Marion County Department of Homeland Security that will serve as a fusion center for coordinating the various federal agencies involved in providing security for the Super Bowl. One interesting security measure are the 'Swiveloc' explosion-proof manhole covers (video) that Indianapolis has spent $150,000 installing that are locked down during the Super Bowl. In case of an underground explosion, the covers lift a couple of inches off the ground — enough to vent gas out without feeding in oxygen to make an explosion bigger — before falling back into place. Finally the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI has installed a network of cameras that will be just a click away for government officials. 'If you had the right (Internet) address, you could set up a laptop anywhere and you could watch the camera from there,' says Brigadier General Stewart Goodwin."
You know the terrorists have won when...
...budget cuts to space exploration. Good thing Football is safe.
Hand egg.
'If you had the right (Internet) address, you could set up a laptop anywhere and you could watch the camera from there,' says Brigadier General Stewart Goodwin."
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Who sets this kind of thing up without any authentication?!
What happens is that two football clubs football at each other and the one that footballs the hardest wins at football. That and something about Michael Jackson's sisters nipple.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Or they'll cancel the 'ole bleedin' lot!
Make the NFL foot this whole security bill.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
They were because they KEEP EXPLODING!!!
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/29819089/detail.html
I'd go on a Vegan diet but the delivery time from Vega is too long. --brownkitty
we won't have those constant superbowl terrorist attacks!
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
And then when a thousand /. geeks go looking for the hidden "internet address" and find it - the Government can say "Look we have 1000 internet terrorists attacking us, we need to have better control over the internet!." :(
"The first time I got drunk, I got married. The second time I bought a chimpanzee, after that I stayed sober" Arian Seid
Someone mixes tiny nitroglycerin tablets with breadcrumbs and the Super Bowl is canceled due to pigeon poop.
"Oh boy!" thought Milton, "A article on football! And not the soccer version, the American football kind!" He could barely contain his troll-citement. He never fully recovered from the traumatizing memories of high school where the sports jocks viciously bullied him, and this was a perfect opportunity to remind the world how stupid the concept of this sport was! He put his fingers together, pondering on what kind of "insightful" comment would get modded up by his fellow neck-beards. A reference to hand-egg and the stupidity of the name? Nah.. been done before.. Perhaps a comment on the overall barbaric nature of the sport and a jab to all the rednecks and jocks that enjoy it? Better.. but maybe...
"Wait a minute..." he thought. "Maybe I should be contributing to the contents of the article? Perhaps I should mention how government funds shouldn't be involved here, but they'll be there anyway due to close ties between football and the military. Maybe something on security theater and a reference to airports and perhaps a lack of any terrorist related activities in football games?" But the thought quickly left his mind, as there was too much bitterness towards those jock types he worked with in marketing (and couldn't stand) and instead posted "HURRR maybe they should up the radiation on the metal detectors so the in-breed hicks that attend the game get sterilized!!"
Global warming and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking number of pirates - Gospel of the FSM
It's a thing, and yes, what it sounds like: they have a radioactive source that gives off gamma rays, which pass through a truck, and then gamma ray detectors that look at what passed through. Sort of like a heavy-duty xray machine, except at these sizes/energies, the gamma-ray machines are actually safer than getting blasted with xrays.
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
And while all this fear mongering, submission to armed authority, 'convenience arrests', and security theater is happening, thousands of Americans will be singing
"mumble mumble mumble something something Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave!"
*shakes head sadly*
Yeah. Enjoy the game. Really. There's not a lot else left now, is there?
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It took some major editing, but I fixed that for you.
Clearly, that is exactly what a few people are allowed to do. And worse, they are allowed to throw the US Constitution out the window in the process.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Sincerely,
Indianapolis resident that works downtown.
just fucking go away please
A gamma source used for X-raying that is powerful enough to go through 6 inches of steel would require a radiation exclusion zone around the vehicle. The driver would have to exit the truck and move outside the zone.
It really is a radioactive gamma source mounted on a truck. It's supposed to be used only on uninhabited vehicles. SAIC's "terms and conditions" for the thing are posted. Here's SAIC's disclaimer:
"Since VACIS inspection products use radioactive sources in this process, the End User is responsible for obtaining and abiding by all necessary and appropriate approvals from the applicable cognizant regulatory agencies or authorities in their country of use. Buyer/End User is responsible for safely operating the system in accordance with all SAIC instructions/manuals and training and any applicable regulations/requirements of the jurisdictions in which the system will be operated. Buyer/End User shall consult with the relevant licensing authority regarding whether and in what manner disclosures (including signage) should be made to persons who may be scanned by VACIS inspection products as incidental occupants of vehicles. SAIC is not responsible for any claims, actions or liabilities associated with the improper installation, operation or maintenance of the products. Improper operation would include, but not be limited to, failure to comply with any conditions, requirements, safety measures and procedures provided or required by SAIC and/or any cognizant regulatory agency."
Their video shows someone driving a car through the thing.
Los Alamos tried one out. They were satisfied with the radiation safety. Of course, their people wore their routine three dosimeters (cumulative, short term, and alarming.)
The problem with numbers is that you're assigning them to a single arbitrary time period. The correct way of saying that would to spend $38b on ensuring those very people are safe at all times in all parts of their lives.
If a hypothetical super bowl bombing doesn't occur then statistically several of your 10k people won't live to the end of the year anyway due to other problems. We spend ludicrous amounts of money against an unknown and unpredictable threat that is likely to affect only a minuscule percentage of our population, and given the current state of security is likely to remain a threat despite everyone's best efforts. All the while we can clearly see statistically people die every year and they don't get a dime spent on them.
Take the $38bn and put it into some basic healthcare if you want return on investment, not fighting the maybe terrorists.
No dude, sports are named after what they do the least during the game.
Basket Ball - The ball is in the basket for only a very small portion of the game.
Base Ball - The ball touches the base for only a very small portion of the game.
Foot Ball - The ball touches the foot for only a very small portion of the game.
Hand Egg would following this convention be Soccer, and only for the very short period of time where one team picks a fight with Manchester United and some poor striker ends up getting punched in the eggs.
The person who owns the stadium, or having legal control and authority over it, is well within their rights to tell you that you may not possess a firearm. They can impose whatever conditions of occupancy they wish, and you must abide by them.
Whether or not a "no guns" sign has force of law depends on the State. But, at the end of the day, if it can be demonstrated in court that you knew or should have known that you were bound by the owner's "no guns" policy, and you are caught with one, it'll be criminally defiant trespass (or the particular State's equivalent). That happens to be a prohibiting offense in my State.
I love my right to keep and bear arms, but I love my private property rights even more. The former exists in part to protect the latter, so do not be surprised if you find yourself eating lead one day because you think you can CCW anywhere you please despite the property owner's terms and conditions.