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Aviation Security Debate: Bruce Schneier V. Kip Hawley (Former TSA Boss)
Fluffeh writes "A nice summary at TechDirt brings word that Bruce Schneier has been debating Kip Hawley, former boss of the TSA, over at the Economist. Bruce has been providing facts, analysis and some amazing statistics throughout the debate, and it makes for very educational reading. Because of the format, the former TSA administrator is compelled to respond. Quoting: 'He wants us to trust that a 400-ml bottle of liquid is dangerous, but transferring it to four 100-ml bottles magically makes it safe. He wants us to trust that the butter knives given to first-class passengers are nevertheless too dangerous to be taken through a security checkpoint. He wants us to trust that there's a reason to confiscate a cupcake (Las Vegas), a 3-inch plastic toy gun (London Gatwick), a purse with an embroidered gun on it (Norfolk, VA), a T-shirt with a picture of a gun on it (London Heathrow) and a plastic lightsaber that's really a flashlight with a long cone on top (Dallas/Fort Worth).""
There's no limit to the amoung of thermite you can carry on, and no limit to the amount of calcium carbide.
Thermite makes a wonderful toothpaste...
Engineers are overrepresented among terrorists. Perhaps you can convince one that he'll get 70 especially attractive virgins if he repairs your sarcasm meter and then achieves martyrdom.
I prefer not to have my anus or ass crack or even my scalp explored by curious, impatient, eager fingers. I honestly don't understand people who are willing to be sexually violated in order to avoid losing a few hundred dollars or being seriously inconvenienced.
You apparently misunderstand the situation...
You have paid for that "agent" to fondle you. Enjoy it. And try to moan loudly, it makes them feel like they've done a good job.
Osama Bin Laden had a degree in Civil Engineering[1]
Yeah, but the old joke goes:
Q: What is the difference between a civil and aeronautical engineer?
A: An aeronautical engineer builds weapons. A civil engineer builds targets.
Osama was the wrong type of engineer to be a terrorist!
And Mohammed Atta, the leader of the World Trade Center attack team, had a degree in architecture. I've seen this factoid used to explain that the attack wasn't actually an act of terrorism; it was an act of artistic criticism. Atta was destroying what he and many others considered the ugliest blot on the New York City skyline.
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
Oh, a sarcasmometer, that's a real useful invention!
"Believe me!" -- Donald Trump
Perhaps you can convince one that he'll get 70 especially attractive virgins if he repairs your sarcasm meter
Virgins on Slashdot? How likely is that?
Nope, still not working.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
I am a bit confused. Are you saying that you used to come here just to eat our pink slime burgers? Really man, we don't even eat those. Must be an acquired taste.
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice" -- God