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TSA Shuts Down Airport, Detains 11 After "Science Project" Found

Posted by samzenpus on from the put-down-the-graduated-cylinder dept.

OverTheGeicoE writes "A group of students and a professor were detained by TSA at Dallas' Love Field. Several of them were led away in handcuffs. What did they do wrong? One of them left a robotic science experiment behind on an aircraft, which panicked a boarding flight crew. The experiment 'looked like a cell phone attached to a remote control car with some exposed wires protruding.' Of course, the false alarm inconvenienced more than the traveling academics. The airport was temporarily shut down and multiple gates were evacuated, causing flight delays and diversions."

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  1. Re:You're looking in the wrong place by operagost · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, they're murdering infants by the hundreds of thousands.

    Now here's the fun part (probably): Watch my post get modded into oblivion, while the parent stays at "5".

    Guaranteed. You're already at "0". Only certain hyperbole is allowed.

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  2. Re:You're looking in the wrong place by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's not even hyperbole, just a basic opinion on when "personhood" begins that differs from the majority opinion.

    Agreed. In my post, I wasn't really trying to trade hyperbole for hyperbole. I was trying, however, to use the same tone as that of the post to which I replied. My goal was to demonstrate the bias that's often present in the Slashdot moderator community.

  3. Re:You're looking in the wrong place by CohibaVancouver · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, they're murdering infants by the hundreds of thousands.

    Provide me a cite that states that hundreds of thousands of infants have been murdered.

    For clarity, here is a picture of an infant:

    http://www.blankshirts.com/prpics/CAR04.jpg