I was in Singapore during the world bank stupidness last year. I arrived at the hotel only to find out that I'd chosen the same hotel as a large amount of the world bank delegates.
I was greeted by a police contingent who insisted on x-raying my luggage to make sure I didn't have any bombs.
they pulled me up regarding my suitcase, which had my tool-bag in it (naturally, I'd checked it in for my flight there)..the cop who was dealing me asked me to open my case because it had dangerous items in it.
it turned out that the dangerous item was a penknife which I had in my tool bag for stripping cables...on the discovery of this, I asked him if it was OK for me to bring my screwdrivers and soldering kit in "oh no problem" was his reply.
at this point, I flipped out..why is a 2-inch pen-knife banned, but a 5-inch screwdriver ok?
all these guys are doing is following their rule lists. Even they admit that they are acting like idiots, but their bosses are the ones making the rules, so they have no choice.
the really funny part of this whole thing is that after me making a huge fuss about the absurdity of their security check, I came back down from my room and went out to the 7-11..they saw me when I came back and just waved me through because they thought I was a difficult client.
security should be secure..not a token show of force.
that's becuase they hear with their legs..... scientists have proved this by training cockroaches to come to you if certain sounds are played....after removing their legs, they just seem to ignore the same sounds that attracted them in the first place.
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I was in Singapore during the world bank stupidness last year. I arrived at the hotel only to find out that I'd chosen the same hotel as a large amount of the world bank delegates.
I was greeted by a police contingent who insisted on x-raying my luggage to make sure I didn't have any bombs.
they pulled me up regarding my suitcase, which had my tool-bag in it (naturally, I'd checked it in for my flight there)..the cop who was dealing me asked me to open my case because it had dangerous items in it.
it turned out that the dangerous item was a penknife which I had in my tool bag for stripping cables...on the discovery of this, I asked him if it was OK for me to bring my screwdrivers and soldering kit in "oh no problem" was his reply.
at this point, I flipped out..why is a 2-inch pen-knife banned, but a 5-inch screwdriver ok?
all these guys are doing is following their rule lists. Even they admit that they are acting like idiots, but their bosses are the ones making the rules, so they have no choice.
the really funny part of this whole thing is that after me making a huge fuss about the absurdity of their security check, I came back down from my room and went out to the 7-11..they saw me when I came back and just waved me through because they thought I was a difficult client.
security should be secure..not a token show of force.
everyone knows about using hosts to divert a particularly annoying url (or fqd) to 127.0.0.1 (or do they?)
even in windows, if you create a file called hosts in your windoze dir and use the syntax: IP address fqdn
ie, 127.0.0.1 ads.icq.com
works great!
whilst the rest of the world gets to see it now, us poor bastards in HK have to suffer to the whims of the all-powerful distributors!
we don't get a sniff of the film till feb!
you know when you could really kill someone!
how do you write "all your bases are belong to us" in heiroglyphics?
will it run under WINE...that's what I want to know
that's becuase they hear with their legs..... scientists have proved this by training cockroaches to come to you if certain sounds are played....after removing their legs, they just seem to ignore the same sounds that attracted them in the first place.