If most people are like me they do not want to sign up for the pre-TSA screen program because they do not like being treated like criminals by the government. Among other things you must be fingerprinted by TSA and undergo a background check to qualify for the program. Anyone who has previously been arrested, or has served in the military, or has gone through a security clearance check already has been fingerprinted at the country, state, and/or federal level or else has their fingerprints available at all levels of government. The last time I underwent a background check was when I was subpoenaed for service on a grand jury. That was okay, they just confirm that you are not a convicted felon and have no outstanding warrants. Essentially, your name comes back negative in their databases. In this type of program you are assumed guilty until proven innocent. That rubs people the wrong way.
If Prof. Negroponte wants a small light weight operating system that is very stable, he should consider switching to PicoBSD. It fits on a 1.44 Megabyte floppy. http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html
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If most people are like me they do not want to sign up for the pre-TSA screen program because they do not like being treated like criminals by the government. Among other things you must be fingerprinted by TSA and undergo a background check to qualify for the program. Anyone who has previously been arrested, or has served in the military, or has gone through a security clearance check already has been fingerprinted at the country, state, and/or federal level or else has their fingerprints available at all levels of government. The last time I underwent a background check was when I was subpoenaed for service on a grand jury. That was okay, they just confirm that you are not a convicted felon and have no outstanding warrants. Essentially, your name comes back negative in their databases. In this type of program you are assumed guilty until proven innocent. That rubs people the wrong way.
If Prof. Negroponte wants a small light weight operating system that is very stable, he should consider switching to PicoBSD. It fits on a 1.44 Megabyte floppy. http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html