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From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 30 Dec 2009 10:28 JosephKK wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:00:56 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> YD wrote: >>> Late at night, by candle light, John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> penned this immortal >>> opus: >>> >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/us/27security.html >>>> >>>> So a guy tried to detonate a bomb during the last hour of a flight. >>>> The TSA morons thus conclude that all terrorists detonate their bombs >>>> in the last hour, so make it illegal to get out of your seat during >>>> those 60 minutes. They are clearly assuming that the bombers are >>>> dumber than they are; I have my doubts. >>>> >>>> The real issue is why they let a Nigerian, festooned with explosives, >>>> on a terrorist watch list, onto the plane in the first place. I >>>> suppose searching people who look like they might be terrorists would >>>> be "profiling" or "invasion or privacy" or something. >>>> >>>> They did give my 90-year old father a full, very rude pull-aside >>>> screening because he had a one-way ticket out of Louisiana after >>>> Katrina. I once got super-harassed and triple searched because my >>>> ticket had a "payment basis" of "A", and nobody knew what "A" meant. I >>>> think it meant American Express. >>>> >>>> (If they search you three times, they seem to be assuming that the >>>> first two searches were incompetant.) >>>> >>>> Idiots. Always fighting the last battle. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> The guy, Abdullah bin Whatever, is really a stooge for the security >>> companies. Since nothing serious has been happening the last couple of >>> years and there have been doubts over the whole rigmarole, they got >>> afraid of business slackening off and stirred the pot a bit. >> On the whole conspiracy thing, I wonder how many AQ cells are actually >> CIA run in order to sweep up the wannabes and get them to set their >> balls on fire in mid flight. > > They might be run by MI6 instead. Yes - there are no shortage of conspiracies to chose from! -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 30 Dec 2009 10:30 Jan Panteltje wrote: > On a sunny day (Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:29:55 -0500) it happened PeterD > <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in <87blj5hr1n12h0glt2bduf8dikogulmpr3(a)4ax.com>: > >> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:45:34 GMT, Jan Panteltje >> <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:30:29 +0000) it happened Dirk Bruere at >>> NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in <7psps4F37nU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >>> >>>> Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>>> On a sunny day (Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:07:39 -0500) it happened PeterD >>>>> <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in <m97ij5d0fm7fh4j8tj74mbave2lapks226(a)4ax.com>: >>>>>> But if we go back to the original point, that a bullet hole will cause >>>>>> a plane to explode because it is pressurized, >>>>> I do not think tha tever was the original point. >>>>> Not even in Goldfinger. >>>> Myth Busters tried it. >>>> A bullet hole will not cause structural failure in an airliner. >>>> Nor will anyone get sucked out through a small window. >>> Goldfinger was big and fat, so it was a big window, >>> else he would not have fit through it. >>> :-) >> Didn't it seem to 'compress' him as he was sucked out? I remember >> thinking that there was some very strange geometry in play in that >> scene. <g> > > Not only that, remember how that guy got electrocuted? > I have often wondered how that circuit worked :-) I was watching CSI last night and the usual thing happened that pissed me off. They were examining a laptop and the baddie "hacked in" and deleted the files while they stood helpless. Someone ought to suggest they try removing the HDD and copying it first as a matter of routine. -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 30 Dec 2009 12:38 Fred Abse wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:30:12 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > >> I was watching CSI last night and the usual thing happened that pissed >> me off. They were examining a laptop and the baddie "hacked in" and >> deleted the files while they stood helpless. Someone ought to suggest >> they try removing the HDD and copying it first as a matter of routine. > > A lot of the "science" in CSI is dubious, Remember the construction worker > who got electrocuted? Maybe I missed that, but electrocuting yourself with 110VAC takes some doing. I've had plenty of 240VAC "bites". I also like the way they can turn a 320x240 cam into a HD image with a bit of "processing". "Hey - can you blow up the image of that car number plate reflected in that guy's sunglasses." -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: Michael A. Terrell on 30 Dec 2009 15:14 Jim Thompson wrote: > > Naaaah! Just napalm 'em all ;-) I didn't know that you could make Napalm out of lard. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Jim Thompson on 30 Dec 2009 18:31
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:14:52 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> Naaaah! Just napalm 'em all ;-) > > > I didn't know that you could make Napalm out of lard. Napalm and lard... about the same sticky consistency ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Help save the environment! Please dispose of socialism responsibly! |