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Skriven 2005-06-13 04:16:46 av Greg Sears (1:153/307)
     Kommentar till en text av George Pope
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Funny

 -=[10-Jun-2005 18:40, George Pope replied IN a message to all]=-

 GP> Women And Sex
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 GP> So, you know what this means? Yup...all you guys have to go looking
   > for: A 1/4 Aussie/1/4 Latino/1/4 Black/1/4 White Atheist with a
   > Ph.D., wearing a low neckline and high heels during happy hour in a
   > swanky bar, smokes, has a criminal record, reads Cosmo and Barbara
   > Cartland, and who lived with her single mom! Shouldn't be too hard.

  G-day George Pope, sounds like a sheila I've been dating eh!!! ;-)

> OBJoke: for our Moderator and all-round friend/servant

AIR FARE

Waiting in a long, slow-moving line for security clearance at the
Edmonton International Airport in Canada, I was annoyed to hear a loud
male voice behind me.  "Excuse me, excuse me," said the man as he pushed
his way to the front.  "I want to make sure I get a good seat."

I resolved not to let this line-jumper get ahead of me.  When I felt a
tap on my shoulder, I whirled around, prepared to give the man a
tongue-lashing -- but found myself face to face with a smiling pilot.

Cheryl Griffith in Reader's Digest


> OBJoke: for Mr. <+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope")

"HOLOGRAPHIC" FULL-BODY SECURITY SCANNING

According to an article in the Oct-Nov 1996 issue of "Compressed Air"
magazine (a wonderful Ingersoll-Rand publication that covers a very wide
range of topics), the Federal Aviation Administration is planning to
begin testing the use of a full-body "holographic" imaging system at a
U.S. airport next year.

The system (an earlier version of which was discussed previously in the
PRIVACY Forum), actually uses millimeter waves (~30 Ghz) to quickly
(within a few seconds) generate a "naked" image of the scannee.  The
device has been under development for a number of years and appears to
be evolving rapidly.  The transmitted millimeter radiation passes
through clothes but bounces off the body or other objects (e.g.,
everything from loose change to firearms, hidden money packets, etc.)

Outside of the rather obvious broader privacy implications of such a
device, two special issues should also be considered.  First, even
though the millimeter radiation used is non-ionizing (e.g. less
energetic than x-rays), there is considerable controversy about the
health risks of exposure to non-ionizing radiation at these
wavelengths.  The statement is made that the system is similar in
exposure to supermarket "door opener" microwave scanners, though this
seems somewhat difficult to accept given the completely different
scanning requirements of the two devices.

But another problem may be even more likely to concern the public at
large about such equipment.  As the photographs included with the
article show all too clearly, the device generates quite detailed "nude"
images.  It is decidedly uncertain how people will feel about being
required to pass through a system that creates instant 360 degree naked
pictures, possibly archived to tape as well!  The promoters of the
system suggest that using "same-sex" operators would alleviate these
concerns.  Excuse me, but are we all living on the same planet?  Talk
about needing a reality check...

I have no doubt that there might be special situations where such a
device, as an alternative to "pat-downs" or other intrusive personal
searches, could be useful.  But broadscale deployment of such systems in
airports as a routine body scanning procedure seems unlikely to be
acceptable to most of the public.


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