[ale] Way OT: X-ray glasses

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 10:26, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> I wonder... Could the software running these things be enhanced to screen 
> for lung problems? Say like tuberculosis? Keeping the walking ill off 
> aircraft might save more long term than keeping the nut cases out.

No. These are very "soft" X-rays. They can't penetrate the skin for more
than a few millimeters. I would not want a full chest X-ray every time I
fly. The radiation dose at 5 miles up is bad enough. 

As for the walking ill, until the business climate changes from "work
'till you drop' to 'only work at your best', people will do things in
public when they need to be resting at home. Flu, colds, and other
readily communicable diseases could be easily stomped if people had the
option to stay home when feeling the beginnings of these illnesses. My
wife's employer (years ago) was once nearly put out of business by one
sick worker. The flu bug spread like wildfire in a circle from the
"typhoid Mary" cube and then through the warehouse staff from lunch
contacts. In a 40 person company, having 32 people out for over 2 weeks
was a nightmare. Everyone needed to work to keep the cash flow happening
so they kept coming back in to soon and infecting others. They needed to
put bleach in the fire sprinklers and turn them on daily.
> 
> As always, balance is needed. Getting a conciensous(sp?) on where to put 
> the fulcrum takes time and information, neither of which certain govt. 
> leaders want the public to have.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Anonymous wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:29:51PM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > Hmm. That should go over real well with the folks that have body
> > > piercings under their clothes :)  Actually, they may like the attention.
> > 
> > > Along a similar line, I saw an article a while back advising adult
> > > travelers to not take with them their battery powered "toys", especially
> > > the silicone ones, as they look like explosives on X-ray.
> > Must be annoying for those with silicone implants.
> > 
> > Ma'am, are those real?
> > SMACK!
> > 
> > Btw, the guy at the Denver Airport did, from the X-ray image, determine
> > that my bag contained two six-packs of bottles of Microbrew.  I was
> > rather concerned, especially when he looked at me and said "You're only
> > allowed a six pack."  He waited about 5 seconds, smiled, and then asked
> > me what Microbrew I had and we then chatted briefly.
> > 
> > My next time in the security line at Denver, a guy 5 feet from me
> > collapsed in an epileptic Grand Mal seizure.  I and some other nearby
> > passengers provided aid while yelling for a medic or doctor.  Security
> > came by a few minutes later and moved the barricades so that people
> > would not have to walk by him.  Eventually someone with some medical
> > knowledge came by and assisted.  (Yes, really!)
> > 
> > I guess I'd better go to bed before the rest of my brains leak out.
> > 
> > Anonymous
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 19:31, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > > > The latest in airport X-ray technology (from Yahoo):
> > > > 
> > > >      http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041109/sc_nm/airlines_britain_scanners_dc
> > > > 
> > > > Bob
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