[ale] [OT] bomb hoax

[Jeff Lightner]

It's not racial - they're profiling geeks under the misapprehension that
they can detect computer viruses by whether we have the sniffles or not.
;-)

 

My comment about carry on was related to the changes made after the
British arrests.  They didn't restrict the liquids and gels completely -
they said it had to go in checked rather than carry on baggage.  Their
reasoning for that was they have machines to scan for explosives in
checked baggage which implies they don't have them for carry on.

 

Another poster talked about waiting for the stuff to go through the
detector being a problem but I don't see how that would be any more of a
delay than the putting them through x-ray machines.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:14 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] bomb hoax

 

Jeff Lightner wrote: 

They're claiming they have equipment for checked luggage that can detect
trace amounts of explosives.  They don't explain why that equipment
couldn't be or isn't used for carry on luggage.

 

Don't know about you, but I've had random checks for nitrated performed
on me.  They don't do it for all bags at all airports, but they do it
for carry on luggage.  I've been checked every time at San Jose, but
since they checkers are all either Mexican or Asian and I'm not, I
suspect they are profiling WASPs.  ;-) 

Jim.

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