I'm so sorry for your loss, Daniel.
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theresa - Nov 15, 2010 9:59:58 am PST #5581 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Jesse - Nov 15, 2010 10:01:56 am PST #5582 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I thought that was a group, the Hat and Mitten Organisation. Huh.
Me too! I liked the sound of it.
OK, in your FACE, crappy Monday. I just did a task I've been avoiding for a week. Phew.
Theresa - Nov 15, 2010 10:05:56 am PST #5583 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I thought that was a group, the Hat and Mitten Organisation. Huh.
Scary little kids that will fuck you up if you try and give them a time out.
Liese S. - Nov 15, 2010 10:11:05 am PST #5584 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The backscatter machines are the nudie! But your outrage needs to be tempered with the fact that you are okay with other people looking at pictures of your nudie on the internet!
I am a giant prude, and am a little uncomfortable with the backscatter machines. They had them at both airports the last time I flew, but I didn't actually have to go through them because they don't have enough yet.
Theresa - Nov 15, 2010 10:19:39 am PST #5585 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I haven't read enough about the machines, only that people are concerned about being seen in the nude. How are they helping security? I don't understand how seeing our body parts makes flying safer.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2010 10:21:11 am PST #5586 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I guess I don't care about being seen naked if I'm not actually naked.
Cashmere - Nov 15, 2010 10:21:36 am PST #5587 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I believe the Underwear Bomber is what prompted the speedy installation of the porno-scanners.
beth b - Nov 15, 2010 10:23:31 am PST #5588 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My understanding is that the concern is radiation
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2010 10:23:48 am PST #5589 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And I figure no one looking at the scans actually cares. Do they log them somewhere?
Theresa - Nov 15, 2010 10:25:48 am PST #5590 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
>it will show any contraband such as ceramic knives, liquid explosives or drugs that the person was carrying but were previously undetectable by metal detectors or conventional X-ray machines
[link] Okay, so in addition to showing the body, it shows anything hidden in the clothes. That was the part I was missing.