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.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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 10:19:39 am PST #5585 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
§ 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.
Connie Neil - Nov 15, 2010 10:27:01 am PST #5591 of 30001
brillig
If someone wants to go to the trouble of capturing my particular scan and post it on the net, they've got bigger troubles than I do. Unless there's a thriving market for electronic images of anonymous, fat, 50-year-old women out there. I hear the Japanese are into weird things.
Spidra Webster - Nov 15, 2010 10:29:59 am PST #5592 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
They actually have been saved. Although it was supposed to be an accident: [link]
I am worried about one more source of radiation. I'd opt for the groping rather than the scanner.
Burrell - Nov 15, 2010 10:32:36 am PST #5593 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy birthday, sumi!
My kids have heard swear words here and there, but we don't tend to use them at home, which mean my kids have not clue one how to use them in conversation.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2010 10:37:20 am PST #5594 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was weird hanging out with my best friend from university and her eight-year old and working out what was okay to say and what wasn't. I mean, this friend was as wild as or wilder than me as a kid, and isn't exactly toeing the straight and narrow for a forty year old, but her kid's well old enough to understand or want to much of what I'm talking about.
And my filters only work well at the office.
I don't think I crossed any lines--and I was careful about the actual subject matter, but they did swear more than my default kid-level tries to aim for.
Which was nice.
Kid's a total straight arrow. It's cute.
Tangentially, she got to wear purple nail polish for Halloween, and BFF said that she only let her wear bright colours for special occasions, since they were grownup. In my head, crayola colours are more kidlike, and I'd expect to see them on an eight-year old before beige, since, you know, fun.