Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Blakenzy on January 10, 2012, 11:07:42 AM
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http://blog.tsa.gov/2012/01/tsa-top-10-good-catches-of-2011.html
Wow, all that crotch groping and microwave nudie-picture taking were worth it. My oh my the metal detector and bag checking mild-mannered airport security prior to 9/11 just would not keep these apocalyptic things off of our airplanes...
Hmm, what is missing from their list??... could it be TERRORISTS?
Yeah. ;/
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back in the 90s, i traveled to NYC on the shuttle carrying 2 external HDs, a pile of scsi cables, ethernet hub and cat5s, a tool kit, a laptop and a scanner
i often wonder how they determined my tech was inert.
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In 2008, I flew with a power supply board for the new 787 in my luggage.
I figured that I would catch hell for it, and told them up front before they ran it through the scanner, but they just shrugged.
How in the world would they know that this odd looking contraption wasn't dangerous ???
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So how are you going to take over a plane with a live turtle?
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So how are you going to take over a plane with a live turtle?
Salmonella? :laugh:
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So how are you going to take over a plane with a live turtle?
it was a snapping turtle.
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it was a snapping turtle.
It was probably down in his pants.
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OMG! #9 is my labmate. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
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It was probably down in his pants.
Gee, what could it be holding on to..............
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OMG! #9 is my labmate. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Did he tell anyone? >:D
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Yes, he has actually given a talk about his experiences to the local physics club. The not funny part is that TSA considered putting him on the no-fly list for this. They still haven't sent him a letter saying that they won't file charges against him.
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Many guns are found loaded with rounds in the chamber.
Well, a gun that ain't loaded ain't good for nuthin' [/rooster]
:P
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OMG! #9 is my labmate. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
I'm curious; what was the project he was working on?
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Yes, he has actually given a talk about his experiences to the local physics club. The not funny part is that TSA considered putting him on the no-fly list for this. They still haven't sent him a letter saying that they won't file charges against him.
What was the kit in question?
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What was the kit in question?
Looks more like a College Psychology 101 experiment than a Physics one.
As in: "Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole?"
"Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole if 'authority' as referenced by a lab coat and clipboard tells you to?"
"Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole if we offer you $20?"
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Looks more like a College Psychology 101 experiment than a Physics one.
As in: "Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole?"
"Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole if 'authority' as referenced by a lab coat and clipboard tells you to?"
"Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole if we offer you $20?"
Would you stick your penis in the hole if it ended up with a beautiful tattoo?
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It's a homebuilt spectrometer of sorts. And yes Harold, that is the offender. One of the pen bodies has a light source, the other a sensor. He knew he was going to have some issues, so he separated everything, making it obvious to someone with any electronics knowledge that there were no closed circuits.
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It's a homebuilt spectrometer of sorts. And yes Harold, that is the offender. One of the pen bodies has a light source, the other a sensor. He knew he was going to have some issues, so he separated everything, making it obvious to someone with any electronics knowledge that there were no closed circuits.
Dude deserves to be put on the no-fly list and possibly sent to Gitmo for that wiring. Unless it was a trophy from the last time he was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning, of course.
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So how are you going to take over a plane with a live turtle?
Ninja mutant snapping turtles ...
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He knew he was going to have some issues, so he separated everything, making it obvious to someone with any electronics knowledge that there were no closed circuits.
:facepalm:
Of COURSE! Because ALL TSA screeners have advanced degrees in electronics engineering.
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Apparently, even the bomb techs don't get electronics training... ???
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:facepalm:
Of COURSE! Because ALL TSA screeners have advanced degrees in electronics engineering.
Heh. I'd be surprised if more than half the geniuses working the TSA knew how to jump start a car, much less do actual electronics.
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back in the 90s, i traveled to NYC on the shuttle carrying 2 external HDs, a pile of scsi cables, ethernet hub and cat5s, a tool kit, a laptop and a scanner
i often wonder how they determined my tech was inert.
In 2008, I flew with a power supply board for the new 787 in my luggage.
I figured that I would catch hell for it, and told them up front before they ran it through the scanner, but they just shrugged.
How in the world would they know that this odd looking contraption wasn't dangerous Huh?
Apparently neither were on the list of Dangerous Things. They were obviously manufactured equipment where that contraption posted above is just as obviously hand built. Hand built electrical items with lots of wires is no doubt on the list of Dangerous Things. Probably described just that way too lol.
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So how are you going to take over a plane with a live turtle?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w)
Turtles? Even scarier than raspberries.
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So, which is more horrifying, that a turtle is now considered a terrorist threat, or that it's utterly incomprehensible that someone would forget to disarm himself before traveling?
Or possibly the commentary suggesting the utter lunacy in possessing a flare gun and flares where such items, if one tried really, really, really hard and was quite creating, could cause some serious damage?
One wonders if the author has ever driven a car, thus presenting a far greater threat to far more people that said lunatic flare-gun fetishist.
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So, which is more horrifying, that a turtle is now considered a terrorist threat, or that it's utterly incomprehensible that someone would forget to disarm himself before traveling?
Or possibly the commentary suggesting the utter lunacy in possessing a flare gun and flares where such items, if one tried really, really, really hard and was quite creating, could cause some serious damage?
One wonders if the author has ever driven a car, thus presenting a far greater threat to far more people that said lunatic flare-gun fetishist.
He works for the TSA. He's literally paid to make this seem as threatening as possible.
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He works for the TSA. He's literally paid to make this seem as threatening as possible.
Ah. Read it on my phone at work today, didn't note the source.
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The comments are hilarious.
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Apparently neither were on the list of Dangerous Things. They were obviously manufactured equipment where that contraption posted above is just as obviously hand built. Hand built electrical items with lots of wires is no doubt on the list of Dangerous Things. Probably described just that way too lol.
So why are laptops such a big deal ??? ;/ :mad:
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Cupcakes are very, very dangerous, too. And Dildos.
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I wonder how many of the guns "found" were declared.
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that a turtle is now considered a terrorist threat
no
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What is this cupcake incident many of the commentators commented on?
And thank God they protected us from all those inert things. [barf]
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What is this cupcake incident many of the commentators commented on?
And thank God they protected us from all those inert things. [barf]
Someone was bringing a fancy cupcake-in-a-jar home from vacation or some such, roundabouts Christmas time. From Wicked Good Cupcakes, IIRC.
Team Sexual Assault decided that the frosting qualified as a gel which was not permitted to pass through security, and confiscated the cupcake.
As an aside, the cupcake in question has been renamed on the company's website. Was "National Velvet," a red-velvet cupcake with bourbon vanilla frosting. Now "National (Security) Velvet," same description. Bet they're thanking TSA for all their free publicity. I believe they sent the woman a replacement cupcake, as well.
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Did they add a disclaimer, like "Also doubles as a doomsday device"?
I hadn't heard about that, either. Thanks for the tip. I missed that whole arugula thing during the '08 election, too. Why do I miss the food-related news? ???
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Food-related news?? This should make your day:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/pizza-vegetable-school-lunches-lobbyists_n_1098029.html
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Apparently, even the bomb techs don't get electronics training... ???
Let's say you're a bomb tech...
Do you say...
A) "Oh, no problemo, there is no actual circuits here. OK, pack everything up, we are going home"
or
B) "TEAM AMERICA *expletive deleted*ck YEAH! WE GIT TO BLOW SOMETHIN' UP!"
Don't try to tell me you can resist the chance to blow something up, especially if you don't have to pay for the explosives.