Heathrow Airport: No Scan, No Fly

Voodu Child · 02-02-2010 10:18PM

These things just show the outside of your body, so presumeably a terrorist could just put a bomb up his ass ? Like that film with Denzel Washington..

CredoInUnumDeum · 02-02-2010 10:20PM

Bajingo wrote: »

Eh I doubt this...

Im heading there soon..cant wait to have a shot of this thing now:D

I'm sure there were happy-go-lucky types like you in the queues at Auschwitz. Too afraid to stand up for yourself?

02-02-2010 10:25PM

CredoInUnumDeum wrote: »

I'm sure there were happy-go-lucky types like you in the queues at Auschwitz. Too afraid to stand up for yourself?

:eek:

MaybeLogic · 02-02-2010 10:31PM

Kiera wrote: »

Or by putting it inside you

That could be taking the joke a bit too far.

AnonoBoy · 02-02-2010 10:34PM

Voodu Child wrote: »

Like that film with Denzel Washington..

Oh I love that one. What was it called again?

So I Married An Ass Bomber?

Kiera · 02-02-2010 10:34PM

MaybeLogic wrote: »

That could be taking the joke a bit too far.

Nah swallowing it would be talking it too far

Run_to_da_hills · 02-02-2010 10:34PM

Voodu Child wrote: »

These things just show the outside of your body, so presumeably a terrorist could just put a bomb up his ass ? Like that film with Denzel Washington..

They are supportingly working on that one. :eek:

MaybeLogic · 02-02-2010 10:37PM

Kiera wrote: »

Nah swallowing it would be talking it too far

There's no spitting allowed in the airport anyhow.

Bajingo · 02-02-2010 10:47PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Thats what they tell us. :rolleyes:

I doub't if these devices are safe with pregnant women and just like the H1N1 Swine flu vaccine the public will of course have the wool pulled over their eyes.

Because they don't want to protect us, they want to cook us!:eek:

I'd say they're safe...people will complain about them probably until they catch a terrorist..

1cm wavelength is somewhere between that of IR(used on some phones) and radar used for finding stuff..so it wont kill you..

Mike 1972 · 02-02-2010 10:50PM

Bajingo wrote: »

1cm wavelength is somewhere between that of IR(used on some phones) and radar used for finding stuff..so it wont kill you..

That would depend on the power level really

Wireless broadband and bluetooth use around the same wavelength (12cm) as microwave ovens. But only around 1/8000 times the power

Run_to_da_hills · 02-02-2010 11:01PM

Bajingo wrote: »

I'd say they're safe...people will complain about them probably until they "catch" a terrorist..

This is the bit I worry about, they will stage something again and frame some poor guy with "explosives", then they will think of something else to impose on us.

Sofaspud · 02-02-2010 11:30PM

grezz wrote: »

this is exactly what the terrorists wanted its like an ira bombscare its aim was to cause as much disruption as possible which they have achieved

Yup, exactly what the terrorists wanted, a new metal-detector type thing! Oh no, the whole world has gone mad.

What's the big deal about this thing? Does everyone that's against it regularly carry weapons / drugs onto planes?
Or is it just people with really tiny penises who don't want airport security to find out?
I really don't see what the fuss is about.

BaconZombie · 02-02-2010 11:32PM

Full Body Scanner EPIC FAIL in a controlled environment !!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrKvweNugnQ

It's mostly in German but the Tech working and explaining the tech is talking English.

df1985 · 03-02-2010 12:54AM

i know a lot of people arent bothered but this is another very tiny victory for the terrorists, their aim is to disrupt our lives-thats what theyre doing.same withthe liquid plastic bags and all that crap.i know it doesnt really matter to most people but just pointing it out.

Overheal · 03-02-2010 12:57AM

df1985 wrote: »

i know a lot of people arent bothered but this is another very tiny victory for the terrorists, their aim is to disrupt our lives-thats what theyre doing.same withthe liquid plastic bags and all that crap.i know it doesnt really matter to most people but just pointing it out.

A dozen+ Terrorists, 4 planes, and (to date) Over $1 Trillion worth of Damage and Wars.

You have to admit, thats pretty impressive, in a disturbing way. /OT

Dave! · 03-02-2010 12:58AM

df1985 wrote: »

i know a lot of people arent bothered but this is another very tiny victory for the terrorists, their aim is to disrupt our lives-thats what theyre doing.same withthe liquid plastic bags and all that crap.i know it doesnt really matter to most people but just pointing it out.

tbh I think they'd be more happy to blow up another plane than to force us to introduce these scanners. So if they prevent more deaths then I think that's more a victory for us than for them.

As I understand it though, the scanners don't work very well (I'm open to correction), so I think that's the bigger issue.

Son Of A Vidic · 03-02-2010 01:04AM

That'll be me lifted straight away for possessing a 'deadly' weapon:D;)...sorry couldn't resist.

Seriously though, didn't a suicide bomber recently nearly kill the Saudi Interior Minister. He passed through all the security checks undetected, the explosives were in his stomach and were detonated by text message. This is the real worry because nothing can detect this, including the full body scanner.

Posy · 03-02-2010 01:24AM

No more 'bikini diet'- it'll be the 'full body scanner diet' for me pre-holidays now.

ballsymchugh · 03-02-2010 01:42AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

That tinfoil hat would become useful to protect your crotch from harmful backscatter radiation. :eek:

meh, there's probably more radiation flowing through the sky at the altitudes the planes are at so it makes feck all difference. so you'd need to dress like professor chaos every time you go on a flight. let us know how that goes for you!!

Ticktactoe · 03-02-2010 09:48AM

I was in Heathrow at the weekend and I dont remember these scanners.... umm...
Are they like the usual ones ya have to walk through and listen to see do ya beep!

MaybeLogic · 03-02-2010 09:50AM

Ticktactoe wrote: »

I was in Heathrow at the weekend and I dont remember these scanners.... umm...
Are they like the usual ones ya have to walk through and listen to see do ya beep!

You go in and have to put your hands up in the air and stand at two different angles while your being scanned.

Minstrel27 · 03-02-2010 09:51AM

Ticktactoe wrote: »

I was in Heathrow at the weekend and I dont remember these scanners.... umm...
Are they like the usual ones ya have to walk through and listen to see do ya beep!

They started using them yesterday.

Ticktactoe · 03-02-2010 09:57AM

Minstrel27 wrote: »

They started using them yesterday.

So close......!
My OH phone was scanned, apparently for trace of explosives...:eek:

Biggins · 03-02-2010 10:48AM

Not bothered by it at present.
When they start to allow people to travel or not by DNA testing, now that will bother me.

hooradiation · 03-02-2010 11:09AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Thats what they tell us. :rolleyes:

I doub't if these devices are safe with pregnant women and just like the H1N1 Swine flu vaccine the public will of course have the wool pulled over their eyes.

This is why i love you CT guys, how being so delightfully detached from the world in which the rest of us live never impacts on your ability to whip yourselves into a fearful frenzy over it.

Fratton Fred · 03-02-2010 11:22AM

Ticktactoe wrote: »

So close......!
My OH phone was scanned, apparently for trace of explosives...:eek:

They carry out random testing on phones, laptops that sort of thing. You oh was just a statistical choice that's all.

Personally I would rather this sort of victory for the terrorists than the "flying a plane into a building" sort of victory.

Heathrow Airport: No Scan, No Fly

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