'you gotta be shittin' me, xray cavity search eh ? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 06:16:45 pm
content: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/no-place-left-to-hide-drugs-with-x-ray-technology/story-e6frfq80-1226011075259

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 06:28:53 pm
content: I wonder if pasta bolognese will have me stopped for a security check of my internals.

author: Time
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 06:43:01 pm
content: sounds like the US's full body scanner just with a different intention.

author: TheWelly888
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 06:49:37 pm
content: That sounds ominously like a eugenic scheme to sterilise drug smugglers to stop them breeding!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 09:07:02 pm
content: If there is another "incident" in the US and the usual reactionary BS that goes along with it, next step is this shit for all of us.Dave.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 09:26:55 pm
content: Hell yeah cos after all we all know how many flights have been placed into jeopardy by 70 year old ladies with crochet needles! A far more reliable indicator would be to ban anyone with a beard. At least that would perform a public service keep that idiot Oakeshott from flying to Canberra to commit more innocent stupidity.All these scanners are a joke, a public facade to make listeners of talk-back radio feel a sense of false security.I'd like to know what triggered this world outbreak of nonsense where the sad and the badly dressed decided that all risk can be eliminated without ever considering the human, economic and emotional cost of attempting such folly.If, as humans, concentrated the same effort on, elimination of ignorance and stupidity, as we do on painting things day-glo and promoting dumb legislation, then this world would actually become a better place.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 09:28:36 pm
content: X-raying people sounds like a waste of time to me.The US government would be better off legalising the least harmful illicit drugs and use the tax generated to provide proper universal healthcare.I hope they don't X-ray pregnant women.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2011, 09:41:55 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on February 24, 2011, 09:28:36 pmI hope they X-ray the politicians, bureaucrats and media morons responsible for this stupidity often, and hopefully with the power output wound up to 11.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2011, 02:55:23 am
content: Quote from: Hero999 on February 24, 2011, 09:28:36 pmin the link, there is statement that pregnant women, mentally impaired and under 18 will be exempted. from the article writing, they will not simply randomly pick anybody to xray, they also concerned about the privacy. i think they already think carefully if they want to implement this. from my understanding, only a "suspect" will be asked to do the xray, and still with his/her permission, otherwise they have to bring the suspect to hospital to do the length of time wasting test. having limited experience with how policemen work, to define "a suspect" is not a simple and random task, they need a really convincing evidence/information/investigation beforehand to positively define a person as "suspect". i look this thing as positive, if implemented correctly.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 25, 2011, 03:59:03 am
content: Currently, if Customs suspects you of carrying 'a suspicious substance' internally, they can request you submit to an internal search by a medical practitioner. If you refuse, they can apply for a court order to perform the search.At the moment, performing a search requires transporting the suspect under guard to a hospital where the procedure can be performed (CAT scan, x-ray, etc) which is time consuming and expensive. This new system is simply an easier and quicker method of carrying out the search at the point of entry.

author: the_raptor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2011, 06:30:39 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on February 25, 2011, 03:59:03 amWhich makes performing internal searches inherently hard to do and so therefore not often done. With an "easy" system like this they will be scanning everyone with a three day growth or who looks like they need to use the toilet. It is also likely it would become mandatory just like it has in the UK and US for body scanners.Exposing people to a device using ionisng radiation controlled byunqualifiedstaff should be illegal. Enough people get cancer from poorly performed hospital x-rays.Drugs and terrorism are not serious enough issues for the massive invasions of privacy currently taking place. Hell, if we gave up on the "War on Drugs" we would have enough money to dump into aid in the middle east that no one would ever think of attacking us again.The "War on X" are just massive public works programs. At least the Japs did that by building bridges and highways instead of invading their citizens privacy and jailing them for ingesting chemicals.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 25, 2011, 06:54:14 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on February 25, 2011, 03:59:03 amGiven the whole process is still based on radom selection, I don't want them anywhere near my points of entry or exit. Gixingsecurity guards access to X-ray equipment is akin to giving AK-47s to chimps.If we are to become reliant on scanning technology the battle has already been won by the fanatics and crackpots.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2011, 07:11:15 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on February 25, 2011, 02:55:23 amDrug dealers and terrorists have been known to use mentally retarded peopled as pawns so x-raying is likely to increase such practises.

author: Wim_L
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2011, 11:51:16 pm
content: Easy enough to circumvent then. Stuff enough drugs (or explosives, if so inclined) in a woman's belly until she looks pregnant.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2011, 06:22:15 pm
content: The T-hertz scanner and strip search would foil that attempt - no x-ray required.

author: Time
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2011, 04:10:25 am
content: http://www.zug.com/live/87118/The-Viagra-TSA-Experiment.html

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2011, 09:46:06 pm
content: Funny video, unfortunately you don't see the expression on the security officer's face.Obviously fake though. Viagra doesn't give spontaneous erections and has little effect on healthy men, it just restores an impotent man to his former level of performance.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 03, 2011, 10:43:07 pm
content: You know too much Hero!

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2011, 12:18:09 am
content: Quote from: Alex on March 03, 2011, 10:43:07 pmfor a man, we have to know that sort of stuff. i thank Hero for that info. long time ago it crossed in my mind to get viagra to boost "performance", but i was afraid that "it" will burst from its already "normal" state (potent to impotent). i hope Hero's info is authentic and proven true from (his or other reliable source) experience.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2011, 07:32:23 pm
content: Plenty of information can be found about it on the Internet.http://www.kfsjgb.com/viagra-myths.htmlQuotehttp://www.opensourcelab.it/Viagra_-_myths_vs._truthsQuotehttp://www.healthguidance.org/entry/13843/1/Myths-and-Truths-About-Viagra.htmlQuoteLuckily I've never needed Viagra but not being able to get it up because of being tired, stressed, ill, too drunk or even angry with your partner is normal, nothing to worry about and won't be cured by magic blue pills.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2011, 08:18:22 pm
content: Quotethis is important! i have pills that claimed to relax blood circulation, improve heartbeat etc, but nothing about the "P" thing. you know what? good performance! you'll never know. i've bought many kind of pills, but not specifically for the "P", none give any effect as claimed. but this one (made of herbs), claims to do something, but do another thing as well. i'm going to be a regular buyer for this pill, but only eat it occasionally when i got somekind of headache (high blood headache). in order for "extra performance", need to be taken daily as recommended schedule.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2011, 08:41:10 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on March 04, 2011, 08:18:22 pmViagra was originally developed to treat angina so that makes sense, assuming it's not just the placebo effect. Come to think of it, any drug which enhances circulation could potentially enhance erections.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 05, 2011, 03:45:37 am
content: Guys you may well have totally misunderstood the meaning of the member status that appears below your forum names.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2011, 11:29:36 am
content: what status? i dont care. i'd rather it doesnt show up. or i'll prefer to give it to you if you like

author: baljemmett
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 05, 2011, 06:12:53 pm
content: Quote from: Uncle Vernon on March 05, 2011, 03:45:37 amI wonder what comes after Full and Hero -- Over-Exerted, perhaps?