Comments on: A startling realization… http://www.chuffle.com/20080211/a-startling-realization Mostly cursewords and ad hominem attacks on technology Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:36:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zenboy http://www.chuffle.com/20080211/a-startling-realization/comment-page-1#comment-1870 zenboy Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:15:11 +0000 http://www.chuffle.com/20080211/a-startling-realization/#comment-1870 "Security Theater". This was on display at it's fullest at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Intl airport, when I went to leave. There were two lines to get to the security checkpoint, one with a little woman who gave the cursory "Yeah, this doesn't just say Death to Amerika" check to all boarding passes, and another guy, who I got to visit, who was literally using a loupe to scrutinize people's drivers licenses. He stared at mine, with the sticker to change the address, and then waved me through. He held another guy though, for twenty minutes, before giving him his license back. I guess the idea is all the terrorists will be too appalled by a woman working a real job, and will go over to the high-scrutiny line. And there is no question that the guy was intimately familiar with the anti-forgery methods used on licenses from all fifty states, and of all the passport variations in the world, and was definitely not just a big prong. “Security Theater”. This was on display at it’s fullest at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Intl airport, when I went to leave. There were two lines to get to the security checkpoint, one with a little woman who gave the cursory “Yeah, this doesn’t just say Death to Amerika” check to all boarding passes, and another guy, who I got to visit, who was literally using a loupe to scrutinize people’s drivers licenses. He stared at mine, with the sticker to change the address, and then waved me through. He held another guy though, for twenty minutes, before giving him his license back.

I guess the idea is all the terrorists will be too appalled by a woman working a real job, and will go over to the high-scrutiny line. And there is no question that the guy was intimately familiar with the anti-forgery methods used on licenses from all fifty states, and of all the passport variations in the world, and was definitely not just a big prong.

]]> By: The Guilty Carnivore http://www.chuffle.com/20080211/a-startling-realization/comment-page-1#comment-1869 The Guilty Carnivore Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:45:44 +0000 http://www.chuffle.com/20080211/a-startling-realization/#comment-1869 Sunblock, too. I was flying to San Diego and I had sunblock when I got to the airport, but none when I landed in San Diego. It was sunny. Sunblock, too. I was flying to San Diego and I had sunblock when I got to the airport, but none when I landed in San Diego.

It was sunny.

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