I can see your underpants

willoughbywilloughby
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
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<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

[quote]Airport spokesperson Carolyn Fennell said the devices should be in use for passengers on a voluntary basis in several days.<hr></blockquote>



<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



I'll be sure to stand in line for that before my next flight.
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  • Reply 1 of 21
    ferroferro Posts: 453member
    I wish they had those walls from "Total Recall" the movie...



    My skeleton isnt shy...



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  • Reply 2 of 21
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    That's just...not right...in SO MANY ways. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 3 of 21
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Low energy X-rays huh? They'll never use it.
  • Reply 4 of 21
    noahjnoahj Posts: 4,503member
    One guy with a pacemaker and that machine goes bye-bye... :eek:
  • Reply 5 of 21
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Geez, that dude is a real load. One question: what would prevent a metal detector from detecting guns in one's pants? THey still make you go through until it doesn't beep, right?



    Could somebody develop a metal detector with a sensitivity meter instead? That is, if you're packing 2 lbs of hard steel in your pants, it should show up differently than pocket change.



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  • Reply 6 of 21
    noahjnoahj Posts: 4,503member
    [quote]Originally posted by Splinemodel:

    <strong>Geez, that dude is a real load. One question: what would prevent a metal detector from detecting guns in one's pants? THey still make you go through until it doesn't beep, right?



    Could somebody develop a metal detector with a sensitivity meter instead? That is, if you're packing 2 lbs of hard steel in your pants, it should show up differently than pocket change.



    [ 03-15-2002: Message edited by: Splinemodel ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    What if the gun is not metal. Aren't Glock's (sp?) ceramic?
  • Reply 7 of 21
    ferroferro Posts: 453member
    You would think some "badguys" would have developed some type of material that absorbs or scatters x-rays by now, so they could get guns thru...



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  • Reply 8 of 21
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    lol, they don't need to develop anything. half the people are asleep at the switch, or you just have a friend working the check-in area. there are so many easy, every day ways to get past this security, there's no need for super duper reflective coatings etc.
  • Reply 9 of 21
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> Is the man on the picture pregnant? And if so should he be allowed to have the child? What if he is gay?
  • Reply 10 of 21
    johnkentuckyjohnkentucky Posts: 68member
    [quote]Originally posted by NoahJ:

    <strong>



    What if the gun is not metal. Aren't Glock's (sp?) ceramic?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    No..Glocks have some plastic..but are mostly metal too.



    I have carried the Glock model 22 and 27 so that's where I got my information.
  • Reply 11 of 21
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    [quote]Originally posted by Anders:

    <strong> <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> Is the man on the picture pregnant? And if so should he be allowed to have the child? What if he is gay?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> Methinks he's just fat. Maybe gay too though.



    J :cool:
  • Reply 12 of 21
    jesperasjesperas Posts: 524member
    [quote]Originally posted by NoahJ:

    <strong>



    What if the gun is not metal. Aren't Glock's (sp?) ceramic?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I believe they're constructed mostly from polymers, but the internal parts of Glocks contain enough metal in them to be detected by a metal detector.
  • Reply 13 of 21
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    [quote]Originally posted by NoahJ:

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    What if the gun is not metal. Aren't Glock's (sp?) ceramic?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Of course the thing with Glocks is that they can't hit a white whale on a black sea. I think an airline hijacker would be better served with a knife than a glock.
  • Reply 14 of 21
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    you know, i can see it already. next thing will be HMO's sponsering these macines. it'll scan for tumors whie you travel! the ultimate in preventative care!
  • Reply 15 of 21
    noahjnoahj Posts: 4,503member
    [quote]Originally posted by Splinemodel:

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    Of course the thing with Glocks is that they can't hit a white whale on a black sea. I think an airline hijacker would be better served with a knife than a glock. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Probably right, but pulling a knife or pulling a gun, which one scares you more? With a knife you can run and maybe get away, with a gun it is tough to outrun a bullet.
  • Reply 16 of 21
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by NoahJ:

    <strong>One guy with a pacemaker and that machine goes bye-bye... :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>





    Why is that?
  • Reply 17 of 21
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    These low energy X-rays back scatter enough that they will see almost anything. It doesn't have to metal to be seen.
  • Reply 18 of 21
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Yeah. I had only thought that microwave radiation did anything to pacemakers, since that frequency excites water quite well.
  • Reply 19 of 21
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Actually nothing interacts with pacemaker. Well almost nothing. Many of the new ones can do two way communication for testing and data dumping. In theory only they can be activated by random radio signals. I think there was only one case where something even close to that almost might have happened if everything had been different in a dangerous way. Or something like that.
  • Reply 20 of 21
    markjomarkjo Posts: 28member
    <a href="http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/library/consumer/pacemkr2.htm"; target="_blank">http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/library/consumer/pacemkr2.htm</a>;



    [quote] When you see a sign saying "caution, microwave oven in use," does that mean you should be alarmed? Microwave ovens don't pose a danger to anyone. There once was a belief that pacemakers -- electronic devices that help regulate heartbeats -- might be harmed or interrupted by radiation from microwave ovens, but doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center say that's a false belief. The only way a microwave oven could be dangerous to a pacemaker wearer is if the person was inside the oven itself while it was operating -- and that wouldn't be a good thing for anyone to do. Even the older microwave ovens aren't dangerous. <hr></blockquote>
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