I wonder if a Farraday cage would block the effect of the scanner, and if so, how long it will be before someone sews x-ray blocking mesh into some clothes for sale, like the AACS Encryption key T-shirt I have in the closet ;)

I can remember reading a study about half a year ago that concluded that low heat output lightbulbs are only energy efficient in areas where the climate is warm in the winter months. The heat released in the winter is more energy efficient (only very slightly but still it's on the plus side) than running a low heat light bulb (LED, CF) and generating the lost head by traditional methods (electric heat, heating oil, natural gas, etc). It might be more "green" to just switch light bulbs with the season.

It's amazing. 100% of the houses of all "school shooters" contain toothpaste. Yet nobody has demanded that toothpaste be banned because it causes school shootings.

But do they have Frickin lasers strapped to their heads?

I never said the spelling was wrong. Just that using a dictionary that excluded potential variations in spelling was wrong.

Still the wrong dictionary. There are many words that 99% of the English speaking countries spell one way, that the Americans spell differently. (Colour/color for example) A hybrid dictionary should be created using regional variations of common words for use in brute force attempts like this. I don't speak a word of Portuguese, but It's a pretty good guess that regional spelling variations exist between Portugal and Brazil as well.

In the interest of full disclosure. We have to report a major structural fire on August 24, 1814. Most of the interior was gutted, and some exterior walls had to be re-built. The fire was ruled to be Arson, perpetrated by a gang of disgruntled Canadians. Since that time, there have been 40 other owners. Mostly white professionals although persons of a mixed ethnic background have been moving into the area in recent years.

He who controls the spice, controls the universe!

Mafiaboy (Michael Calce) is the highschool kid from Montreal Canada who took down Yahoo, Amazon, Dell, Etrade, Ebay and CNN in 2000. He was arrested by the RCMP and prosecuted. In 2001, he was sentenced to eight months of "open custody", a year's probation, a fine, and restrictions to his use of the internet. Reader's Digest did an interview with him recently (Last year or two)

Hasn't Israel been doing exactly this sort of screening for decades with a very high success rate? (No hijackings since the 60's)

Hold down the horn, the left turn indicator and the parking brake while turning the key to have your vehicle enter "safe mode"

I've always thought that there should be a registry for people who repeatedly drive drunk. a few years ago I read a paper that compared stats. For every child that was kidnapped by a non-family member, 18 children were killed by a drunk driver in a vehicle other than the one they were in.

I can remember taking an introduction to physics course where the teacher claimed that Neutrons were made up of "One electron and one positron" When I called him on it, he said that the students would only be confused by the real answer.