If you obscure your scan in an airport (say, wrap your stuff in metal foil or put some of those fancy sheets of steel with the 4th amendment cut into it) you get denied access to the plane. OK, that's easy, and it makes cop-sense that you're opting out of your flight if you don't consent to the search. And I guess the same logic could apply to major events and the like, though I can see people having even less patience for the security theater on their way into something fun.

Wonder how they'd take to that just walking down the damn street, though, especially since the chances of blocking the scan on accident are greater in Real Life than in an airport. Knowing the way these assholes think, they might just try to slap you for obstruction of justice or some shit.

I'm starting to think we'd all be better off if there was a virus that specifically targeted cops and security types.

Oh, don't bother, we can read them while they are still in your pocket.

This will all end in tears. One way or the other.

And is this situation even desirable? I've never been clear on what the benefit to society is of people not being legally accountable for the actions they take on behalf of a corporation.

If you'll hang in there with me, I'm genuinely curious and trying to step outside my normal "corporations = fuck 'em" assumption set. Your angle on this issue is quite different from what I'm used to seeing. What rights of the people in the corporation are we talking about, and how might they be violated? I'm trying to give your position the benefit of the doubt, but being all vague like this I'm not inclined to assume it's the rights of lowly cubicle drones but rather the rights of executives and, well, that comes back to my normal assumption set. Please, illuminate me.

Wouldn't those people's rights be protected by, ya know, being people?

I believe I speak for everyone when I say,
tough shit.

If not exaggerated, that is mind-numbingly fucked up. I understand it to be about the same way in the UK, but I didn't realize Canada had drank the kool-aid on this one.

Anybody know where this thing came down? The article says nothing about the course of the missile, just its start point.

Also, seems to me like the "show of force" for Asia's benefit explanation is pretty lame; wouldn't you rather do that over there where, ya know, they could see it?

the Queen's not getting on Facebook then, hugh?

Interesting comment, improfane. If we're going to start setting bars, who gets to place them?

I take it by "time," you don't mean pre-release, do you?

Robots are fuckin' boring.

Canned tuna looks and smells like shitty cat food. I'll pass, regardless of preparation.

Raw tuna, as in sushi, looks delicious. Alas, looks can be deceiving. Oh, how I've longed to enjoy tuna, salmon, and various other pretty tasty things and be cool like all the other hipsters and edgerunners, but alas, I really can't stand the stuff. I've tried everything from simple salmon-on-some-rice to squid tentacles, so this isn't a case of an American who won't try new things. I've just had to accept that regardless of how tasty it looks, I don't like sushi. Tragic, I know.

Actually, I could go a step further: grilled shrimp, in small quantities, and grilled shark, are the only sea foods I actually like.