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Comment Re:Wait! (Score 1) 221

See. If you tell the masses it's sophisticated, then there will be fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

It's probably a 6 billion dollar visual basic program that runs under vista (which would require new desktops no doubt) that got sold to LAX by a mideastern security software dev. firm.

I'm thinking along the lines of something like this...

1. the core algorithm :

Public Function GoSequesterRandomPerson(ByVal Low As Long, _
                                          ByVal High As Long) As Long
    GoSequesterRandomPerson = Int((High - Low + 1) * Rnd) + Low
End Function

Where High and Low describe the boundaries of how many people you really feel like bothering
on a given security instance.

2: implementation instructions

Throughout the day, a highly-background checked individual will click on cmd1.command button (perhaps everytime they see someone carrying a colored ipod) which will bring up a msgbox to send them out on their random and necessary check.

3: optional future contract work and waste of tax dollars

Now, to fully randomize this, using this ARMOR v. 2.0 improved software...

I propose a 50 million dollar high tech Random search visual-optimization device (RaSVOD) [please, I'll take on this contract and deliver 6 prototypes within 1 year]

So yes, the RaSVOD (a strip of cloth or blindfold) would be worn to avoid any possibilities of
racial profiling. Then we'll be truly randomized. Of course, we could use profiling to decrease the randomization and thereby possibly maybe maximize the chance of identifying a potential terrorist...

4: something tasteless

boolean is_wearing_turban could be optionally checked in the program. to achieve the profiling

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