Re: [cisspforum] Unnatural airport environment ...

["Daniel H. Renner" <dan () losangelescomputerhelp com>]

It sounds vaguely familiar to a product that came out some years ago, I 
think the name was "Bullfeathers"...


Sincerely,

Daniel H. Renner
President
Los Angeles Computerhelp
A division of Computerhelp, Inc.
818-352-8700
http://losangelescomputerhelp.com

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough 
to take away everything you have.'
Thomas Jefferson



funsec-request () linuxbox org wrote:
> Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 09:34:45 -0800
> From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
> Subject: [funsec] [cisspforum] Unnatural airport environment ...
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Message-ID: <48198EB5.2844.37D9AB@localhost>
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>
> I find this extremely suspicious.  It sounds too reasonable ...
>
> CBS News ? "A new airport security system, designed to better identify a terrorist 
> or a suspicious traveler by reducing anxiety levels of passengers, was introduced 
> Monday at Baltimore?s Thurgood Marshall International airport. The security 
> checkpoint combines new high-tech x-ray machines with calming lights and 
> soothing music. The system is aimed at reducing the stress of passengers as they 
> shove carry-ons through airport metal detectors while trying to balance 
> themselves as they remove their shoes and dig for their boarding pass. The 
> Homeland Security Secretary said that by lowering the stress level for everybody 
> with a more soothing environment, it is hoped that someone who is up to no good 
> will stand out more. The system is expected to be installed at airports across the 
> country in future."  
>
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/29/cbsnews_investigates/main4053175.sh
> tml  
>
> or 
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6znc4h
>
> ======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
> rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
> What is the problem to which this technology is the answer?
>                                                       - Neil Postman
> http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm
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