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- ed54, on 08/08/2008, -15/+313*****.
- davidwasman, on 08/08/2008, -8/+217The problem I see with this, even though I am not a smot poker, is that they could use this to rationalize a search and seizure.
That's getting into 1984 territory.
Also, what if I eat a poppyseed muffin? Will it think I had heroin? - GordonFree, on 08/08/2008, -12/+163One of the most significant improvements in privacy violation technology for years!
- SimianSamurai, on 08/08/2008, -12/+136There goes my lunch break
- esfisher, on 08/08/2008, -3/+122That's the last time I give the cops the finger.
- Hosalabad, on 08/08/2008, -2/+111It could also see what I did with my wife last night.
- o5rob5o, on 08/08/2008, -2/+105hows this going to work when the majority of pot smokers fingers are greasy from potato chips and cheetos
- shutaro, on 08/08/2008, -2/+89Pro Tip: They can't finger print you if you don't have any fingers!
- TheImaginator, on 08/08/2008, -3/+76Yeah, stick this together with;
54 million people scanned at airports so far (their names, dates of birth, place of birth, sex, credit card history, and details of their travelling companions)
Government paying companies to supply them with data on internet use (containing your mothers maiden name, your CV, your credit/bank card history, travel history, contact details for you and family and friends, photos of family and friends, your emails, your comments, your blogs, your download history, and what pron you like to watch)
Companies paying government to make laws to control what you download and 'forcing' ISP's to watch you and report you.
All telephone calls, emails and internet use monitored and shared with a central European intelligence database, itself shared with the USA.
They will not extradite terrorists, but they will extradite hackers - even if the prospect of unlawful trial or torture is the same.
Lawful protests outside public places (government buildings and judiciary buildings) now unlawful in some cases (they decide).
You can be locked up for 42 days without being told why, then put under house arrest for 12 months at a time (repeatedly thereafter).
You are being watched by over 4 million CCTV cameras in the UK
Scientology has a church right next to St Pauls in London, given to them by the City of London itself and protected from being called a cult by the City of London police (not the Met incidently).
This is the tip of the iceberg.
We are so ***** it's unreal. - demigod, on 08/08/2008, -3/+65This is scary. There have been tests done to money that show a large percentage of it has traces of drugs on it. Even snopes shows this to be true.
http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp
Using this type of check will more than likely produce a ton of false positives. - Tyorant, on 08/08/2008, -5/+64Every weed smoker who read that title said that as they clicked it..
- shutaro, on 08/08/2008, -4/+61It could also see what I did with my self last night. *fixed*
- Fsuarjun, on 08/08/2008, -3/+57Time to finally put the Power Glove to good use.
- mattmcegg, on 08/08/2008, -2/+53I think I'll start washing my hands.
- ChronicColonic, on 08/08/2008, -1/+49And at a certain website for a nominal fee, we can too.
- nkleffman, on 08/08/2008, -2/+48"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
- inactive, on 08/08/2008, -1/+41The bad guys? This isn't a TV show, you know. Everyone is bad in someones eyes.
- WhoDoneIt, on 08/08/2008, -2/+41I hope it couldn't tell what I did with your wife the night before. :P
- NodOfficer, on 08/08/2008, -1/+37What happens if I handle American currency!?
- Tumin, on 08/08/2008, -1/+31Just wash your hands. With bleach.
- alexforcefive, on 08/08/2008, -1/+31you can go to jail for touching it, you filthy dope fiend!
- hughesj919, on 08/08/2008, -1/+30I thought they already quit rationalizing search and seizures.
- 1kewldude, on 08/08/2008, -0/+27you're obivously a rookie at this - it's Doritos....
- sonar1, on 08/08/2008, -1/+27i went with *****
- Mr.Gone, on 08/08/2008, -4/+29EVERYBODY PANIC!!!
- 89greener, on 08/08/2008, -9/+33What the ***** is wrong with you?
You Communist. - ChaSchva, on 08/08/2008, -1/+25Let's be blunt?
>_>
hah. - zdiddy85, on 08/08/2008, -0/+23*cuts off fingers*
- PaulOwen, on 08/08/2008, -1/+23"can analyse as little as a billionth of a gram of material"
"This technique can pick up small amounts of drugs like cocaine or THC, the active ingredient from marijuana, as well as compounds from explosives"
Yes, indeed it will pick up trace amounts of just about anything, on just about anyone. This gives police vital information such as "either that person smoked weed, or they sat next to someone, shook hands with someone or bumped into someone who smokes weed, snorts cocaine, works in a mining quarry etc".
Nothing to see here. - esfisher, on 08/08/2008, -2/+23and Funyuns
- NCg8r, on 08/08/2008, -0/+192 by 2, hands of blue.
- lwoodnj, on 08/08/2008, -0/+18Well, you can probably rest assured that this WILL NOT become a successful means of prosecution as a result. A lawyer need only make the point that you could have TOUCHED it without using it, or touched it on money, or touched it on ANYTHING in some way. It's not going to stand up by itself alone.
- yikiad, on 08/08/2008, -2/+20they did. it's called the patriot act.
- phibit, on 08/08/2008, -2/+19Now a bunch of diggers are going to be walking around with latex gloves on 24/7.
- ironiridis, on 08/08/2008, -0/+17Title isn't accurate: it can only tell if you've somehow touched weed. If you smoke it via some method that doesn't involve contact with your hands (assuming here that this includes the smoke itself) or simply wear gloves, you're safe.
- vat0r, on 08/08/2008, -1/+17So big deal, I smoke pot. You want to waste XX amount of dollars to reinforce what I'll openly admit then have at it.
- gr00vy, on 08/08/2008, -2/+18Wow. Proof that pot smoking causes paranoia.
It will be a long time before this will be used for drug testing. This has a long way to be used as a crime fighting tool. It will help associate activity with fingerprints, but by far will be the benefit of identifying a single print out of a pile of prints. The one person that touched a known substance, foundation for instance, will show up as a single print out of many. There is no way someone is going to waste a multi thousand dollar test to catch someone that just held weed. Sheesh. - Dumbledorito, on 08/08/2008, -2/+17The trouble with the "explosives" bit is how many common things are used in explosives. A buddy of mine discovered that a lot of the cheap carpet he uses at his workplace (the kind used at convention halls) is made of the same stuff they use in bombs/shells to "fill" the chamber holding the explosive charge or warhead. He thinks he's on a couple of watch lists now, thanks to the TSA going nuts over his shoes at the airport.
- Tezdoll, on 08/08/2008, -1/+16
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-Alexforcefive-
you can go to jail for touching it, you filthy dope fiend! - nkleffman, on 08/08/2008, -5/+19Or people that value privacy and freedom.
But maybe you're right, after all, the government is only looking after our best interests. If you have nothing to hide, why worry? - SystematicChaos, on 08/08/2008, -2/+16You can always smoke with your toes
- sdizier, on 08/08/2008, -2/+15 The question is, how many people will actually stop smoking weed because of this? I bet none.
- feliks2, on 08/08/2008, -2/+15Yes, and what happens when my friends smoke lots of weed and have it all over their *****?
- craftyguy, on 08/08/2008, -2/+15Roach clip?
- MirrorminD, on 08/08/2008, -0/+13I was thinking the same exact thing.
- mavedatthews85, on 08/08/2008, -3/+15*****, indeed! I don't smoke even remotely regularly, but if this is anything like the spinal fluid or hair test... well, *****.
- roddack, on 08/08/2008, -0/+12There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws
- flashback99, on 08/08/2008, -0/+12or hi-five someone before you get arrested
- dexter411, on 08/08/2008, -0/+11"Wait, they need a mass spectrometer? This is going to take some time to happen."
... This would be true if we lived in 1903. - harmil, on 08/08/2008, -0/+11Won't help. Washing your hands removes a majority, but not all of whatever you've come in contact with. Some remains attached to skin cells which then shed over time. It is these very skin cells that will be detected by this new technique. It's not shocking, and it's been possible to do this with hair for some time. Problem is that it's detecting such trace amounts that there's a greatly increased risk of false positives (touching a table that someone rolled joints on, for example, would leave you testing positive even if you didn't know it had been there.
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