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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+63I don't know about radioactivity, but I set off a dirty bomb when I walked by the receptionist's desk this morning. I'm pretty sure she's still feeling the affects.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+63Why? Because they're terrorists. Suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus and send them to prison.
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+43I set these alarms off every time I return to the states. I gotta stop sleeping with women on Craigslist Durkadurkastan.
- evilTak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Yes, I would prefer the alternative - not having my privacy constantly invaded to ward off the bogeyman.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23I think the terrorists already won...
I realized this while I was standing in an airport barefoot and belt-less and an overly-apologetic gentleman with the wand was asking me to unbutton the front of my jeans. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27So cancer patients are terrorists?
- mrjohnson2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18so for the people that are really gonna be bringin in a 'dirty bomb' or whatever, just remember to get a 'note' from your doctor, and you should have no problems
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16The alternative is the SLIM CHANCE that a terrorist MIGHT sneak a bomb into the game.
And 'safe' is a MILDLY SLIMMER CHANCE that a terrorist MIGHT sneak a bomb into the game.
They're both pretty much the same, just one is much less annoying. - therodersabides, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I'm an radiologic technologist (X-Ray tech) and I've heard stories about some people that have been in our business for 30+ years that will actually set off these types of alarms.
- illectronic, on 10/12/2007, -11/+25thanks George.
- haggie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I agree. We are inflicting "death by 1000 cuts" on ourselves all in the name of protecting ourselves from terrorism, but it really is a terrorist victory. They don't have to blow up anything every again. We will slowly destroy our country with our stupidity, short-sightedness, xenophobia, and selfishness.
The terrorists said "BOO!" and our reaction was to shoot ourselves in the head... - Novagenesis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12to some extent I agree...but...
Would you sing the same tune after a strip-search, and a detainment that causes you to completely miss your flight?
The airline might give you a replacement ticket, but hotels probably won't, and if you're going to see family on your vacation, there's a good chance work won't give you extra days off after this happens...
And hey, I don't think I'd like the strip-search either. - blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Please stop using the word 'you'. It hurts my feelings.
- c0r3file, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Superbowls should be watched at home on your couch. You'll have a better view, closer parking, and no lines for the bathroom. Beer's cheaper too.
Oh, and no big brother radioactive body cavity searches... - chance2002iu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8drop it like it's hot.
- primary0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6no worries. nakamura has a plan.
- MichelangeloPM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6No problem! That being said, I'll stop saying it.
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The word feelings hurts my emotions. Please stop using it.
- dgh1973, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I'm sorry but if the hand held scanners are picking up minute traces of radiation in peoples bodies but they're really looking for dirty bombs all I can say is this:
Turn down the sensitivity of your Geiger counters you stupid clowns. That's like searching for a bus with a microscope. - Tenareth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Actually no, it will be a different set of people complaining. That's the thing, there are two sides... those that believe freedom is worth some risk, and those that believe their privacy and rights are not worth taking any risk.
- gheide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My dad sets off store security sensor systems just by waiving his hand in front of them... He works around MRI's every day - installing, fixing, etc... He's actually got a very high gauss... Kinda weird, but cool... For all you magnetic wrist band believers out there -- He's the healthiest person in the world... not!!! :-)
- affanjam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5My Grandma is like one of those people who are radioactive. She doesn't have a "note" from the doctor it's more like and official document from the health department, You need it to cross over borders and stuff.
- haggie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The side effects of being exposed to Paris Hilton without proper protection are much more long lasting and potentially lethal...
- vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@"And 'safe' is a MILDLY SLIMMER CHANCE that a terrorist MIGHT sneak a bomb into the game. "
Chances are a terrorist wouldn't bring a dirty bomb to the game just because the amount of radioactive material required for lethality would require them to drive a delivery truck into the stands. I mean they might try... But there really isn't much of a point having radiation detectors if that were the case and only concrete barriers could stop that.
Although a small aircraft flying into the area might be able to disperse such material, but I think all those strip searches at the gate just proved worthless.
In reality, a nuke/dirty bomb will come in a shipping container and be delivery by truck. Stop it at the dock or be on the look out for trucks. - Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'd rather not be scanned thanks.
- littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Because they've just returned from 4 back-to-back combat tours in Iraq and they're irradiated from depleted uranium ordnance (the Pentagon's munition of choice)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_Uranium - crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Wow you bitch a lot.
- stryker2you, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"you don't want to spend the next year explaining why the entire building was evacuated and an Nuclear Emergency Team is called in to evaluate the cause. "
Homer Simpson, is that you? - wbtittle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Sorry, that is incorrect.
We had a guy with heart attack symptoms go into the hospital. They injected him with some of these lovely isotopes. He came back to work the next day, but set off any radiation detector he was near. We stuck a "geiger" counter to his belly. The dose he was getting from that single examination would have used up his Occupational Dose for life (at that time it was 5 Rem / year). He was getting the equivalent of about 1 Rem/hour.
We couldn't let him work for more than a month. If he had been allowed to work, we would have had to turn off most of the detectors in the building, which were there to tell us when there was a problem.
Sorry, you don't just turn them off. If something goes Critical, you do not want to be sitting in the building absorbing neutrons because you turned off your Criticality alarms. You might override them for a few seconds in the case of transport. This means that you know that you are transporting a highly radioactive item passed a highely sensitive instrument and you don't want to spend the next year explaining why the entire building was evacuated and an Nuclearn Emergency Team is called in to evaluate the cause.
If someone walks by with radiation that high emitting from their bodies it isn't safe to say "ah, he just had a Barium Enema," it is possible (not likely) that it might be something bad.
Here's the real answer.
If you just had medical isotopes inserted in you, don't go to a Super Bowl and expect not to be stopped and probed excessively. - Valleye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2My ex-father-in-law set off the rad detectors while driving his car at the Ambassador Bridge entering Detroit.
He had some liver function test, I think it was, where they shot him up with a radioactive dye. I call that pretty sensitive. - SamyIsMyHero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've had a bone scan and it uses radioactive dyes. I did not set anything off besides the scanner, but if those sensors can detect the radiation that is given in that treatment then wow that is an expensive sensor.
- Thuktun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Krymore
WTF is "cahooch"? - PabloMac, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I can't wait for Hillary to take care of all of this for us.
- diggfinity, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6...Or if you've been through the Van Allen Belt.
- haggie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Give them all a "Karen Silkwood" shower...
- semengilligan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Dirty bomb
Insert Paris Hilton joke (here). - AjaxsLastStand, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yeah, it's basically been proven false that DU rounds will irradiate you...
- kuzotz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1You get the cancer then you are now a terrorist.
Report all cancer patients, and send them to the ministry of truth.. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Zomg everybody, sick people are in cahooch with the terrorists! They have WMD's! They're all from, uh, Turkey! Yea, that sounds small, defenseless and oil filled - I mean right! We need more troops to invade!
- Tikkimann, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Did anyone else read this article purely because the description didn't seem to make sense?
"When 75,000 football fans pack into Dolphin Stadium in Miami for the Super Bowl on February 4, at least a few may want to carry notes from their doctors explaining why they're radioactive enough to set off "dirty bomb" alarms."
First thought: What's a dirty bomb?
Second: Radioactive people?
Third: Radioactive people setting off dirty bombs?? - numba1xclusive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4They're dyno-mite!!
- MiDri, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2drop, drop it like it's hot!
- Jesterman81, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Its the same people who say that this is a violation of your privacy that will be complaining about why wasn't anything done. Its a double edged sword and no matter what you do your screwed.
- abfan1011, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0I'm pretty sure if I were going to the super bowl I'd rather not die and miss the super bowl, I'll take the pat down any day.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2...it's all or nothing!
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Please stop using the phrase "That being said".
Thank you. - Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2Better safe than sorry, I would say. I mean, it might be a bit of an inconvenience, but would you prefer the alternative?
That being said, perhaps the instruments used to detect radiation could be made to tolerate small levels of radiation - capiCrimm, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3@tomslatin
you obviously haven't seen Saw.
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