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Evening Reading
by Brian Leahy, Nov 22, 2010 5:00pm PSTIt's a holiday week here in the United States as we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with copious amounts of eating, football watching, and gaming. It will be interesting to see if Rock Band 3 or Kinect wins out with the group coming over to my place to the feast. I'm guessing Kinect will start up first so people that haven't seen it can check it out, but then we'll transition to Rock Band as per usual.
Meanwhile, I'm off to record this Friday's podcast early and will be out Wednesday through Friday. Be nice to those left on duty. Oh, and due to some technical difficulties, Xav's comparison of 2D vs. 3D in CoD: Black Ops multiplayer will hit tomorrow.
Gaming News o'the Day
- Donkey Kong Country Returns review.
- Halo: Reach DLC Preview - Noble Map Pack.
- Apache: Air Assault review.
- More details on the first Fallout: New Vegas DLC.
Links from Morning Discussion
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i see both sides. tsa are assholes for the extreme pat downs. protesters would be assholes to other flyers for delaying the entire process. my guess is that not many participate because, while all the new tsa stuff sucks, peer pressure is a stronger motivator than social justice. so i'm curious to see if any shackers are going to opt for the pat downs.
of course, the tsa is warning against it (http://www.startribune.com/nation/110008914.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr) because of the delays, but isn't that part of what the protestors want?
personally i'm ok with the new scanners. the new pat downs sound necessary, but the motivation for the new policy (to deter pat downs) and the real world implementation are definitely cause for concern.
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Even if you ban flights completely you'd only be solving one of many potential threats. Like .0001% of them. Mankind has come up with a lot of groovy ways to wreak havoc, and I imagine will continue to do so for generations to come.
But by all means let's examine everyone's shoes and pat them down, especially minorities because everyone knows there's no way a white person could ever be persuaded to commit an act of terrorism.
I don't think it's a bad thing to try and prevent a disaster but I think the current system is a little ridiculous. It may stop a terrorist attack but it will most certainly slow down air travel, deter non terrorists from flying, frustrate those who must travel by airplane, and probably financially fuck with an already troubled industry. It also does nothing to prevent a pilot in a small private aircraft loaded to the brim with anything from explosives to chemical, biological, or radioactive materials from flying into any building or airport terminal he or she chooses.
It's also ridiculous that the TSA can technically fine someone $11,000 for refusing to go through the security checkpoint. (Keep that in mind weary travelers when you're feeling frustrated and disgusted with the process and just want to say "fuck it" and walk out)
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