Because you don't like the censoring country's government and you want to subvert their rule? Maybe you're another government yourself and you're willing to pay for this?
...since meditation posts are a recurring theme. this guy is a good speaker, as is vipassana the real deal. there are worse ways to spend and hour or two if this is something at interests you.
i agree that demanding perfect testing is ridiculous in most scenarios, especially when talking about human trials. however, that's not what i'm suggesting should happen. i also don't deny that the UCSF letter has a sensationalist or alarmist tone. i'm not touting their concerns, just suggesting it as a place that explains the difference between cosmic xrays and the xrays in these scanners. i guess my point is that it's very easy to mislead people that have no appreciation for these very real differences. glossing over details and nuance that have not yet been proven insignificant, and doing so with the goal of making concerned people stop asking questions about their own safety- that's not cool. when it's our own government it's even less cool.
there are so many issues swirling around this subject- privacy, security, safety, fear, "terror"... i guess i'm just wanting the science of the safety to be completely objective, open, reviewed, failsafes and failure modes known... all that jazz. as a member of the public it seems like these things were just thrown out there. the tsa is covering their butt by doing whatever is possible, a few scanner manufacturers are having a good year, and we're just supposed to leave it like that, keep calm, carry on... i can't say that makes me feel great.
the UCSF letter explains why this is not a valid comparison. the ambient radiation absorbed in flight and the radiation of the mwbs are not in the same part of the spectrum so they are not comparable using simple agregate statistics. the stopping power of your (or any) body is function of the energy of the incident radiation (or particle) and this not considered in the mrem comparison.
exactly. to a cynic, of which there are many in the younger population that tends not to vote in the US, "mostly works" can mean "doesn't work" (...so why bother?)
if you KNEW the system was perfect, that alone might be reason to participate.
The problem may be tricky, but surely it's worth solving and doing so publicly. Shouldn't this be doable?
Of all the things i would like to see well-intentioned billionaires do, funding a permanent mission to perfect voting is very high on the list. what greater gift to democracy than provable integrity of its atom?
You're making a joke, but this whole story does suggest that it might be good strategy to send a few "red flag" passengers along with the actual terrorist that is careful to appear as a "conforming" passenger. false positives hide real positives.
it does make you wonder to what extent such decoys have been accounted for in the overall security strategy.
in the video- the voice announcing the color of the piano keys should be pitched to match the notes on the keyboard. they're missing a huge music education/development opportunity.
um, there (should be) an app for that? the whole setup could probably bluetooth to a mobile device as a recorder. i might want to know it's dedicated, though. if the wheel is spinning, the unit is on and recording.
personally, there's a 5/7 chance a beautiful day reminder will make me grouchy before i even head out the door.
a weekend/holiday only option might be nice for us slaves.