Explosive smuggling

2001-12-28 Thread Nomen Nescio
At 04:46 PM 12/27/01 -0800, Tim May wrote: >Easy to imagine safer activators. A magnet arrangment, where an external >magnet pulls something. A dual activator system, where two switches must >be closed simultaneously, ampoules to be broken or pierced under the >skin, and so on. Yeah but then y

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2001-12-27 Thread Dr. Evil
> As for sniffers finding these things...the signals are already being > lost in the noise. Dogs can find certain kinds of explosives, but > are fooled by others. And the vapor emissions can be very, very low. > (Nothing is ever "zero" on a log scale, of course, but something > sealed inside a gla

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2001-12-27 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, December 27, 2001, at 02:34 PM, Anonymous wrote: >>> A good plastic (haha) surgeon might be able to implant 10lbs or more, > easily enough to bring down a plane. Breast implants would be the > obvious place to put it, because they certainly can't open up every > woman who wants to g

Explosive smuggling

2001-12-27 Thread Anonymous
>> A good plastic (haha) surgeon might be able to implant 10lbs or more, easily enough to bring down a plane. Breast implants would be the obvious place to put it, because they certainly can't open up every woman who wants to get on a plane with "augmentation" so what can you do? << 10 lbs can d

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2001-12-27 Thread Morlock Elloi
> High-speed trains are almost as much fun to blow up as planes, > and muckers can do that by blowing up the tracks without > even having to get on the train. This just means that the era of centralized transportation is nearing its end. There are multiple possible choices for the future (most

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2001-12-26 Thread Tim May
On Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at 05:53 PM, Dr. Evil wrote: >> What does airport 'security' do about those sneakers that >> flash upon heelstrike? > > They should be seized and destroyed by the fashion cops. A clear Title 7 violation in these unfree Beknighted States, as it is negros who wear

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2001-12-26 Thread Tim May
On Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at 05:44 PM, David Honig wrote: > > Was 'Reid' wearing Nikes? > As Osama told him, "Just do it!" > What does airport 'security' do about those sneakers that > flash upon heelstrike? > An ideal detonation device. "Walk softly and carry a big stick." "Clic

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2001-12-26 Thread Bill Stewart
At 01:53 AM 12/27/2001 +, Dr. Evil wrote: >The solution to this problem might be greater use of high-speed >trains, video conferencing, and other things to make air travel less >necessary. High-speed trains are almost as much fun to blow up as planes, and muckers can do that by blowing up the

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2001-12-26 Thread Dr. Evil
> No one has yet mentioned surgically implanted explosives. > You could carry more than a twat's worth. > You'd need a mechanical or chemical trigger to avoid > electronics-detection. Think: punch yourself 6 cm left > of the scar, to push the plunger. Yeah, there have definitely been cases o

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2001-12-26 Thread David Honig
At 11:49 PM 12/26/01 -, Dr. Evil wrote: >effective against drug smuggling. The risk is very real; a woman >could carry several pounds of explosives. "They" are aware of this >but there isn't much they can do right now. No one has yet mentioned surgically implanted explosives. You could ca

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2001-12-26 Thread Dr. Evil
> And the current monitoring systems... Do they work to detect the > presence of explosives in the physiological duct? No, not at all. There were a few articles on that grim subject pretty recently. Bottom line: There is no technology available today that would work in a practical way to do thi