Airport security meets science fiction


	Airport security meets science fiction

rmowery

9-18-2006 11:00 AM

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total recall, x-ray, airport, ge, checkpoint of the future

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9-19-2006 1:59 AM

RecordSage

There's something that'll get the interest in going to airports again. I wonder if they'll offer printouts of the x-ray to help offset the cost of the system. They should - I bet a bunch of people would buy them.

9-19-2006 4:45 AM

skwirlinator

I would

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