Comments on Outlandish Disguise Fools Airline Security
I'm not sure if disguises are getting better or people are becoming more desperate. (Read
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"Also, Johnny Cab made an appearance in Total Recall; recent headlines suggest that an autonomous taxi cab is indeed possible. See Google's Autonomous Robotic Car .
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(Bill Christensen 11/6/2010 2:03:17 PM)
"Just looks like good theatrical make up to me. Sherlock Holmes could have done as well on a zeppelin crossing the Atlantic."
(Blue Monkey 11/15/2010 1:28:29 PM)
"What I can't understand is how it was good enough to fool people up close, like the TSA people who are supposed to match your face to your passport, and so forth. That's a lot different from being able to 'fool' an audience that is fifty feet away."
(Bill Christensen 11/15/2010 6:05:48 PM)
Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
'Stasis, cold sleep, hibernation, hypothermia, reduced metabolism, call it what you will - the logistics-medicine research teams had found a way to stack people like cordwood and use them when needed.'
Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
'If the enemy persists in attacking or even intensifies their power, the density of the plasma in space will suddenly increase, causing it to reflect most of the incoming energy like a mirror.'