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I wanna know how this kind of experiment actually works. > Bill: "Hey Joe, we're gonna do an experiment, and we need you to smuggle a chainsaw through airport

I wanna know how this kind of experiment actually works. > Bill: "Hey Joe, we're gonna do an experiment, and we need you to smuggle a chainsaw through airport security." > Joe: "All right. Hold my sign, I don't wanna lose it." > TSA: "Is this a chainsaw?" > Joe: "I'm a researcher, I swear." > TSA: "Likely story. FULL CAVITY SEARCH, FELLAS." > Bill: "Hmm, that didn't work. Next up, flamethrowers. Hey Frank..."

ejr 12y ago
They would have used their own machine in a controlled setting to ensure it's the machine they're testing, not the temperament of the TSA agents ...the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins plans to reveal their own results from months of testing that same model of scanner
- kmowery 12y ago
  That's correct. We have our own machine and tested it in a lab setting; we never attempted to smuggle contraband in the field.
- Jemaclus 12y ago
  Ah, that makes sense.
dmix 12y ago
The scanners are available outside of airports. The university could easily purchase one for study.
xanderstrike 12y ago
You could read the article, it's all there.
- Jemaclus 12y ago
  I could, but then my joke wouldn't work.. ah well. :)