Comments on: Filmi star claims Heathrow security guards printed and circulated naked pictures from body-scanners http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 14:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709650 Ocker3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709650 I'm sorry adambowie #9, even people who are famous (perhaps even internationally) get bum treatment if they're the wrong colour and haven't called ahead. Just look at BoingBoing's archives to find evidence of this, how many times people have gotten treated Horribly by customs/immigration/airport security. I’m sorry adambowie #9, even people who are famous (perhaps even internationally) get bum treatment if they’re the wrong colour and haven’t called ahead. Just look at BoingBoing’s archives to find evidence of this, how many times people have gotten treated Horribly by customs/immigration/airport security.

]]> By: loraksus http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709906 loraksus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709906 As far as I know, hair is transparent in backscatter imaging, so the first pic on Hagrid | #6 's link is fake. So, you know... if we had an actual pic, we could tell. As far as I know, hair is transparent in backscatter imaging, so the first pic on Hagrid | #6 ‘s link is fake.

So, you know… if we had an actual pic, we could tell.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709656 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709656 I agree he invented the story for PR reasons, but the airport's denial is equally implausible: 'However, a BAA spokeswoman said the claims were “completely factually incorrect” because the body-scanning equipment had no capability to print images. She stressed that images captured by the equipment could not be stored or distributed in any form.' Of course that's nonsense, because anything that appears on a screen can be "stored or distributed" if someone takes a picture of it, just as any "streaming" audio that comes out of speakers can be captures, recorded, re-distributed, etc... I agree he invented the story for PR reasons, but the airport’s denial is equally implausible:

‘However, a BAA spokeswoman said the claims were “completely factually incorrect” because the body-scanning equipment had no capability to print images. She stressed that images captured by the equipment could not be stored or distributed in any form.’

Of course that’s nonsense, because anything that appears on a screen can be “stored or distributed” if someone takes a picture of it, just as any “streaming” audio that comes out of speakers can be captures, recorded, re-distributed, etc…

]]> By: PC http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709662 PC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709662 Heathrow are denying it: http://ow.ly/15PK6 Heathrow are denying it: http://ow.ly/15PK6

]]> By: xaxa http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709663 xaxa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709663 LX, are you suggesting the film won't be shown in the UK? Google Movies <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/movies?hl=en&near=london&sort=1&mid=315ce6650a5bc6ba&ei=ealyS9GYE4b00gTxqdSnCw&date=0">gives times for screenings</a>. Posting fabricated Big Brother nonsense doesn't help your argument. LX, are you suggesting the film won’t be shown in the UK? Google Movies gives times for screenings.

Posting fabricated Big Brother nonsense doesn’t help your argument.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709667 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709667 Hagrid, Ha! Good one :) Hagrid,

Ha! Good one :)

]]> By: nottzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709687 nottzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709687 Err.. Sorry to break it to everyone but if you saw the show on Friday (Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, on BBC 1), you would be aware that he was clearly joking! The end of the show saw him riding a mechanical bull whilst clutching a vibrating dumbbell in each hand. Hilarious show? Yes. The right place to reveal shocking security secrets regarding airport scanners? No. Satire, people! Err.. Sorry to break it to everyone but if you saw the show on Friday (Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, on BBC 1), you would be aware that he was clearly joking!

The end of the show saw him riding a mechanical bull whilst clutching a vibrating dumbbell in each hand. Hilarious show? Yes. The right place to reveal shocking security secrets regarding airport scanners? No.

Satire, people!

]]> By: magnus http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709692 magnus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709692 cory falling for this rubbish? meh. cory falling for this rubbish? meh.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-710207 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710207 There's a much bigger story about Shah Rukh Khan in the news right now. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8507853.stm">Shah Rukh Khan cricket row: More than 1,100 arrested</a> <blockquote>Police in India have arrested more than 1,100 people following protests against a Bollywood film. They were prompted by comments from its star, Shah Rukh Khan, regretting that no Pakistan cricketers were picked for next month's IPL cricket tournament. Hindu hardline party Shiv Sena reacted angrily, vowing to disrupt screenings of My Name is Khan, due out on Friday.</blockquote> There’s a much bigger story about Shah Rukh Khan in the news right now.

Shah Rukh Khan cricket row: More than 1,100 arrested

Police in India have arrested more than 1,100 people following protests against a Bollywood film. They were prompted by comments from its star, Shah Rukh Khan, regretting that no Pakistan cricketers were picked for next month’s IPL cricket tournament. Hindu hardline party Shiv Sena reacted angrily, vowing to disrupt screenings of My Name is Khan, due out on Friday.

]]> By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709722 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709722 I don't think Cory's fallen for anything. The clue is in the word "claim" seen in both the body of the post and the headline. I don’t think Cory’s fallen for anything. The clue is in the word “claim” seen in both the body of the post and the headline.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709747 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709747 nottzilla's totally on point. It's extra-juicy satire because many conservative desis have made a HUGE deal about these scanners and privacy concerns; plus, SRK is immensely popular in Bollywood. It's meant to titilate the naive and make the rest of us laugh. nottzilla’s totally on point. It’s extra-juicy satire because many conservative desis have made a HUGE deal about these scanners and privacy concerns; plus, SRK is immensely popular in Bollywood. It’s meant to titilate the naive and make the rest of us laugh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709763 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709763 Nods (sigh)... anything that conflicts w/the, "Us vs. Them," programming is ultimately passed over for wider distribution. Nods (sigh)… anything that conflicts w/the, “Us vs. Them,” programming is ultimately passed over for wider distribution.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709809 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709809 And yet, I kind of want it to be true. Khan is pretty hot. I'm so going to hell. And yet, I kind of want it to be true. Khan is pretty hot. I’m so going to hell.

]]> By: dr80085 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709568 dr80085 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709568 I don't believe a word of his story. It's just a crafty way to be allowed to tell the world what a mighty schlong he has. I don’t believe a word of his story. It’s just a crafty way to be allowed to tell the world what a mighty schlong he has.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709569 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709569 "(Thanks, Drew!)" You're welcome! :) “(Thanks, Drew!)”

You’re welcome! :)

]]> By: Hagrid http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709571 Hagrid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709571 Pictures or it didn't happen. Pictures or it didn’t happen.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709577 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709577 <i>It's just a crafty way to be allowed to tell the world what a mighty schlong he has.</i> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6161691.stm">Um....er....well...</a> It’s just a crafty way to be allowed to tell the world what a mighty schlong he has.

Um….er….well…

]]> By: LX http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709578 LX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709578 I find another part of this story more interesting: that Khan came to the UK to promote his new movie "My Name Is Khan", in which an indian muslim tries to convince western people that he is not a terrorist - and that it will probably not be presented. Of course, this bollywood love message would conflict with the current witch-hunt of terrorists everywhere, so there you are. Greetings, LX I find another part of this story more interesting: that Khan came to the UK to promote his new movie “My Name Is Khan”, in which an indian muslim tries to convince western people that he is not a terrorist – and that it will probably not be presented.

Of course, this bollywood love message would conflict with the current witch-hunt of terrorists everywhere, so there you are.

Greetings, LX

]]> By: Hagrid http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709584 Hagrid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709584 Check his scan pictures out here: http://site.scannerporn.com/ (Be sure to click though to the sign up page!) Check his scan pictures out here: http://site.scannerporn.com/
(Be sure to click though to the sign up page!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709604 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709604 I am sure he said this on Friday night with Johnathon Ross (talk show in the UK) He was just joking around with the presenter I am sure he said this on Friday night with Johnathon Ross (talk show in the UK) He was just joking around with the presenter

]]> By: noah http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709860 noah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709860 If Cory had understood the story, he would have used the word "jokes" or "kids" or "jests" in the headline, instead of the word "claims". As written it seems that Cory is under the impression that Khan is making a factual claim that an actual event occurred. As opposed to telling a joke, which is what he was, in fact, doing. If Cory had understood the story, he would have used the word “jokes” or “kids” or “jests” in the headline, instead of the word “claims”. As written it seems that Cory is under the impression that Khan is making a factual claim that an actual event occurred.

As opposed to telling a joke, which is what he was, in fact, doing.

]]> By: Matt J http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709613 Matt J Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709613 I don't believe this. The idea that they would have a printer hooked up to these things is laughable. If someone were circulating photos it would be on a mobile phone. I don’t believe this. The idea that they would have a printer hooked up to these things is laughable. If someone were circulating photos it would be on a mobile phone.

]]> By: adambowie http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709620 adambowie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709620 Khan related this story on The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC1 on Friday where he was a guest. He claimed that a group of girls got hold of printouts which he then signed. I just don't see that in a million years they're going to have these machines hooked up to printers given the very real sensitivities. And like or not, celebrities tend to get good service at Heathrow (the only British airport yet to fit these as I understand it). Finally, you don't get scanned on the way *into* the UK, only out. Since these machines have only recently been fitted, unless he be's been jetting in and out of the UK quite a bit, he simply won't have had the opportunity yet. If you're in the UK (or at least you can make you computer think you're in the UK), you can hear him tell this story here until this Friday: http://bbc.co.uk/i/qn04k/ Khan related this story on The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC1 on Friday where he was a guest.

He claimed that a group of girls got hold of printouts which he then signed. I just don’t see that in a million years they’re going to have these machines hooked up to printers given the very real sensitivities.

And like or not, celebrities tend to get good service at Heathrow (the only British airport yet to fit these as I understand it).

Finally, you don’t get scanned on the way *into* the UK, only out. Since these machines have only recently been fitted, unless he be’s been jetting in and out of the UK quite a bit, he simply won’t have had the opportunity yet.

If you’re in the UK (or at least you can make you computer think you’re in the UK), you can hear him tell this story here until this Friday: http://bbc.co.uk/i/qn04k/

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/filmi-star-claims-he.html#comment-709621 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709621 Does he suddenly rip off his shirt to reveal a superman outfit and begin dancing with a girl with a frizzy perm? Does he suddenly rip off his shirt to reveal a superman outfit and begin dancing with a girl with a frizzy perm?

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