Comments on: Pornoscanner vendor accused of fraud, jailarity may ensue

By: northierthanthou

northierthanthou — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:17:00 +0000

Good to know all that time and dignity has been scarificed for, …um, nothing!

By: sqyntz

sqyntz — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000

karma is a b*tch

By: sqyntz

sqyntz — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:07:00 +0000

with any luck they’ll all be sterile

By: bill_mcgonigle

bill_mcgonigle — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:31:00 +0000

Terahertz *what*?

By: psulli

psulli — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:16:00 +0000

Or their one-time product idea of a rapiscanner which began with a short intervew by an analyst … that was called the Anal-Rapi-Scanner.

By: BillStewart2012

BillStewart2012 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:43:00 +0000

They named it that back before the TSA started sexually assaulting travellers who didn’t want to go through the rape-i-scan.

By: BillStewart2012

BillStewart2012 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:41:00 +0000

Three possibilities
- You were actually going through one of the terahertz microwave ones, not the X-rays
- The TSA agents were lying, either because they’d been trained to do it or figured it out themselves
- The TSA agents didn’t have a bloody clue, but had heard their superiors claim the new machines didn’t use radiation.

By: Chris Hershberger

Chris Hershberger — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:12:00 +0000

I am beside myself with both horror and uncontrollable laughter.

By: Bob Webb

Bob Webb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:59:00 +0000

Now that’s what I call ‘hiding your package’.

By: kmoser

kmoser — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:25:00 +0000

The scanners don’t use radiation. I know this because on two separate occasions, TSA agents have told me so.

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:25:00 +0000

Does this accusation have anything to do with (some) scanners being replaced last month?

By: Jonathan Eyler-Werve

Jonathan Eyler-Werve — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:37:00 +0000

Can we all enjoy a moment of appreciation for this happening to a company who’s name is verbalized as “Rape Scan”.

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:22:00 +0000

Cartoon characters. Can I choose Bugs Bunny? He always gets the cool lines.

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:07:00 +0000

You have 5 seconds to get naked.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:44:00 +0000

Their income basically guaranteed no matter what their name was. They could just go with whatever was cheapest.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:44:00 +0000

Welcome to three years ago.

By: Sprayah

Sprayah — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:03:00 +0000

“I had a guaranteed government sale with the Rapiscan 209. Renovation program. Spare parts for 25 years. Who cares if it worked or not?” – Dick Jones

By: Robert Drop

Robert Drop — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:32:00 +0000

Just be sure to pronounce it properly: “Rape-y-scan.”

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:55:00 +0000

Did Charles Dickens name the company? is all I have to add.

By: mccrum

mccrum — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:18:00 +0000

Those are the guys I feel bad for as well. They’re just trying to do their job while these black boxes emit levels that someone at some point said were safe. Meanwhile the X-ray guy goes behind the wall to flip the switch at the dentist…

By: Velocirapt42

Velocirapt42 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:13:00 +0000

I always opt for the full-contact pat-down. Not because of naked-scan issues but because of these-things-never-get-calibrated issues. So I stand there while a woman wearing rubber gloves pats around my thighs and breasts. While they’ve never been anything but professional about it, it’s good to know I chose the less porn-y version of the options.

By: Mark_Frauenfelder

Mark_Frauenfelder — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Dear Goddess of Schadenfreude, Please make sure Michael Chertoff gets imprisoned because of this.

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:57:00 +0000

You’re not alone.

By: corydodt

corydodt — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:54:00 +0000

The epithet “pornoscanner” is actually benign compared to calling their devices “Rapiscanners”.

(Seriously, they couldn’t stick a fucking “d” in there?)

By: nmcvaugh

nmcvaugh — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Gotcha – thanks.

By: That_Anonymous_Coward

That_Anonymous_Coward — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:41:00 +0000

Did you ever find yourself unsure which asshole to root for?
DHS or the profiteers…. sigh
decisions decisions…

By: Trevel

Trevel — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:38:00 +0000

I’d always assumed that that was a fake name used to insult them. Like “Sheeple”, “Demon-crats” “Repugnantcans” and the like.

At least there’s some truth in advertising now.

By: Mordicai

Mordicai — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:37:00 +0000

I, in fact, always assumed that “Rapiscan” was a parody name, & was always uncomfortable about the appropriation of the term “rape.”

The fact that it actually is their name– well, insert the .gif of “mind blown” of your choice here.

By: scav

scav — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:36:00 +0000

No, I came here to say the same. You beat me to it.

By: nowimnothing

nowimnothing — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:36:00 +0000

Since this is in a section about an earlier mistake, not the current one, I assume it is right, just pointing out that they have a record of screwing up the tests even when the results made them look bad.

They reported radiation levels 10x greater than expected due to the error. In reality they were the expected radiation levels.