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People can make all kinds of noise, but unless people put their money where their mouth is and begin to put real economic pressure on the airlines, who would in turn pressure Washington to do something about the TSA, I don't want to hear it.

On the internet, no one can hear you scream.


FWIW, I've converted away from flying in all reasonably possible cases (e.g. short hauls) and instead rely on trains whenever feasible.

The only time you'll ever catch me on a flight is I'm crossing this continent (or getting off of it).


One form of economic pressure would be each person's civil disobedience and recognition of their rights. In the history of the world, it's these small incremental changes, and abolition of rights, that lead to complete and total change for the worse. Nazi Germany didn't happen over night.

My question is this:

Where do you draw the line?

When they make you strip completely naked in a private room and it takes 4 hours to get everyone through security?

When you are not allowed to carry ANY items on?

The full body radiation scanners does a little radiation but radiation damage to the DNA is cumulative.

If more and more people refused, this would be pressure for change.


If what you want is to organize by date taken, have a look at this ruby script: http://al3xandr3.github.com/2008/11/25/ruby-foto-organizer.h...


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dig +short txt $$.wp.dg.cx


Plz to keep your voice down.


To be perfectly blunt, the 'social' aspects of Amazon drive me up the wall. I really don't care what other people bought or thought.


Ok, but that's something which you can ignore. Is there anything lacking or annoying in the book buying process itself?


I shouldn't have to ignore anything. I'm there to buy books and cases of Cafe Bustelo, not to see what others are doing with their money or what others think of the coffee I'm buying.

The fact that there are reviews of 'five star' packages of diapers on Amazon is a little disturbing.

(Edited for spelling.)


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