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Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by waqf on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:02PM (#3673540)
Or have the background colour of the display changed, by contracting with the original suppliers for a few million more taxpayer dollars.
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Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by ars on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:06PM (#3673557)
It's not a color like in a webpage. It's a measure of how many x-rays were received by the scanner, and presumably the background and the object both look the same.

Making the person stand sideways would sort of work, but it wouldn't be hard to shift the flaps of an open jacket while turning.

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Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by huhtenberg on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:08PM (#3673565)
> have the background colour of the display changed

Have you thought this one through?

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Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by shingen on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:05PM (#3673553)
Don't be ridiculous.

Billion is the new million.

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Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by tibbon on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:09PM (#3673568)
Clearly, this will require a well paid committee and 5,000 page investigation.
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