Re:The DHS's latest airport security device: Terahertz laser...
by droithomme on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @05:35PM
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Thanks for the correction. Yeah, 50ft or 50m both are pretty amazing claims. I want to see some third party reviews of how well this works with random substances and how often oregano becomes pot and cash is ID'd as cocaine residue, blood, nitroglycerin, or other random things. No references are provided to any of this though, yet it sounds like they ready to sell and deploy this without any public review or consent.
Re:The DHS's latest airport security device: Terahertz laser...
by pvnick on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @10:43AM
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Your comment comes off as critical and hostile, whereas I'm sure his mistake was just that - a mistake.
That's why you're getting downvoted. This isn't reddit.
Re:The DHS's latest airport security device: Terahertz laser...
by darklajid on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @04:07PM
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1) 'Comes off as' is more often than not wrong in a text based conversation where you don't know the other party. I didn't intend to nitpick, I wanted to emphasize 50m. 15m would be impressive, but 50m is just so much more unbelievable.
2) 'This isn't reddit' is a bullshit appendix for any comment. Thank you for helping me understand that the comment might be misunderstood. Let me return the favor by saying that your last sentence is (objective) useless or harmful, please avoid it.
Silent downvotes, how lovely. Why? For reference: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1194203/Terahertz.png
Unless they geo-locate me in Europe and s/feet/meter/ (how stupid would that be?) I fail to understand what the silent criticism is for.