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| schestowitz | "Don't be too worried about the libel. People can see what's lies and what's not. The attacks on you confirm to people that you're effective." | Aug 22 08:24 |
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| schestowitz | http://identi.ca/notice/81328611 | Aug 22 18:04 |
| schestowitz | hmm..,. works now | Aug 22 18:04 |
| TechrightsSocial | @Kuro Sawai (kuro)'s status on Monday, 22-Aug-11 08:48:32 UTC - Identi.ca: @schestowitz your puppylinux posting URL gave an error message 403 (access forbidden) - do you have any clue why? - wasn't it just a review? | Aug 22 18:04 |
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| schestowitz | hmmm... reusing code... | Aug 22 19:37 |
| schestowitz | "I have a quick question. Do you have pointers to or code that for each point on the GMDS'd surface plots a gray level or red level that is equal to the sum of its distortion from the rest of the points? I also have been looking for geodesic_circle..." | Aug 22 19:37 |
| schestowitz | I sort of left the cyrus project aside for now | Aug 22 19:37 |
| schestowitz | I have resent the query regarding file permission to the server's admin (for more GMDS code) and have asked a collague for a pointer so as to prevent rewriting of code which already exists. | Aug 22 20:21 |
| schestowitz | *colleague | Aug 22 20:21 |
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| schestowitz | Just read up on these issues.... | Aug 22 22:32 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_microtomography | Aug 22 22:32 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: X-ray microtomography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 51.08 KB | Aug 22 22:32 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRI#MRI_versus_CT | Aug 22 22:32 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Magnetic resonance imaging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 250.39 KB | Aug 22 22:32 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_computed_tomography#Adverse_effects | Aug 22 22:32 |
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| schestowitz | I wonder why MRI is still not the favoured modality and I guess that contrast in tissue is one of the advantages of x-ray. Here at the airport everyone now has to get full-body x-ray scan. I always wonder how they set the intensity, but exposure time is 7 seconds flat. | Aug 22 22:34 |
| MinceR | because it's expensive? :> | Aug 22 22:34 |
| MinceR | WP also says MRI is more likely to suffer from motion artifacts | Aug 22 22:35 |
| schestowitz | true | Aug 22 22:36 |
| schestowitz | But is can get many images per second | Aug 22 22:36 |
| schestowitz | Like heartbeats in motion | Aug 22 22:36 |
| schestowitz | I just wodner... | Aug 22 22:37 |
| MinceR | as for airport scans, i suspect they crank up the intensity until they find the image easy to interpret | Aug 22 22:37 |
| schestowitz | Why does GE insist on CT? | Aug 22 22:37 |
| MinceR | i suspect it's for historical reasons | Aug 22 22:37 |
| schestowitz | I mean, it's the same Edison troll company which told us Fukushima was safe.. | Aug 22 22:37 |
| schestowitz | Using nuclear stuff a lot | Aug 22 22:37 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: I suspect so too | Aug 22 22:37 |
| schestowitz | I think MRI is expensive also because getting magnets that size is hard | Aug 22 22:37 |
| MinceR | sounds reasonable | Aug 22 22:38 |
| schestowitz | That's what I was told anyway | Aug 22 22:38 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: in the airport, perhaps some pessengers can save them the trouble and get naked | Aug 22 22:38 |
| MinceR | also, afaik MRI gets very dangerous if you have metal objects in you | Aug 22 22:38 |
| schestowitz | In some changing room-like chamber | Aug 22 22:38 |
| MinceR | or on your person | Aug 22 22:38 |
| schestowitz | To avoid x-ray altogether | Aug 22 22:38 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: yes, but they check carefully what enters the room | Aug 22 22:39 |
| schestowitz | And ask if you have metals in your body | Aug 22 22:39 |
| schestowitz | and you fill out forms | Aug 22 22:39 |
| schestowitz | I got MRI doneon my twice for my mate's experiments | Aug 22 22:39 |
| MinceR | what if the terrorists just claim they have pacemakers? | Aug 22 22:39 |
| schestowitz | *done on me | Aug 22 22:40 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: give them xray | Aug 22 22:40 |
| schestowitz | that's what it's for | Aug 22 22:40 |
| schestowitz | a legacy contingency | Aug 22 22:40 |
| MinceR | ic | Aug 22 22:40 |
| schestowitz | the US has more options than us | Aug 22 22:41 |
| schestowitz | As much as we ridicule the TSA | Aug 22 22:41 |
| MinceR | maybe they'll come up with MRI eventually so they can sell those too | Aug 22 22:41 |
| schestowitz | Nobody here talks about the fascism at Manchester Airpor | Aug 22 22:41 |
| schestowitz | What next? Give us your shoes and enter the 'showers'? | Aug 22 22:41 |
| MinceR | :> | Aug 22 22:41 |
| MinceR | what's going on at Manchester Airport? | Aug 22 22:41 |
| schestowitz | obligatory x-ray | Aug 22 22:42 |
| schestowitz | and if yuou move they do it again | Aug 22 22:42 |
| MinceR | backscatter? | Aug 22 22:42 |
| schestowitz | yes | Aug 22 22:42 |
| MinceR | so there's no manual alternative there, like in the US? | Aug 22 22:42 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray | Aug 22 22:43 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Backscatter X-ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 141.21 KB | Aug 22 22:43 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: no, I asked twice | Aug 22 22:43 |
| MinceR | ic | Aug 22 22:43 |
| schestowitz | Before they had it done on me | Aug 22 22:43 |
| schestowitz | I asked different people, too | Aug 22 22:44 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Backscatter_large.jpg | Aug 22 22:44 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: File:Backscatter large.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 23.69 KB | Aug 22 22:44 |
| schestowitz | They ask you to raise your hands like this, like "Officer, I swear, me did nuthin' | Aug 22 22:44 |
| MinceR | i wonder if the distortion of the face is characteristic of the entire scan or it's to make the image somewhat anonymized | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | then the guy presses a button | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | And it irradiates you | Aug 22 22:45 |
| MinceR | if it's the former, what makes them think they'll find hidden items? :> | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: they only care about your junk | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | Notyour face | Aug 22 22:45 |
| MinceR | :> | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | Later they grin at you | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | They see it in full colour | Aug 22 22:45 |
| schestowitz | I reckon Manc Airport is the key experiment that phases it in | Aug 22 22:46 |
| schestowitz | The US does stagd introduction | Aug 22 22:46 |
| schestowitz | Maybe they too will have it in all aiports to make the makers of it (with connection in government, for rigged contracts) rich(Er) | Aug 22 22:47 |
| schestowitz | And.. | Aug 22 22:47 |
| schestowitz | Then the US will sell it to US-wannabes likew Orban | Aug 22 22:47 |
| schestowitz | So the point is, air travel is universal | Aug 22 22:47 |
| MinceR | i'm not sure if there will be interest for it here | Aug 22 22:47 |
| schestowitz | Get ready for this to become standard, if the fascist x-ray zealots deceive enough politicians | Aug 22 22:47 |
| MinceR | it also depends on how long until nobody except his flunkies can afford to fly at all and yet stays in the country | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | All this to 'save' us from another udnerwar 'bomber' | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | Whose death toll is.... | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | 0 | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | zilch | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | How many will die fromt he x-ray | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | Like dozens of airplanes crashing | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_computed_tomography#Adverse_effects | Aug 22 22:48 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: X-ray computed tomography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .::. Size~: 156.92 KB | Aug 22 22:48 |
| schestowitz | There's a recent study | Aug 22 22:49 |
| schestowitz | Says tens of thousands die every year | Aug 22 22:49 |
| schestowitz | It does make you wonder how many lives it saves that MRI could not help save instead | Aug 22 22:49 |
| schestowitz | thw whole industry is rigged | Aug 22 22:51 |
| schestowitz | Everyone should be upset | Aug 22 22:51 |
| schestowitz | And saving life is BS to them, they justw antn to sell more machines, making them cheaply and selling some lousy backscatter machine for $0.5-2ml apiece | Aug 22 22:52 |
| schestowitz | it's about sales, no security | Aug 22 22:52 |
| schestowitz | I say, the lobbyists who push these machines should make their case by going into one of these machines for a month with some food and water | Aug 22 22:53 |
| schestowitz | Then came out and say, "see? Nothing harmful." | Aug 22 22:53 |
| schestowitz | Then I don't think we'll have many lobbyists like these anymore | Aug 22 22:53 |
| schestowitz | Well, at least not those who did lobby if you know what I mean... | Aug 22 22:53 |
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