from a mailing list I’m on: Dag Spicer, Archivist at the Computer
History Museum, informs me that they have obtained permission from MIT
and WGBH to post a 1964 TV episode of John Fitch, Science Reporter,
featuring MIT’s CTSS time-sharing system and an interview with MIT
Professor Fernando J Corbato.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk

This film was made available by Professor Morna Findlay of Edinburgh
University. According to mail from Corby, the movie was taped on 3″
magnetic tape on May 9, 1963 and aired on WGBH-TV on May 16, 1963.
(More information on CTSS at http://www.multicians.org/thvv/7094.html
)

Apparently Airport Scanners Can Store & Transmit Images. So the TSA is not only incompetent. they are liars? 

Subject: Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images
from http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/airport-scanners/

Contrary to previous public statements made by the Transportation Security Administration about fully-body airport scanners, the devices do have the ability to store and transmit images, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The documents, which include technical specifications and vendor contracts, indicate that the TSA requires vendors to provide equipment that can store and send images of screened passengers when in testing mode, according to CNN, which viewed the documents.

The TSA has stated publicly on its web site, in videos and in statements to the press that images cannot be stored on the machines and that images are deleted from the scanners once an airport operator has examined them. The administration has also insisted that the machines are incapable of sending images.

But a TSA official acknowledged to CNN that the machines do have these capabilities when set to “test mode.”

The official said these functions are disabled before the machines are delivered to airports and that there is no way for screeners in airports to put the machines into test mode to enable the functions. The official, however, would not elaborate on what specific protections, if any, are in place to prevent airport personnel from putting the machines in test mode.

The TSA also asserts that the machines are not networked, so they cannot be accessed by hackers.

Apparently Airport Scanners Can Store & Transmit Images. So the TSA is not only incompetent. they are liars? 

Subject: Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images
from http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/airport-scanners/

Contrary to previous public statements made by the Transportation Security Administration about fully-body airport scanners, the devices do have the ability to store and transmit images, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The documents, which include technical specifications and vendor contracts, indicate that the TSA requires vendors to provide equipment that can store and send images of screened passengers when in testing mode, according to CNN, which viewed the documents.

The TSA has stated publicly on its web site, in videos and in statements to the press that images cannot be stored on the machines and that images are deleted from the scanners once an airport operator has examined them. The administration has also insisted that the machines are incapable of sending images.

But a TSA official acknowledged to CNN that the machines do have these capabilities when set to “test mode.”

The official said these functions are disabled before the machines are delivered to airports and that there is no way for screeners in airports to put the machines into test mode to enable the functions. The official, however, would not elaborate on what specific protections, if any, are in place to prevent airport personnel from putting the machines in test mode.

The TSA also asserts that the machines are not networked, so they cannot be accessed by hackers.

Apparently Airport Scanners Can Store & Transmit Images. So the TSA is not only incompetent. they are liars? 

Subject: Airport Scanners Can Store, Transmit Images
from http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/airport-scanners/

Contrary to previous public statements made by the Transportation Security Administration about fully-body airport scanners, the devices do have the ability to store and transmit images, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The documents, which include technical specifications and vendor contracts, indicate that the TSA requires vendors to provide equipment that can store and send images of screened passengers when in testing mode, according to CNN, which viewed the documents.

The TSA has stated publicly on its web site, in videos and in statements to the press that images cannot be stored on the machines and that images are deleted from the scanners once an airport operator has examined them. The administration has also insisted that the machines are incapable of sending images.

But a TSA official acknowledged to CNN that the machines do have these capabilities when set to “test mode.”

The official said these functions are disabled before the machines are delivered to airports and that there is no way for screeners in airports to put the machines into test mode to enable the functions. The official, however, would not elaborate on what specific protections, if any, are in place to prevent airport personnel from putting the machines in test mode.

The TSA also asserts that the machines are not networked, so they cannot be accessed by hackers.

Watch the second video with side-by-side video… 

I randomly selected one of the folks who follow my "fan page" over at Facebook: www.facebook.com/jasoncalacanis 

This KFC commercial is mind blowing in its insensitivity and cluelessness.

From the Mahalo topic page: "Australia's Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) apologized over a commercial after receiving complaints that it was racist in January 2010. The commercial featured a Caucasian cricket fan seated in the midst of West Indian cricket fans who were dancing in their seats and playing steel drums. The white man in the commercial says, "Need a tip when your stuck in an awkward situation?" He then passes the West Indian people a bucket of KFC chicken. The people around him take the fried chicken and become suddenly quiet. He then says, "Too easy." The commercial is for "KFC's Crowd Pleaser," which is a "Backyard Bucket" special including a bucket of chicken and side dishes.3 Those who were offended by the KFC commercial complained that it depicts the stereotype that black people like fried chicken."