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• Greg. Tingey commented on Travel tips
  Question for Charlie and Feorag. As I've said, I really, really don't care if the customs/immigration people of either sex get a look at my bollocks - that's THEIR problem. I would prefer it, since it is QUICKER, and I won't have to deal with terminally thick, aggressive little morons, who still want me to remove my woven nylon belt (Uh? WTF?) - I can just walk through, knowing I'm "clean". BUT How serious, really is the radiation hazard supposed to be? Is there any reliable on-line documentation about this? AND If it is really contrary to EUHCR Huminge rights...
• Feòrag commented on Travel tips
  I have absolutely no qualms with nudity - I object to the sneaky nature of the machines. But if I were to just take my clothes off and show them what they want to see, I'd be arrested because that would be indecent, yet somehow the machines aren't? Insisting on naturist flying would be both cheaper, and get rid of the religious bampots who are causing all the trouble. Until we get Neopaganist terrorists, of course... There is no pat-down option at UK airports that have the machines (currently Heathrow and Manchester). If selected for the scan, you must do...
• rgovrebo commented on Travel tips
  Short-haul flight 2: Norwegian They're cheap but not nasty, and they just bought a whole bunch of new 737s. The one time I've used them the only issue was not their fault - I was going out of Oslo on Sunday night after the cup final......
• bellinghman commented on Travel tips
  Your comparative power figures seem to have omitted one thing - that the 747 is going about 3 times the speed of the TGV. Which means that that 90MW peak power is equivalent to 30MW for the trainset, in terms of energy per kilometer. (I do prefer the view in the TGV, and shall be doing a few rides in the next fortnight.)...
• Charlie Stross commented on Travel tips
  If money is no object, why not buy a Macbook Air 11.6" and use Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on it? It's the size of a large netbook, feels like a solid lump of machined aluminium, runs off an SSD, and should run Windows 7 at least as well as the much more expensive ultralightweight high-end Sony Vaios. (And if you're feeling adventurous you can experiment with the Mac world later.) Main thing is, it's not only very rugged for something that weighs around 1Kg -- it's also very well-designed....