• more about #screening
    BeautifulAgony: Well, this just confirms my prior assumptions regarding the pointless frills of Blu-ray. Seems like yet another beta technology that has been foisted ... more »
    mrweatherbee: Why were you squirting at your TV?? Gross. more »
    Guy Whitey Corngood: I kind of gave up on this glorified pop-up video after the plane-pickup in Hong Kong. Does anyone who watched the whole thing know if Nolan was asked ... more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: Yeah, seriously. I was sitting around in my Robin tights expecting something exciting to happen but nothing did. more »
    discounteggroll: trucker bombs are not meant to be utilized outside of a moving vehicle. stay civilized people more »
    Derek Tishler: BD-Live...WE ARE LIVING THE FUTURE PEOPLE anyone who gives a shit about BD-Live has left the room. odd did it just get smarter in here? more »
    OMG! Ponies!: c_nolan has entered the room c_nolan: bored here. n e one interested in party?. c_hansen: a/s/l? c_nolan: 37/m in la. u? c_hansen: 17f (18 next mont... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: c_nolan has entered the room c_nolan: OK guys, stfu I was serious about cutting bak 2 gordon when 2face turns his face. stop saying 'wtf'. kaiser_mach... more »
    jabber: The man needs better bladder control. more »
    bana: Christ Nolan, of Batman... saying "lol" and "brb" like a 16 year old girl? I have either just lost a lot of respect for him, or just lost a lot of my ... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: You know, I'm pretty sure that bottles have been invented. He could have used that. more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I seriously lol'd at the picture. more »
  • #bdlive

    Dark Knight's Chris Nolan Event Shows BD-Live Is Not Quite Ready

    Chris Nolan just hosted the live, on-demand substitute for a Dark Knight commentary track last night. So why was I left unsatisfied after squinting at my TV for two and a half hours? More »
  • #security

    Z Portal Strip Searches Cars at the Border, Is No Tunnel of Love

    You know the recently deployed airport scanners that see through your clothes and show your bits 'n' pieces to some dude supposedly in a locked closet? Called backscatter, the tech been re-jiggered into a portal that cars crossing the border will have to drive through, allowing border agents to search your car without, you know, actually searching your car. The Z Portal will obviously strip-search anyone driving it, too, but a Customs spokesman swear it's less revealing than the staticky porn your dad used to watch on an old TV.Updated. More »
  • #precrime

    Homeland Security's 'Hostile Thoughts' Detection System Dubbed FAST, Not Pre-Crime

    The Department of Homeland Security's been researching a sensor system that tries to predict "hostile thoughts" in people remotely for a while, but it's just spoken up about developments and renamed the system "Future Attribute Screening Technologies," FAST, which sounds really non-intimidating. It was called "Project Hostile Intent." But check out the technology's supposed powers for a re-think on how intimidating it sounds: it remotely checks people's pulse rate, breathing patterns, skin temperature and momentary facial expressions to see if they're up to no good. More »