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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    Image someone standing in line swaying to the iTunes, and getting a cavity search for choosing such a rocking beat.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    Let's see. On the one hand, we've got an Al Qaeda operative who's trained to blend in under any circumstances. On the other, the overly-paranoid lady who doesn't like folks getting in her personal space. She also carries Purell in a holster.

    I wonder which person is going to get caught by this.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    This is just getting rediculously out of hand. If they start monitoring my bio signs and other things I will not ever fly again. That is a massive invasion of privacy. Just by being to able to pick up breathing and heart rate you can tell if somebody has diseases or other conditions.

    As for the balance board, cool idea, but I see it yielding a lot of false positives. I have a bad ankle and I need to shift my weight around and move it around a little if I'm standing for a long time.

    All that being said, it shouldn't be more terrifying to come back into the US than going around in Mexico for a week. I'm more nervous about going through security at an airport than the actual flying.
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    Image of m9105826 m9105826
    10/12/09

    @bagellord: How'd you get that bad ankle? Probably by plotting dirty bombs and... building... terrorism. Yeah...
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/12/09

    @m9105826: That and breaking it when I was in 4th grade
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    Image of dhuff dhuff
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    "nervous fidgeting/weight-shifting" ? How about "impatient, why-the-hell-a-I being subjected to this nonsensical crap" weight-shifting ?! :P
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    Image of OgreNUT OgreNUT
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    I know other won't agree with me, but I've always been a believer that if you've got nothing to hide, then this type of screening shouldn't bother you.
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/12/09

    @OgreNUT: Except when it take longer to get through security than the actual flight. That's when it bothers me.
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    Image of witeowl witeowl
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    How stupid are these people? I can train for better balance. Without a baseline, a balance test is worthless.

    Beyond that, are we really considering testing for temperature, breathing, and fidgeting? What if I just think the screener is hot? They'd haul me off for more screening while the well-trained and calm martyr is whisked on board.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    this is bullshit. One of my legs is slightly longer than the other, so I am ALWAYS shifting my weight. Seriously, this isn't security, this is paranoia.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/12/09

    In reply to Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
    I will fail this (and I am not a terrorist) because every time I fly I am a nerveous wreck, CERTAIN that I am about to go to my death. I guess I have lots of full cavity/strip searches to look forward to.
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    Image of bender123 bender123
    10/12/09

    @Curves: No kidding! They might as well have somebody snapping on the latex gloves every time you step on and tell you, in a reassuring voice, to relax.
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    Image of sharkync sharkync
    10/12/09

    @Curves:

    But we are keeping the children safe - so no matter what we are told, we will blindly accept it.
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    10/12/09

    @sharkync: Baaaahhh, baaaahhh, SAVE THE CHILDREN!, baaaahhh, bahhhh.

    *munches on some grass*
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/12/09

    @sharkync: Whether or not your children are safe depends entirely on which TSA Agent gets to Cavity Search them...
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/01/09

    In reply to On October 4, You Can Lose $20 and a Few Pounds on the Wii Fit Plus
    Did Nintendo make Brian's Mii for him... Jesus Christ! My Mii doesn't even remotely look like me... you'd think since the whole Mario thing you'd be able to make an Italian fairly decently!
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    Image of lanion lanion
    09/01/09

    In reply to On October 4, You Can Lose $20 and a Few Pounds on the Wii Fit Plus
    WiiFit helped get me into exercising regularly... I only played it for about a month then sold it, but only because I joined a yoga club, did P90X, and am now about to run a marathon.

    I think its a good stepping stone.
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    09/01/09

    @lanion: I think it's a lousy stepping stone, as they are about 90 bucks a pop. That'd be one damned expensive walkway!
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    Image of lanion lanion
    09/01/09

    @DeusExMach believes you have his stapler:

    well you could sell wii fits for the same price you bought them a year ago.
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    Image of Jux Jux
    09/01/09

    In reply to On October 4, You Can Lose $20 and a Few Pounds on the Wii Fit Plus
    Haven't tried Wii Fit yet, but I found that changing to a healthier diet and getting off my ass helped me lose 30 lbs in four months and get a BMI that's healthier than Chen's.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    09/01/09

    @Jux: That's actually Lam, not Chen.
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    09/01/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I'm new here and still get BLam confused. That, and I didn't read the last line of the article.

    Now that I think about it, my post as a whole was pretty pretentious. I really meant that I'd love to try out Fit sometime ... I've gotten really into being a healthier person, and I'm down for any type of interactive technology that could be a part of that.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    06/03/09

    In reply to 5 Things That Should've Been at E3 But Weren't
    Actually if you buy the $200 arcade bundle you get a discounted (refurbished) 20GB and 1 year live for $30. Way worth it to me, and it'll cost $70 less than the next-highest SKU.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/03/09

    In reply to 5 Things That Should've Been at E3 But Weren't
    I figured the Zune would be more of a CES type product.
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    Image of nukee nukee
    06/03/09

    In reply to 5 Things That Should've Been at E3 But Weren't
    I can see the cost savings in cutting down the size of the PS3. But I hate when people argue that it's just too big. It's a console, I'm not hauling it around with me everywhere I go.
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    06/03/09

    @nukee: It would have been fine with me if they made it look like the rest of my home theater components.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    06/03/09

    In reply to 5 Things That Should've Been at E3 But Weren't
    I was really surprised by the lack of Zune information as well. I kept waiting for it during the MS press conference but it never happened.
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