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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Galemp on February 19, 2005, 04:13:45 pm
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Get "snippy" with an airlines' ticket agent and you may never see your luggage again.
That's the experience of Dr. Esha Khoshnu, a New Jersey psychiatrist traveling to San Diego to attend a conference.
While changing planes in Phoenix, Khoshnu got testy at a Mesa Airlines ticket counter, reports KGTV news, saying, "If I had a bomb, you wouldn't find it."
The Transportation Security Administration described Khoshnu as acting "mouthy and snippy," according to KGTV.
The bomb comment touched off a security scare and FBI officials were dispatched to question Khoshnu, who was subsequently detained long enough to miss her flight.
Her suitcase, however, got past security and was loaded onto the America West jet.
When Mesa Airlines Flight 6264 landed at Lindbergh Field in San Diego the pilot was instructed to taxi to a remote area of the airport where some 35 passengers were taken off the plane and escorted onto two buses, reports City News Service.
"When we landed and quickly did a U-turn on the runway, I was like, 'They never do that.' Then, all the cars started coming and it was obvious that it was for our plane. That was the scary part," one passenger told KGTV.
City News Service reports members of the San Diego Fire Department's bomb squad searched the plane but found no explosives. Next, they removed Khoshnu's suitcase and inspected it in an open area on the grounds of the airport.
Although they found nothing suspicious, authorities blew up the bag with an explosive charge and then doused it with water.
Khoshnu was eventually released and allowed to board a later flight to San Diego. KGTV reports the Assistant U.S. Attorney in Phoenix decided her actions did not merit charges.
...and I am not making this up.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42930
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Put her on the no fly list! She might be dangerous!!
Seriously though, it was a rather stupid thing to say.
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This is racial profiling! I will not stand for this!
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Is this sex-change a natural phenomenon among Vasudans?
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Yeah, they're just like the earthbound fish that change gender.
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Well, Vasuda Prime won't apparently be getting any fishes for a while now.... :lol:
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You do realise she's gonna call in a Sobek and Beam their arses now ;)
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Why a Sobek when you could get a frickin' Hatshepsut to do the same?
Ah! There are Bush's WMDs!
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reminds me of Meet the Parents
Focker: It's not like I have a bomb.
Security: Arrest him!
Focker: I said it's not like I have a bomb.
Security: You said bomb on an airplane. You can't do that.
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:wtf:
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Heh, must be Hammer Of Light!
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They should have searched her for the tatoo!
*hides his*
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and Koshnu said, "Bu-bubu-bu-ba-papuh!"
*then goes and slaps every TA Security guarg upside there headz.
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Originally posted by deep_eyes
*then goes and slaps every TA Security guarg upside there headz.
Whether or not they deserve a slapping depends on the question asked of Khonsu. If it was something along the lines of, "Are you carrying any bombs, assault weaponry, or nuclear-based explosive devices with which you plan on staging a hijacking or terrorist attack?" then, yes, the TA deserves a slapping. :p
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What's a Vasudan?
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http://dynamic6.gamespy.com/~freespace/fsdoc/index.php?pagename=Vasudans
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I wonder how the Vasudan, not a US resident, got a plane ticket, or even a green card.
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This whole is inaccurate: The Vasudan emperor is spelt as Khonsu, not Khoshnu.
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You mean it;s not really the Vasudan emperor?
:eek:
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No, no, it's some psychiatrist. I never said it was Khonsu.
*wonders how Clave got here without knowing what a Vasudan is*
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*thinks Clave is kidding*
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We should Wiki Vasudans and Shivans... Educate the world. :yes:
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
http://dynamic6.gamespy.com/~freespace/fsdoc/index.php?pagename=Vasudans
They're already in the wikipedia under the Freespace entry, if that's what you mean. :p The guidelines for adding stuff to it is massive... :shaking:
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Originally posted by Galemp
No, no, it's some psychiatrist. I never said it was Khonsu.
*wonders how Clave got here without knowing what a Vasudan is*
I could register and post in a Star Trek forum without knowing anything about the universe.
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I came here when Warpstorm was shut. Just one of those things really, like turning left instead of right and discovering a wormhole in the fabric of reality...
I am a fan of Volition though, from the Summoner and Red Faction days, but know nothing at all about Freespace - and will never get to play it, which is a shame because it seems like an interesting game...
'So why hang out here?' I hear you say. 'Just because' I reply...
So that's it
*goes back to lurking*
;)
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*agrees with Top Ace*
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Clave, why won't you ever get to play Freespace? If you download the HOTU version, plus the extra VP files, plus the SCP, plus the cutscenes, plus the FS1 Port, you can get the whole FS1/2 experience for free.
On topic: naughty, naughty Khonsu. You should have known that explosive headz are illegal on this planet. :p
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No PC to play it on, I thought about getting one, but could not justify it really..
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Talk to taylor about the port to Mac OS X. He knows more about Tigital's port than I do. From what I understand it will run FS1 and FS2 just fine.
EDIT : A quick google search turned up Tigital's (http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=tigital&templatefn=FileSharing4.html&xmlfn=TKDocument.4.xml&sitefn=RootSite.xml&aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en) site but I'm not 100% what to reccomend you download. I did turn up a short guide (http://freespace2.jghome.net/install.html) on how to install it if you have the PC Retail version
I'd be willing to bet that with the exes on that site and a copy of the HotU build you could be playing FS2 pretty quickly :)
Actually this might be worth putting in the FAQ. I have no Linux or Mac OS X stuff in there (Nor a mention of the Amiga port curiously enough considering that I'm a huge fan still). Might be nice to make sure people looking at the FAQ know that those OSs aren't excluded :D
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Originally posted by taylor in the SCP priv forum
Most everything OSX is in. Might need a little hand holding at first but nothing major. There is a couple of small networking parts that I need to grab out of icculus.org CVS but that's no big deal. It still isn't going to build a good binary out of the configure script but I'll work on that soon. Really the only thing missing is to get a project file going and test it out. I have already had it running under OSX but there has been a lot of new code since then and some stuff may not work right.
There's some code in the pilot file load/save stuff to handle MACs, too.
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Oh, that would be pretty cool. I'd really like to see what the fuss is about ;)
I have not played space games much, just a little Homeworld II - which mostly ended with total 'mission failed' every time...:rolleyes: