[geeks] Google Images Facial Recognition!

[Ido Dubrawsky]

> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:29:22 +0300 > From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
<gsm at mendelson.com> > Subject: Re: [geeks] Google Images Facial
Recognition! > To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org> > Message-ID:
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charset=us-ascii > > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 10:43:45PM -0500, Brian
Dunbar wrote:

> > > When will El-Al offer service between US cities?  I'm so on board with a
> > > program like that. 
>   
> > They don't, but they do subcontract to some U.S. airlines for international
> > flights. I don't remember from where to where though.
> >
>
> El Al subcontracts mostly with other airlines that fly to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.  When I went to Israel last year on Continental Airlines from Newark the security people at the gate were El-Al folks.  It all depends on the contracting airline (if they want the extra screening), time of year and if there's a specific threat (at least that's my understanding of it).
> >
> > At some point the U.S. is going to have to decide if it wants political
> > correctness or security. 
> >
> I don't see it ever happening.  The PC crowd is too vocal and the courts won't uphold the idea of doing it.  DHS and TSA are pretty much the best we'll get -- along with the random searches.  If you want El-Al style security at the airport -- move to Israel...now if I could just convince my wife!
>   
Ido

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