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At the Oklahoma City airport: A huge sign announcing that all cars entering the parking lot must have their trunks searched by the TSA; a long traffic jam, as a result of all of the cars being stopped.
When it was my turn, the TSA guy told me to pop the trunk. He looked inside, saw that it contained a couple of suitcases, and then let me drive on. I asked him if they've caught any bad guys. "No", he said.
The boneheads at the TSA never considered that:
1) Bad guys with bombs in their cars will probably drive directly to the terminal loading zone and not bother going to the parking lot;
2) Bad guys might hide their bombs inside of a suitcase;
3) Bad guys might put their bombs elsewhere in the car, besides in the trunk, since only trunks are searched;
4) Even if a really stupid bad guy had a ticking bomb just sitting in his trunk and then decided to drive to the parking lot, the huge sign announcing trunk-searches might persuade him to change his plan or go back home.
As a result, not one bad guy is ever caught, but lots and lots of good guys are delayed and miss their flights. Thanks, TSA!
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"Visual range" and "sensor range" seem like the same thing, but not "targeting range".
For example, I can look at a far-away tree through a telescope (visual range), but that doesn't mean I can hit it with a BB gun (targeting range). The starship's sensors have identified the other ship, but all they can do is look at it on their big-screen until it gets close enough for their torpedoes to hit it.
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