Damaged US Passport Chip Strands Travelers 624
caseih writes "Damaging the embedded chip in your passport is now grounds for denying you the ability to travel in at least one airport in the U.S. Though the airport can slide the passport through the little number reader as easily as they can wave it in front of an RFID reader, they chose to deny a young child access to the flight, in essence denying the whole family. The child had accidentally sat on his passport, creasing the cover, and the passport appeared worn. The claim has been made that breaking the chip in the passport shows that you disrespect the privilege of owning a passport, and that the airport was justified in denying this child from using the passport."
Re:Bad summary: the airline, not the government (Score:5, Funny)
If we just say "those fuckers," while leaving the antecedent deliberately ambiguous, we're good. Think of it like lazy evaluation of variables.
Re:Bad summary: the airline, not the government (Score:4, Funny)
And then you still get screwed when the 6 people who voted for the fringe guy are outnumbered by the 100 million who elect SantRomObama.
Are you people not reading what I write? Oh right; of course not. I forgot this is Slashdot... Silly me. Let me respond to your statement by quoting what you replied to:
None of them have a good chance of winning, but that's OK, your vote is so infinitesimally likely to make a difference in the race between the two parties anyway. Vote your conscience, that's the only way to be hold your head high and mutter "I told you so" in 2014. :)
Re:Bad summary: the airline, not the government (Score:5, Funny)
Don't blame me! I voted for Kodos!
Re:Bad summary: the airline, not the government (Score:5, Funny)
Au contraire, it IS something you're entitled to by your citizenship. You don't get an American passport if you're, say, Russian, or vice versa.
Of course, if you're MOSSAD, you can get a US passport, a Canadian passport, or pretty much any sort of passport ...
Re:Comparison of technologies (Score:5, Funny)
When I was 12, I went to the Post Office to pick up a money order that was in my name. All I had on me for ID was my French Passport (not being a US citizen at the time). The lady said she couldn't take a foreign passport as proof of ID, and asked me to provide my driver's license.
I mentally facepalmed, and informed her I was 12, and unlikely to have a driver's license anytime in the near future.
Most people with a modicum of authority are idiots.