Joi found Paul Saffo's photo of the US-VISIT terminals: US Closed for the Day. I found only a bootup error showing a Dell Optiplex GX270 (PDF spec) missing its keyboard. (full image)
Of course, our civil liberties and those of our visitors are better off without the machines in service, since their function will be to take fingerprints and photos (no DNA samples yet) of non-citizens entering the country. Not such a warm welcome.
Posted by Wendy at November 28, 2004 06:39 PM | TrackBack:o) goood.
Posted by: RAD on December 14, 2004 06:52 AMazaee fuzozav.
Posted by: Amie on December 29, 2004 01:05 PMOMG:) Wendy, so cool to catch you in the blogsphere! Best of luck with it. I found you because of Ian Clarke's site (I'm the "Jay" listed there.) Mine's a golf travel blog (hey I have to have fun too) Best of luck, I'll add you to my roll and see you in the blogsphere.
Jay
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Posted by: Felix on January 14, 2005 08:26 AMHello folks nice blog youre running
Posted by: lolita on January 19, 2005 05:11 PM
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Links in this entry:
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PDF spec -- dell.com
Joi found -- joi.ito.com
US Closed for the Day -- joi.ito.com
-- wendy.seltzer.org
full image -- wendy.seltzer.org