@Tim the Enchanter: Well, I don't know. Do you have a filmographic memory, that will allow you to play back every thing you see an infinite number of times with no loss of fidelity of not only the main focus of your attention but also all the smaller bits of background your eyes perceived but your brain probably…

@DaFoxx: In this case, it's probably likely they don't want an embarrassing video floating round the net, but it's long been established that letting people record security procedures (not just in airports) is a bad idea, because it allows people to find ways round them.

@waclark57: There is an argument against allowing people to film security procedures, as it provides potential terrorists with information that may be useful about how to get past them.

@bustedchain: You only need a thousand people flipping a penny to have a pretty good chance of someone getting heads ten times in a row. How many times has she flown? And how many millions of people fly every day? The numbers make this sort of selection possible.

A little rebuttal: Spider-Nerd

@theose: Toilets. Planes have them.

@bustedchain: Well, there will always be outliers in any random process. Even if this is random (and we need the data to verify it), it's obviously possible for her to be selected much more than the average.

@DJShay: No, it's nothing particularly hideous. It's a little bit of fun hyperbole.

@ThreeOneFive: People want tighter security (for everybody else). The fact you know you aren't a terrorist makes the fact you're being searched seem unnecessary.

@fsshariq: Why? Streaming only, assuming there's not a limit on how many things you watch, is likely to lead to you being able to watch a greater number of films, not having to send them back and so on. I mean, you could watch two in one evening, whereas the cheapest DVD plan would only allow you to watch one. The…

@R4V3N: Maybe I know too many Scots, but I read that in the Aye aye sir version. Think we need a different way of phonetically spelling it. Eigh?

@Geoffrey Worling: It gets a lot of eyeballs.

@BlastThemFools: Also, do what I do. Have a throwaway facebook, that you never use.

@gr8wayn: A bomb sniffing dog can't locate a gun. Or a ceramic knife, or possibly even bombs if they're sufficiently well packaged. I've heard them trotted out as the answer to this entire thing about twelve times this week, but they're not a catch-all solution.

@zenneth: Yeah, I agree. This could have been a considered article looking at the ramifications of photographing everybody's house. Instead it's Diaz showing why he's a blogger instead of a journalist, by the use of a variety of unnecessary insults directed towards the Germans.

It's "a helicopter" (or "an 'elicopter" for us Northerners.

@BritishAcademic: Crikey, starred for a pun post. Talk about taking the bull by the horns.

@Mr.SpoonFelix: That's actually a very good point. While you could extrapolate from the order to the data, this could really do with everything numbered. Get your act together you two.

@Hamslicer: Don't start that. We'll have people milking it all day. Of course, you may be thinking that you might calf out a niche for yourself, being the person to start the pun thread, but these things are a dairy occurrence. You'll find yourself oxtracised from the crowd, and it's friesian out there.

@arcticfox012: Not necessarily. Their desire to be milked comes from the fact we keep them well bred, and heavily lactating. It's akin to a pregnant woman complaining she's "full". Except of course, she's made the choice, while the cows haven't, so there's still a potential problem.