Interesting Links for 26-01-2013

• Labour lays out what it plans to do with the NHS
  (tags: labour nhs uk )
• Next time you see a cool new technology being reported, use this handy chart to translate the timescales
  (tags: time research funny comic )
• The Truth About Weight-Loss Pills and Energy Drinks
  (tags: caffeine drugs health )

Now _this_ is how you photobomb

Via (short-link to bypass LJ's allergies to that site)

I am no longer convinced that New York is a real place

Seriously, other than humans, is there anything that CGI can't do to the point where you can't tell?

If anyone has examples of CGI humans good enough to fool the viewer then I'd love to see them.

If it wasn't a bit late to change our wedding cake...

via amuseoffyre

Apparently I can't opt out of a full body scan.

When I flew to Belfast I was asked to stand inside a full-body scanner. So I did, because I completely wasn't expecting to be asked (and was curious as to what I'd see).

Having checked, it turns out that it wouldn't have mattered what I wanted - there is no right to opt-out in the UK.

The image produced wasn't one of the ones that produces a naked image - the display showed a cartoony image of a person, which could then have something superimposed over it to show anything it picked up. Which, in this case, it didn't.

I _think_, although I'm not sure, that the scanners are different from the millimeter wave ones that are now banned in Europe - the last paragraph of this article seems to indicate that in any case.