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From: George Kerby on 1 Jul 2010 16:09 On 7/1/10 6:57 AM, in article 00A9FC7B.7E33EDAB(a)SendSpamHere.ORG, "VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG" <VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote: > In article <siegman-9F2F72.18284430062010(a)sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>, AES > <siegman(a)stanford.edu> writes: >> In article <i0fqrt$78e$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Two laptops? Are you crazy? Awful solution, if it would even work. >>>> >>>> I travel with 2 17" laptops. My MacBookPro and a Toshiba with Linux. Both >>>> fit nicely (thanks to the beautiful thin design of the 17" MBP) into this: >> >> >> The idea of having to drag out, put into trays, and subsequently recover >> _two_ laptops in an airport security line, along with shoes, jacket, >> metal objects, coins, watch, and whatever, while also keeping track of >> passport, boarding card, and whatever else, terrifies me! > > I don't wear shoes, only sandals. My toes aren't that pretty. > > I don't wear a watch but I do wear a medical ID braclet that looks like > a metal watch band. I never take it off nor my wedding ring. Both get > through the metal detector just fine. When you set off the 'cage' you get pulled over and before they 'wand' you, you must remove *all* removal stuff. This takes place in a plexiglass-enclosed area where you undergo the examination. If the guy is pretty nice, you get out in 5-8 minutes. If he's a prick, he will detain you for a quarter-hour. > > The camera back has 2 Canon bodies, three large IS lenses, media and a > slew of backup batteries. Usually, the only thing that slows me down > is the large 28-300mm f/3.5 IS and or the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS. I always > have to open up the bag and show it/them to them. > My gear is checked. I only carry on my MacBookPro 15" and the case with accessories. When carrying my older Ikegami betacam in the 90s, all they would do is ask me to turn it on. That was before 9/11. > I usually have my meds and insulin too. I put extra syringes into the > checked luggage but I usually have a bag (10) and those that fix into > my insulin pouch with me. They never bother me with that either. > At least they have *some* scruples. I used to carry a card that my Orthopod gave me. A picture ID with pictures of the titanium implant and the plastic cup, with an explanation of my condition. It worked until after 9/11, and I chunked it, because it was useless. > 2 laptops slide out of that case rather easily compared with the other > rituals of flight checkin. That's only because *everyone* carries one these past few years and TSA had their hand forced. Otherwise, they would still be stopping passengers and making them boot the damn things up.
From: George Kerby on 1 Jul 2010 16:12 On 7/1/10 1:09 PM, in article 00A9FCAF.83DD7709(a)SendSpamHere.ORG, "VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG" <VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote: > In article <010720101105145485%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam > <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> writes: >> In article <00A9FCAD.1F46CDE6(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>, < @SendSpamHere.ORG> >> wrote: >> >>>> Watching my laptop disappear into the scanner, knowing that I may get >>>> held up behind someone in the line for metal scanning while it rattles >>>> down the bumpy rollers on the other side and gets yanked around by some >>>> TSA person carelessly rearranging trays on the output belt, is one of >>>> the more stressful experiences of traveling these days. >>> >>> You put the laptop in a bin before it goes in the scanner. >> >> he mentions trays, and they don't protect against bumps and being >> yanked. in some cases the bin goes off the conveyor and crashes onto >> the floor or is dropped by the tsa thugs. or, if the person is detained >> for a patdown, someone *else* takes their laptop. > > > C'mon... you can keep your eyes on your kit. It's not that bad. You sure do. Believe me! While you are being detained for your examination that could take 15 minutes. Or, you have a traveling companion to keep an eye on it, if you have one.
From: AES on 1 Jul 2010 17:26 In article <00A9FCAD.1F46CDE6(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > > You put the laptop in a bin before it goes in the scanner. > And the bin is hard and unpadded, and takes an audibly and visibly bumpy ride down the rollers on the output side of many TSA scanners, unless I'm there to grab it at the top of the roller ramp, as it emerges from the covered portion of the scanner belt. My MacBook HD seems to have survived multiple such rides thus far -- but I wouldn't subject it to this ride voluntarily, if I didn't have to.
From: Paul Sture on 2 Jul 2010 12:48 In article <C8526015.48952%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > That's only because *everyone* carries one these past few years and TSA had > their hand forced. Otherwise, they would still be stopping passengers and > making them boot the damn things up. That always struck me as daft. What if after a lengthy flight delay your battery is flat? -- Paul Sture
From: nospam on 2 Jul 2010 13:21
In article <paul.nospam-A15D7C.18483202072010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > > That's only because *everyone* carries one these past few years and TSA had > > their hand forced. Otherwise, they would still be stopping passengers and > > making them boot the damn things up. > > That always struck me as daft. What if after a lengthy flight delay your > battery is flat? they check them *before* the flight not after, however, in the event the battery is dead, they'll likely make you plug it into a wall outlet and/or do an etd swab. |