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From: JF Mezei on 2 Jul 2010 13:36 Paul Sture wrote: > That always struck me as daft. What if after a lengthy flight delay your > battery is flat? Then, the TSA assumes it is a bomb, will bring your laptop to a safe area outside the airport and detonate it while you are being sent to Gantanamo for an all expenses paid trip for the rest of your life.
From: Paul Sture on 2 Jul 2010 13:15 In article <00A9FCAF.83DD7709(a)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. It can be. I had an unfortunate episode where the woman in charge of the scanner was screaming at me to give back the tray I had put my keys and coins in. I was more concerned about picking up my expensive and highly desirable at the time phone from the other end of the conveyor before it got nicked. -- Paul Sture
From: VAXman- on 2 Jul 2010 13:49 In article <4c2e23a3$0$4726$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> writes: >Paul Sture wrote: > >> That always struck me as daft. What if after a lengthy flight delay your >> battery is flat? > >Then, the TSA assumes it is a bomb, will bring your laptop to a safe >area outside the airport and detonate it while you are being sent to >Gantanamo for an all expenses paid trip for the rest of your life. JF, JF, JF... They don't ask to see me take a photo of them with all of the camera kit I fly with. It would be just as easy to disguise a bomb as a camera. Also, very little is needed in terms of explosive to be a terror at 30K feet. One could easily hide it in a laptop and will have the laptop fucntion as a laptop. If you're really looking to fault someone, how about the security at GLA? My wife and I were detained because we had 2 wooden swords that we purchased at Sterling Castle's gift shop in our luggage. These 2 swords were fashioned of wood and rope, and were as dull as a wooden foot ruler. We were taken aside, they went through all of our bags, hassled us about medications, exposed film (pre-digital days) and we missed our flight home. I have been much happier flying domestically in the US with the TSA. I find there's a much more uniform treatment at US airports than before the TSA. At least, none of them are off selling my insulin syringes on the street like the goon squad who had confiscated my insulin and syringes at LAX prior to the TSA. This is now way off the topic of wireless and Mac. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day. All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.
From: Johan W. Elzenga on 3 Jul 2010 05:37 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <paul.nospam-A15D7C.18483202072010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, > Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > >> That always struck me as daft. What if after a lengthy flight delay > > your >> battery is flat? > > But you're already past the security checkpoint by then. If you arrive in the USA on an intercontinental flight, and you have an onward domestic connection, you have to go through security again. -- Johan W. Elzenga, Editor/Photographer, www.johanfoto.com
From: Paul Sture on 3 Jul 2010 08:08
In article <447075693299842529.627829nomail-please.invalid(a)news.supernews.com>, Johan W. Elzenga <nomail(a)please.invalid> wrote: > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > In article <paul.nospam-A15D7C.18483202072010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, > > Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > > > >> That always struck me as daft. What if after a lengthy flight delay > > > your > >> battery is flat? > > > > But you're already past the security checkpoint by then. > > If you arrive in the USA on an intercontinental flight, and you have an > onward domestic connection, you have to go through security again. That's the scenario I was thinking of. It's the same flying into a major hub in Europe or the UK, then catching a plane on. -- Paul Sture |