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From: Don McKenzie on 19 Dec 2009 16:11 While it's standard practice these days for border patrol to scan through a traveler's luggage, discharging a firearm three times into a bag containing a laptop isn't an action that seems good for security control. Read the full story at: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/macbook-gun-shot-israel-security,9269.html Merry Christmas, but be careful if you are crossing international borders :-) Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam The World's First Large-Scale, Multi-User, Real Time System. http://www.dontronics.com/first_multi_user_real_time.html
From: larwe on 19 Dec 2009 21:25 On Dec 19, 4:22 pm, "SG1" <lostit...(a)the.races> wrote: > > Cheers Don... > > Well it was only a Mac. So who cares????? More relevantly, it was Israeli security. So who is surprised? This is SOP.
From: kreed on 20 Dec 2009 00:30
On Dec 20, 7:11 am, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > While it's standard practice these days for border patrol to scan > through a traveler's luggage, discharging a firearm three times into a > bag containing a laptop isn't an action that seems good for security > control. > > Read the full story at:http://www.tomshardware.com/news/macbook-gun-shot-israel-security,926... > > Merry Christmas, but be careful if you are crossing international > borders :-) > > Cheers Don... > > -- > Don McKenzie > > Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap > E-Mail Contact Page:http://www.dontronics.com/email > Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam > No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam > > The World's First Large-Scale, Multi-User, Real Time System.http://www.dontronics.com/first_multi_user_real_time.html Not a surprise, considering the country involved. At first guessed US or UK, they would be the only others (short of crackpot dictatorships) mental enough to pull a stunt like this. |