Prev: Spoof Conroy website protests at internet filter plan
Next: Telstra confirm 30 Mbits national plan
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.


 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: Spoof Conroy website protests at internet filter plan
Next: Telstra confirm 30 Mbits national plan