Re: [Thinkpad] Traveling with a T30 or fun and games with the TSA

A battery pack could be an excellent place to put plastic explosives.
 Slip it into the laptop, contact made, voltage applied, current flows,
BOOM! Not from experience or training, just a fertile mind.

Bill

Deanna Berman wrote:

>One time that my X21 and I got extra attention, an inspector let slip that
>my not having a battery in it was the trigger. I think the idea was that
>handling the battery is considered "tampering" with the natural state of a
>computer... <sigh>
>
>Deanna
>dberman@4dv.net
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM@waterw.com>
>To: "Mitchell Yee" <mitchell_yee@yahoo.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 13:08 PM
>Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Traveling with a T30 or fun and games with the TSA
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>>Mitch,
>>
>>Mitchell Yee wrote:
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>>>Are there any frequent fliers out there besides myself
>>>who have similar experiences? I suppose I should get
>>>my slow moving behind to the airport earlier or
>>>perhaps stop attending peace demonstrations with my
>>>hippie friends.
>>>
>>>
>>I'm on a plane almost weekly and the "Bonus" searches have occurred and
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>not
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>>occurred regardless of which one of my toys I'm traveling with.
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>>Doesn't appear to be anything but random and having the laptop off or
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>suspended
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>>(although mine are most often suspended) doesn't appear to make a
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>difference.
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>>Wife and eldest daughter (both T23s) who also travel weekly have reported
>>similar findings.
>>
>>Personally Mitch, I think you're ascribing too much intellignece to the
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>TSA
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>>folks. If there WAS a pattern, wouldn't that also indicate that there was
>>
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>some
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>>thought behind the madness? ;-)
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>>The "randomness" of the pre-boarding searches at the jetway are also
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>suspect:
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>>TSA: Please step over to the table for a brief inspection.
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>>Me: No problem.
>>
>>TSA: Please take off your shoes.
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>>Me: OK, where can I sit, there's no chair.
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>>TSA: Oh, just take them off, sit on the floor if necessary.
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>>Me: Sorry, I'm disabled and you'd have to help me get off the floor. Get
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>me a
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>>chair!
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>>TSA: (Looking up at my 6'6" height and 240LBs of heft from his about 5'5"
>>height!) Oh, er, um,.... never mind, you may board.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>James
>>
>>
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