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Date: Wed, 29 May 91 13:29 EDT
From: Alex Beylin <alexb@cfctech.cfc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Cellular "Harrassment" at Airport Security
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In article <telecom11.384.11@eecs.nwu.edu> is written:

> The strangest time, however, was when I gave it to the guard when it
> was turned off.  She *asked me* to turn it on for her!  I asked why,
> and she just said "turn it on please".  Once it bleeped and blinked
> for her, she was satisfied. I guess she was convinced that it wasn't
> one of those "fake" phones that you can stash 50 tons of cocaine in or
> something.  I'm waiting for the day they yank the battery off...

They usually do the same when I try to carry a portable computer on
board.  One of the security people always takes me to the side table
and asks to see the computer work.  Once the lights come on, they let
me go.

I've always wondered what they do with laptops that require AC power
to operate.  Is there a three-prong AC plug at the security station?


Alex Beylin     alexb@cfctech.cfc.com