Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watcgl!watmum!smvorkoetter
From: smvorkoetter@watmum.waterloo.edu (Stefan M. Vorkoetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Laptops and Airport Security
Keywords: Laptop, X-rays
Message-ID: <3079@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 88 15:35:14 GMT
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In article <2133@chinet.UUCP> briane@chinet.UUCP (Brian Ebert) writes:
>
>I frequently fly with a pc convertible.  It always gets x-rayed and I've
>never had a problem with the computer.  What bothers me is how the machine
>looks on the x-ray machine.  All that electronics and wire sure would
>make a good disguise for a bomb.

I once flew from Denver to Chicago to Toronto carrying an overnight bag
filled with wire, batteries, circuit boards, and chips, in a very jumbled
up and un-computerlike arrangement (sort of like a bomb).  These were all
parts of a project I was working on while in Colorado for the summer.  This
mess went through X-ray twice, and never did anyone ask any questions.  I
even saw it on the screen myself, and it looked as suspicious as you 
could possibly imagine.  Gives you great confidence in airport security
doesn't it?

Stefan Vorkoetter
University of Waterloo