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- From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
- Subject: Re: Hard-drives and disks in X-ray
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.234256.13370@ads.com>
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- Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton
- References: <92350.003011IO11076@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <42590@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1992Dec18.235535.90846@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:42:56 GMT
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- lsc124j@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au wrote:
- ->I was told that it is quite safe to send them through the x-ray machine,
- ->although if they are prepared to hand-inspect it then this is not a problem.
- ->The main tip I have been given is: If they don't make you switch the computer
- ->on, don't get on the flight. Anything with that much wiring needs to be
- ->checked.
-
- ???
-
- the power-up check doesn't prove *anything* other than you can build
- some guts which can cause a "C:\" prompt to appear on the screen.
- boxes which hold computing equipment often have lots of space inside
- which could be exploited for, uh, "other purposes."
-
- i flew out of dulles international on sunday ... there are directions
- to *not* put coats, jackets, etc. through the x-ray machine. i handed
- my keys, coin purse, and cell phone through the side, and walked
- through the metal detector. the "security" person asked me to turn on
- the phone (!!) ... i pushed the "on" button and she said "thanks; you
- may go." she didn't even look at the phone; it never powered up (the
- "power" switch requires that it be held down for five seconds or so to
- prevent accidental switch-on).
-
- color me unconvinced.
-
- --
- # henry mensch / booz, allen & hamilton, inc. / <henry@ads.com>
- # "fight the real enemy." -- sinead o'connor, and many others.
- # for information on the league for programming freedom,
- # write to lpf@uunet.uu.net
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