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From: cyosta@taux01.UUCP (Yossie Silverman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: airport security and hard drives.
Message-ID: <951@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 12:34:38 GMT
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Reply-To: cyosta@taux01.UUCP (Yossie Silverman)
Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd.
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Horror story time.  A friend of mine bought a SE in the states (as they cost
around 75% less then here) and flew back home via Canada and London.  On his
way into Canada they made him show that it worked, so he pluged it in, turned
it on, turned it off and went on.  When he got to London guess what.  His drive
had suffered a head crash (due to the SE not parking it when powered off, he
never actually let it get far enough into the boot process, I am not even sure
it had a system on the hard drive and he had no diskettes on him).  Luckily
for him, a kind computer store technician in England game to his help and
replaced the drive under warrenty (for it was brand new, just american, and
there are no international warrenties that I am aware of).  When I take my
computer around, I REFUSE to let anyone turn it on, or shake it or x-ray
it.  So far I have had to talk to airline reps and aircrew on occasion but
nothing worse.  Also I find it hard, on occasion, to talk the airline crew
and the gate operators into letting me carry the Mac onboard, they claim its
too big.  I claim I will make a large stink, they relent.  I can hardly wait for
the plastic only laptop that wont be damaged by x-ray nor show up on it!
Every one is entitled to dream.
-- 
Yossie Silverman                                   What did the Caspian sea?
National Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel)				- Saki
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