5 Aug
2004
5 Aug
'04
5:13 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "evan" <evan947(a)yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: Holy cow...
I just heard the very end of a TV news report, where
they said some
airport
terminal was shut down for hours today due to a bomb
scare. They
described the
potential bomb as a small, odd-looking box with wires
and various
electrical
parts. Then they said "It turned out to be an
antique microphone."
Which makes me wonder... has anyone here ever had a problem explaining
vintage
computers to airport security? When I flew out to VCF
last fall I
proactively
told the security officer that my bag contained
vintage calculators and
handheld computers, in case it looked odd to her in the X-Ray machine, but
she
looked at me with an expression of "Why the heck
do you think I'd care?"
LOL,
however that may be more of a comment on how poor the
airport security
hiring
rules are.
I'd like to hear some feedback, however, please let's NOT turn this into a
rambling thread about politics or any similar B.S....
Everybody has electronics or ships electronics by plane these days, they are
more worried about people planting bombs in cargo or smuggling something
sharp on board. Do they have anything besides bomb sniffing dogs in the
airport to detect explosives? The old microphone probably looked like a
wired stick of dynamite to the inspector seeing the x-ray.