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IP: more on The curious irrationality of airport security (Slate)
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:40:51 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Ellen Rony <ellen () rony com> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:26:36 -0700 To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Re: IP: The curious irrationality of airport security (Slate) Two tips for those travelling in airports with notebook computers. 1) When you place your computer in a tray to be x-rayed, stand behind it at the end of the conveyor belt as a barrier. The laptop of the traveler in front of me fell on the floor when the security checker reversed the direction of the conveyor belt to double-check an item. The fall knocked out his battery, and who knows what other damage occurred to the notebook. 2) Put address stickers on every individual item that is going to be x-rayed: luggage, computer, camera, coat, cell phone, PDA, CD-player, microtape recorder. If you are stopped to remove shoes or to be wanded, another traveler could easily pick up your equipment, unintentionally or not. Recently, I went to the Social Security Administration office to submit a name change. My first visit there, I took a number and sat at the only small table in the room to complete the requisite forms. 15 people were seated, awaiting their appointment or turn. A uniformed guard entered about 25 minutes later and bruskly booted me from his chair and table. How was I to know? Then, he judiciously checked the purses, bags, coats and briefcases of everyone who arrived AFTER he returned from lunch. I guess his assumption was that those of us who arrived during his absence, without going through his security check, posed no threat. So here, it was the appearance of security that mattered, not the security measures themselves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen Rony // http://www.domainhandbook.com Co-author *=" ____ / http://www.domainsleuth.biz The Domain Name Handbook \ ) ellen () rony com // \\ On the Internet, no one knows you're a nail polish. Carpe TM. At 12:07 AM -0400 4/21/02, Dave Farber wrote:
Slate hey, wait a minute Checking Out the Checkpoints The curious irrationality of airport security. By Malcolm Gladwell Posted Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 12:42 PM PT
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