Laptop Airport Security Check Advice
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
You have to take the laptop out of its case, so the case and the laptop go through the x-ray machine separately. That's all. No need to turn it on, etc. The biggest PITA is not the electronics, but having to take off your shoes. Wear something easy to remove and put back on. Go barefoot. Whatever. :) Marc
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Take it out and put it on the tray. That's all.
Regards, Nish
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You have to take the laptop out of its case, so the case and the laptop go through the x-ray machine separately. That's all. No need to turn it on, etc. The biggest PITA is not the electronics, but having to take off your shoes. Wear something easy to remove and put back on. Go barefoot. Whatever. :) Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
Go barefoot. Whatever.
Folks that have a foot-fetish would love the airport screening area I guess :-D
Regards, Nish
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
That is the only way to not look suspicious. Everyone else could be concealing something.
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Don Burton wrote:
what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Just make sure you hide your bomb inside the laptop itself so when they take it out of the case nobody is the wiser.
Jeremy Falcon
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Go barefoot. Whatever.
Folks that have a foot-fetish would love the airport screening area I guess :-D
Regards, Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Folks that have a foot-fetish would love the airport screening area I guess
Right up until you figure out just how many people's feet smell bad. X|
Jeremy Falcon
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You have to take the laptop out of its case, so the case and the laptop go through the x-ray machine separately. That's all. No need to turn it on, etc. The biggest PITA is not the electronics, but having to take off your shoes. Wear something easy to remove and put back on. Go barefoot. Whatever. :) Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
but having to take off your shoes
How about underwear? :)
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Folks that have a foot-fetish would love the airport screening area I guess
Right up until you figure out just how many people's feet smell bad. X|
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Right up until you figure out just how many people's feet smell bad.
Don't tell me women have smelly feet too? :omg:
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
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Marc Clifton wrote:
but having to take off your shoes
How about underwear? :)
Don Burton wrote:
How about underwear?
Well, that's the odd thing. They have machines that can see through clothes but you still have to take your shoes off. I guess it's a kneejerk reaction. Can't wait until some extremist creates underwear with micro-fiber TNT, ignited by a fart. Beans anyone? Marc
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Right up until you figure out just how many people's feet smell bad.
Don't tell me women have smelly feet too? :omg:
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Don't tell me women have smelly feet too?
Some do. It's usually the ones that don't take care of themselves, and it's not something you wanna experience.
Jeremy Falcon
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Don't tell me women have smelly feet too?
Some do. It's usually the ones that don't take care of themselves, and it's not something you wanna experience.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Some do. It's usually the ones that don't take care of themselves, and it's not something you wanna experience.
Okay, you've ruined it for me now. Couldn't bear to see me happy in my own idealistic make-believe world, huh? :(
Regards, Nish
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Marc Clifton wrote:
but having to take off your shoes
How about underwear? :)
Don Burton wrote:
How about underwear?
Well my mum always said I should wear clean underwear in case the plane crashes and I have to go to the hospital. I kept telling her that if the plane crashed my underwear would no longer be clean but she still said it every time I travelled.
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Don Burton wrote:
How about underwear?
Well, that's the odd thing. They have machines that can see through clothes but you still have to take your shoes off. I guess it's a kneejerk reaction. Can't wait until some extremist creates underwear with micro-fiber TNT, ignited by a fart. Beans anyone? Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
They have machines that can see through clothes but you still have to take your shoes off.
I think you don't need to take your shoes off when you go through the full body scanner. That's apparently one of the advantages!
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Some do. It's usually the ones that don't take care of themselves, and it's not something you wanna experience.
Okay, you've ruined it for me now. Couldn't bear to see me happy in my own idealistic make-believe world, huh? :(
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Couldn't bear to see me happy in my own idealistic make-believe world, huh?
:laugh: :laugh: I guess that's just the evil streak in me.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
As others have said, take the laptop out of your case/bag, and put it in its own tray. If, however, you have one of those sleeves for it, instead of a big case with other stuff in it, you can just put that case in the tray. For example, my EeePC came with one like that, and I just leave it in... They've never given me any problems for it. Basically, they just want to see just the laptop without anything above or below it that will show up on the the X-ray.
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Don Burton wrote:
Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years,
Sorry to say, but you're probably in for a long and unpleasant pre-flight experience. And it wouldn't surprise me if they'll charge you for the peanuts pretzels. :) /ravi
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I'm traveling to Seattle tomorrow. Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years, what are the security screeners doing these days to check carry-on laptops?
Just be sure to shape the C4 exactly like a laptop battery, then wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil before installing it in the laptop. You should get through fine. Remember to take your shoes off, though.
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Don Burton wrote:
Since I haven't flown in nearly 10 years,
Sorry to say, but you're probably in for a long and unpleasant pre-flight experience. And it wouldn't surprise me if they'll charge you for the peanuts pretzels. :) /ravi
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Hmm, good point... Since he hasn't flown in a decade, he'll probably raise enough red flags to warrant "additional" screening.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
Just be sure to shape the C4 exactly like a laptop battery, then wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil before installing it in the laptop. You should get through fine. Remember to take your shoes off, though.
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Get in some extra coffee. I understand those Homeland Security Agents are thirsty chaps!
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