At 06:31 AM 12/26/96 -0800, Ian Goldberg wrote:

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In article <1.5.4.32.19961221065041.003d70c8@popd.ix.netcom.com>, Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

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And that's not even counting the "You must turn on your laptop" crap.

I just took my first flight with a laptop (USair), and, having heard stories like the above, was wondering how "on" the laptop would have to be (past the powerup password check? I hope they're not expecting Windoze...).

In my frequent travels by plane, airport security never wanted to see more than the memory check. [How much of the insides of a laptop could be removed to get a memory count display? I'd guess most of it.] -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred Make your mark in the history of mathematics. Use the spare cycles of your PC/PPC/UNIX box to help find a new prime. http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm