> I would like to know the statistical probability of a terrorist
> entering a plane vs. one guy (or doll) with an AppleCrate.
> Should be interesting! ;-)

Pretty much NIL.   But for all their "training" and "high tech"
scanning equipment, they're still collectively dumb as a brick.
That's why I'd like to convert my //c to look as normal as possible so
I don't have to wait while they do the cotton swab test on the power
brick again.  Yes it happened.  It was annoying.  And the //c isn't
really fun to carry around through airports, so taking the weight off
(I estimate at least 5 pounds considering the brick on leash and the
internal power converter are huge!) will save me from pulling out my
shoulder (again).

> > Your theory is as good as mine, but I suspect that the folks in
> > Seattle see a lot of PC boards going through, and they are a rarity
> > in Wichita...

There are still a lot of people that don't know a mouse from a foot
pedal.

> You have experience in x-raying explosives?

About as much as a TSA agent, I travel every week for work.  And
though a lot of stuff isn't exactly public knowledge, it's pretty
obvious what they're looking for most of the time.  Anything
questionable gets swabbed and the swab is analyzed by a machine for
traces of bad things.  Any traces and you get the bad light.  No
traces and you get the good light.  It takes that much understanding
for the retarded security employees to operate it, so it doesn't merit
more explanation beyond that.  Also: Don't ever go through airport
security with a bavarian-style cuckoo clock in your carry-on luggage.
BAD idea.  Germans will know what it is.  Austrians will know what it
is.  Americans will think it is the most sophisticated bomb they've
ever seen and rip it apart before you even get a chance to tell them
what it is.

> > Of course, they could be worried> that it contains a sharp object,
> > but I imagine that it's just the unfamiliarity of the object that
> > gets their attention.

There was a funny bit when Woz was on Colbert Report and demonstrated
his "shaving-with-a-metal-businesscard" gag.  Classic Woz.  Even in
the face of heinous airport security he still gets to pull of another
gag.

So does anyone think it is a bad idea to rip apart a //c like this?
Does this sound like a reasonable mod?

-B
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