Them USB flash thingies

[DimPrawn]

This is a Janey free thread.

Please stick to the topic. X-ray machines and Flash memory devices.

Thank you.

[FrankScribe]

One of mine was in the pocket of a pair of trousers that went through the wash.

I left it in the airing cupboard for three days, plugged it into the PC and it worked fine, continues to do so in fact.

[The Lone Gunman]

This is a Janey free thread.

Please stick to the topic. X-ray machines and Flash memory devices.

Thank you.

Apparently Janey has Flash Mammaries, does that count..... hang on a mo Sas with you in a sec.....

[ASB]

Fortunately most security conscious airports won't let you not put a laptop or whatever through the scanner. If you start making a fuss at the scanner they say, "look, sir, you've got three choices - put it through the scanner, go back and check it in as hold luggage, or leave it here with me to dispose of down the local pub as soon as I'm off-duty".

All airports I have used in the last couple of years - with the exception of UK - insist it's removed from ithe carrier and placed through the scanner on its own. Montreal onve were asking everybody to power them up. Boy does that slow down security.

[Not So Wise]

Fortunately most security conscious airports won't let you not put a laptop or whatever through the scanner.

I must be generally lucky then, normally when i refuse they just bring me over to a different scanner that is designed just for scanning things like laptops without damageing them (they don't have them on every entry point as they are more expensive) or do a manual inspection themselves.

Only airport i had a problem with was Minnesota about 6 months after 9/11 and quickly put end to that by saying they could put it the scanner...if they gave me 5 mins to draw up a document that they would be responsible for any damage and they were willing to sign it

Would never put a laptop the hold lugguage, seen how they treat bags there plus there your stuff should be still going though a scanner

[janey]

This is a Janey free thread.

Please stick to the topic. X-ray machines and Flash memory devices.

Thank you.

hee hee hee hee,

[sasguru]

hee hee hee hee,

A little thick-skinned, aren't you?

[MrsGoof]

A little thick-skinned, aren't you?

wot, like one of them Lizards

[Joe Black]

All airports I have used in the last couple of years - with the exception of UK - insist it's removed from ithe carrier and placed through the scanner on its own. Montreal onve were asking everybody to power them up. Boy does that slow down security.

Had that a couple of times as well.

What does it prove though? Any terrorist smart enough could simply bring along one of those desktop style notebooks with a multi-compartment bay and some C4/Semtex stuffed inside and they wouldn't know the difference.


Edit: perhaps that's why MacBooks used to display a little bomb logo when then crashed.

[TheMonkey]

X-Rays can kill FLASH memory dead - permanently. X-Rays are relatively high energy and can penetrate the chip casing because of the short wavelength. This causes the memory cells to get ionised which changes the data consequentially ******* up the filesystem on the device. If enough energy is applied the transistor junction will break down. FLASH is mass produced poorly manufactured crap these days so it's more prone to trouble.