[Ti] Powerbook thieving

[Wendy Austin & Thomas Oswin]

I have to agree with Wilson Ng on this, and I don't think he will scare 
or cause mass panic amongst those of us who travel with our TiBook.    
What he says is true, people have had their laptops stolen at the x-ray 
machine.  I am usually passing through this part of the airport on my 
own and am extra careful and never put my laptop through until it is 
all clear.  The only country that I travel to where I have to remove 
the laptop from its bag and sleeve and shove it in a plastic tray to go 
through the x-ray machine is Australia, where I then have to muck 
around putting it all together again.  Everywhere else I can leave it 
in its bag.

Most airports I travel to are not staffed by people who have English as 
their first language, and as Wilson pointed out, I would be very 
surprised if the whole place came to a stop because I yelled "Stop! 
Thief!".

As far as security cameras go, by the time the staff got organised to 
check them, my TiBook would be long gone.  I don't travel to the USA so 
things might be different there.  However, here is a tip for anyone 
going to India.  A TiBook using friend who has lived there for years 
had just picked up his new 12" model and was taking a rickshaw home, 
had the new laptop in a bag, along with his credit cards, passport etc, 
on the seat beside him, he glanced around at something to the side for 
a matter of seconds and when he looked back, laptop bag was gone and 
the rickshaw was moving all the time.  Luckily he had insurance to 
cover it.

Wendy Austin

On Apr 20, 2004, at 04:48, Shawn King wrote:

> Whoa, whoa, whoa.....
>
> "Oftentimes"? That kind of theft, while it happens, is rare. No need to
> cause panic or scare people.
>
>> and will
>> intentionally delay you while your powerbook is finished x-raying and
>> someone tries to grab it while you struggle to try to catch the thief.
>
> And security knows about this and will most likely stop *everyone* the
> second you yell, "Stop! Thief!"
> -- 
> Shawn King


Wendy Austin  & Thomas Oswin
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