Quoting Steve Wozniak <steve at woz.org>: > At 10:14 AM +1000 4/20/04, Wilson Ng wrote: > > >When you are in line to get your hand carry x-rayed, wait until the > person > >in front of you finishes their x-ray before placing your powerbook on > the > >conveyor belt. Oftentimes thieves will be in front of you 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. > > If there is a security camera, then thieves can be identified. True - but it will delay mess up your presentation for that day and you also risk losing your data etc. Also - no guarantee that you'll be able to find that thief even with a security camera, especially in foreign lands. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Best, Henry