Re: Shipping a hard drive safely

[herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)]

Previously 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (TAO BRIAN T) wrote:
 
>In article <Noou7B6w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, Herbert Fung writes...
>>
>> Hmm, looking at what I just wrote, I wonder what they would do if my
>> Mac crashed and displayed the bomb icon...
>
>    You should have set your startup sound to a loud explosion and get
>the guards' reactions.  On second thought, you might have been arrested
>for impersonating a bomb.  ;-)  Sort of like yelling "This is a hijack!"
>when you don't really mean it.  ;-)  I wonder if these security-types
>know that you can fit enough paper-wrapped C4 inside a computer case and
>still be able to "turn it on to prove it isn't a bomb".  Patch the
>system software so it sets off the charge when you get a fatal error...
>the possibilities are endless... ;-)
 
Heh, sounds like you speak from experience! :)

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Herbert Fung              herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca