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On Thu, 8 May 1997, Harry Seaman wrote: > On Wed, 7 May 1997, Gabriel Ash wrote: > > > there have been alerts in the past about thieves working > > in themes near the x-ray machines. > > Good advice. To elaborate, here's how it works. You put your notebook on > the conveyor belt. You get in line to go through the metal detector, but > the guy in front of you (an accomplice to the thief) keeps setting off the > alarm. You are stuck behind him while the other member of the team grabs > your notebook and runs. I heard this was an urban legend, and that nobody has actually been able to find a documented case of this occurring. Does anyone know? Most airports (international AND domestic) won't let you walk through the metal detectors nowadays unless you have a ticket. It seems an awful lot of work and risk to forge/buy two tickets just to get a shot at stealing a laptop from right in front of a bunch of security guards, where the only escape route (other than getting on a plane, for which the thief must buy a real ticket) is back past the same security guards. -- John H. Kim kim@mak.com