R.I.P. Scout26
So how are you going to take over a plane with a live turtle?
it was a snapping turtle.
Hawkmoon - Never underestimate another person's capacity for stupidity. Any time you think someone can't possibly be that dumb ... they'll prove you wrong.
Viking - The problem with the modern world is that there aren't really any predators eating stupid people.
It was probably down in his pants.
OMG! #9 is my labmate. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Many guns are found loaded with rounds in the chamber.
Yes, he has actually given a talk about his experiences to the local physics club. The not funny part is that TSA considered putting him on the no-fly list for this. They still haven't sent him a letter saying that they won't file charges against him.
What was the kit in question?
Looks more like a College Psychology 101 experiment than a Physics one. As in: "Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole?" "Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole if 'authority' as referenced by a lab coat and clipboard tells you to?" "Are you dumb enough to put your finger in that hole if we offer you $20?"
It's a homebuilt spectrometer of sorts. And yes Harold, that is the offender. One of the pen bodies has a light source, the other a sensor. He knew he was going to have some issues, so he separated everything, making it obvious to someone with any electronics knowledge that there were no closed circuits.
He knew he was going to have some issues, so he separated everything, making it obvious to someone with any electronics knowledge that there were no closed circuits.
Of COURSE! Because ALL TSA screeners have advanced degrees in electronics engineering.
back in the 90s, i traveled to NYC on the shuttle carrying 2 external HDs, a pile of scsi cables, ethernet hub and cat5s, a tool kit, a laptop and a scanneri often wonder how they determined my tech was inert.
In 2008, I flew with a power supply board for the new 787 in my luggage.I figured that I would catch hell for it, and told them up front before they ran it through the scanner, but they just shrugged.How in the world would they know that this odd looking contraption wasn't dangerous Huh?