> >I have had several nice guards explain to me that the need to see this
> >thing called the "B-I-O-S" when they press the power button. Once
> >they see it, they can do this really cool trick - they hold down the
> >power button and it turns the computer off! And it didn't even hurt
> >my "windows" because it was turned off during the "B-I-O-S" phase.
> >
> >Since 2003 I don't think they've even turned on my computer.
>
> Are we having one conversation or two?
> I know the airline and US people care about bombs, etc. going in, hence
> they need to see it start. And Scott talked about Canadian customs
> (presumably coming back) needing to be able to search content. I
> actually hadn't heard anything about the latter. Scott, are these
> stories common?
They are true, but not that common otherwise I think we'd here more
stink about it. I've only heard it happening while entering Canada,
not the U.S. A family friend, on return from the U.S. had his Mac
laptop thoroughly scoured for 2+ hours, presumably for child porn.
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