El mar, 11-02-2003 a las 03:15, Joris escribió: > I know it has little to do with debian on laptops (altough a non-windows > OS booting meight look suspecious to customs), but: > > What advice can experienced travellers give me on flying with a laptop? > > I don't want to take any chances with the baggage (especially since I > won't have a direct flight), so I'll have to keep it in the > hand-luggage. > > Can laptops (and digital photocameras) survive the xrays used? Or should > I remove the tech gear and offer it for in spection to the guards? (Or > wrap it in alu foil? :p)
Yes, it can. The first time I ask to avoid it, it was necessary turned it on. But someone of an airport told me that nothing could happen, except with films with high sensibility (ISO >= 800 or 1200 even). So, I've pass my notebook many times on x-ray and nothing happened. Anyway, always I backup before to travel :-) -- German Poo Caaman~o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ubiobio.cl/~gpoo/chilelindo.html "Hay 10 tipos de personas: las que entienden binario y las que no." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
