Airport handling of laptops in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20901867 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:06:26 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:06:26 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20905877 tiger72 :
said by fiberguy See Profile :

I won't even address your overly analyzed reply.. 1) It makes no sense, and 2) you did exactly what I said you were doing.

Plain and simple... no.. people don't check their laptops. I'm glad you can point to one or two people that have.. but considering the millions/billions of flights, that certainly supports what I say.. no, people don't check 'em.

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then, if that's the case, reply to the OP's claim that "US airports lose laptops daily".
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-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20905877 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:36:32 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20905774 fiberguy : I won't even address your overly analyzed reply.. 1) It makes no sense, and 2) you did exactly what I said you were doing.

Plain and simple... no.. people don't check their laptops. I'm glad you can point to one or two people that have.. but considering the millions/billions of flights, that certainly supports what I say.. no, people don't check 'em.

Z]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20905774 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:08:39 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20904117 flyingjoey : Exactly, how the heck is someone going to check something that #1 is expensive, #2 can easily be damaged, and last but not least #3 can easily be "misplaced" aka stolen.

I carry a 17" macbook pro maxed out out... Hell if I'm going to let it out of sight. I fly for free, so I do it a few times a month.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20904117 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:09:37 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20903489 tiger72 :
said by fiberguy See Profile :

Yup! I sure can! If someone is doing it, they are idiots AND VERY VERY VERY few that I can actually say it's not done.
I said this very thing in the post you responded to earlier. It's definitely not wise, and it doesn't make sense, but some people do it.
But, if you want to find the one or two people that do it and say "you can't say no-one" then I'm not interested in an exchange with you.
You joined the pre-existing exchange, commenting on my personal experience as if you were a definitive authority on the entire subject in all its entirety; as if it were downright impossible for someone to check their laptop, and that my personal experience had simply no way to even happen in reality.

Then you later say that the very claim I made originally (to which you are responding) was something that you're not interested in talking about.
Orly?
Even the airlines tell you NOT to do it.
And that means what? Stupid people do stupid things. You the type of guy that thinks "if only we put up one more warning sign, maybe people won't do it"? Some people are just stupid, no matter how much we try to prevent their stupidity.
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"What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? ...If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20903489 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:25:57 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20903267 fiberguy : Yup! I sure can! If someone is doing it, they are idiots AND VERY VERY VERY few that I can actually say it's not done. But, if you want to find the one or two people that do it and say "you can't say no-one" then I'm not interested in an exchange with you.

Even the airlines tell you NOT to do it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20903267 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:45:43 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20903085 tiger72 :
said by fiberguy See Profile :

Um... no. I think I can say with out a doubt that no one checks their laptops under the plane when they travel.
you think you can say without a doubt, eh?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20903085 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:07:28 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20902878 fiberguy : Um... no. I think I can say with out a doubt that no one checks their laptops under the plane when they travel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20902878 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:25:16 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20902152 tiger72 :
said by wifi4milez See Profile :

said by tiger72 See Profile :

this is mostly an issue of checked baggage. You know, when the geniuses at TSA "randomly" choose to "search" bags with laptops in them and then "lose" them.
Who checks their laptop when flying?? I keep mine in my backpack, which comes on the flight with me. Why would you ever put something (relatively) delicate into the checked baggage hell? I feel that anyone who has ever once seen how the baggage "handlers" throw bags around would know better than to check anything breakable.
People going on long trips who don't want to do anything on the flight, but need computer access while abroad.

Hey, i'm not saying it makes any sense, I just know some people do it.
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"What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? ...If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20902152 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:55:24 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20902106 wifi4milez :
said by tiger72 See Profile :

this is mostly an issue of checked baggage. You know, when the geniuses at TSA "randomly" choose to "search" bags with laptops in them and then "lose" them.
Who checks their laptop when flying?? I keep mine in my backpack, which comes on the flight with me. Why would you ever put something (relatively) delicate into the checked baggage hell? I feel that anyone who has ever once seen how the baggage "handlers" throw bags around would know better than to check anything breakable.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20902106 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:46:45 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20901911 tiger72 : this is mostly an issue of checked baggage. You know, when the geniuses at TSA "randomly" choose to "search" bags with laptops in them and then "lose" them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20901911 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:59:53 EDT Re: Airport handling of laptops http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20901892 nixen :
said by itnoles See Profile :

I don't know I can trust them to handling my laptop. I have seen a story about US airports lose laptops daily.

In the other hands, this seems a good idea.
Err... What? Who's handling your laptop other than you? Your laptop is a carry-on item.
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In the other hands, this seems a good idea.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20901867 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:49:03 EDT