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Old 02-28-2009, 09:17 PM   #22
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Actually X-Ray's can flip the bits in your FLASH memory but hey, everything is backed up on Amazon's servers so no need to worry right?

Just try not to get X-Ray'd on an Orange Day or when the President is in town, when they have the X-Ray machines set to "Lightly toasted".

During high security events they can turn the X-Ray output level up to ensure better visibility into things like unfamiliar electronic devices containing dense things like batteries that look alot like a chunk of C4. Also, when you see the belt go backwards and suck back into the machine? That's them dialing it up for a better look.

http://www.newser.com/article/d96jis...05-launch.html

Cosmic Ray's, X-Ray's it's all E=mc2 baby.

My advice: take your valuable electronic device out and put it in a separate tub. If you have several devices put them in one layer next to each other, don't stack them. That way they can usually get it on the first pass at low power. When I had to travel heavy and had crazy numbers of chargers and cables mixed in with my gear I've had them run the bag through 5 times. They've been taught not to trust hand inspections anymore. They need to see what's inside those little blocks.
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