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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 8:22 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gottigotti:
a bit off topic:

How does taking the laptop out of my bag do anything other than slow the line down and risk theft?

Europe and Asia seem to do just fine without laptop removal.
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I believe the reasoning is that the solid mass of the laptop could obscure something else from xray.
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