well, on sunday i was caught in part of this in denver. on a connecting flight i was randomly selected for additional screening at boarding.

the security professional asked if i had heard of the new screening procedures for computers. i said i had. she asked me to turn the computer on, but once they saw it light up, i could turn it off.

i told them it must completely boot up before i shut it off, otherwise i might incur damage to the software. they were suprised that something like that could happen as they have never heard of it before. being that they are high paid security professionals, i am sure they have $3000 notebook computers with $25,000 of software on them.

anyway, while it was booting up, they kept telling me to shut it off and i kept telling them no, i cannot do that until it is done starting up.

all the while, the next randomly selected passenger was waiting to be screened. i guess i clogged their well oiled machine.

one note. the person behind me had scissors removed from her sewing bag. i am happy to report that no garments were manufactured on the flight and we arrived in orlando safely, although with the same wardrobes we boarded with

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