On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 12:11 -0400, Martin Klingensmith wrote:
> Thanks for the info, guys.
> I'll just mail them ahead I don't want any trouble. Any sane person
> could tell that they're harmless (broken prototypes of small motor
> controllers) ... alas being an engineer makes us look like we're all
> up to something these days.

Unfortunately border security personal are not allowed to use common
sense. If they see something they don't recognize, or something that
looks like something else, they will balk.

I once tried to bring a radio scanner on my carry on. Despite my
explanation what it was, my demonstrating how it worked, the lack of any
"talk" button, and a manual stating what it was, they simply would not
believe it wasn't a walkie-talkie. It looked kinda like a walkie-talkie,
and they wouldn't budge from that meaning it was a walkie-talkie.

The false sense of security this sort of "protection" produces is very
worrisome to me.

TTYL

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