[Noisebridge-congress] Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in luggage
David Stainton
dstainton415 at gmail.com
Sun Jul 26 17:13:48 UTC 2015
I'm glad people chimed in with realistic stories... to remind the
thread that you all are not important enough to be targeted for
harassment at the airport; I wish you all better luck with your
personal mythology of government persecution... maybe someday you'll
be sufficiently paranoid?
Perhaps what some people on this thread really want but didn't say
anything about it is:
- a private jet to carry all your contraband to Europa.
How does that sound? Off topic? sure... but were you not thinking this already?
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Cypher Punk <quantumcyph3r at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a job installing CBCT scanners for dentists and surgeons. It creates a
> 3d image of your mouth. We used a dummy head to calibrate it. The dummy had
> a skull inside it since we needed the to align the skull with the machine.
> Every time I traveled, that bag was searched. I got like 15 of those
> "Searched by TSA" notices. Just a little story. I'm sure we'll be okay.
>
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>> 1. Re: Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in
>> luggage ? (Rubin Abdi)
>> 2. Re: Creating our own booty shorts (Rubin Abdi)
>> 3. Re: Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in
>> luggage ? (Willow Brugh)
>> 4. Re: Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in
>> luggage ? (miloh)
>> 5. Re: Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in
>> luggage ? (Andy Isaacson)
>> 6. Re: Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in
>> luggage ? (Mitch Altman)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:15:19 -0700
>> From: Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net>
>> To: "Traveling to Europe for the Congress?"
>> <congress at lists.noisebridge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] Any tips in carrying all kinds of
>> electronics in check-in luggage ?
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>> Tip: Don't have the same colored skin as me.
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>> --
>> Rubin
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>> From: Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net>
>> To: "Traveling to Europe for the Congress?"
>> <congress at lists.noisebridge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] Creating our own booty shorts
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>> We will figure that out after we've successfully produced booty shorts.
>> This is a science and all that.
>>
>> --
>> Rubin
>> rubin at starset.net
>> On Jul 25, 2015 10:00, "Willow Brugh" <willow at bl00cyb.org> wrote:
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>> > Dear Rubin, to whom do I send cash monies for booty shorts to, or the
>> > physical booty shorts themselves?
>> >
>> > Willow Brugh // willowbl00 <http://blog.bl00cyb.org/> // tinyletter
>> > <https://tinyletter.com/bl00>
>> > schedule research <http://meetme.so/research>, work
>> > <http://meetme.so/willowwork>, or social <http://meetme.so/willowbl00>
>> > time
>> > with me
>> >
>> > 0xf8a3976b56a2db35
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> This is in fact happening! We'll be heat pressing at Noisebridge on
>> >> Tuesday night. If you want in, either fill out the spreadsheet, or show
>> >> up
>> >> at Noisebridge with garments that you want to have logo-ized.
>> >>
>> >> On 23 July 2015 at 11:12, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Fixed!
>> >>>
>> >>> On 23 July 2015 at 10:26, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Looks like I only have View Access.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> So an idea got thrown around tonight to potentially make our own
>> >>>>> booty
>> >>>>> shorts, with heat transfer vinyl. Interested? It'll be something
>> >>>>> like $15 a
>> >>>>> pop for something from Uniqlo with vinyl on it, and if you have your
>> >>>>> own
>> >>>>> shorts you want to have NOPE written on the ass, it's even cheaper.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> This is a tentative thing, but if you are interested, please fill
>> >>>>> this
>> >>>>> out...
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oecL8mm28zEkra6lHx0LGax2pJaPqEbSkqnSCMC0rQg/edit#gid=0
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Rubin
>> >>>>> rubin at starset.net
>> >>>>>
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>> >>> --
>> >>> Rubin
>> >>> rubin at starset.net
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Rubin
>> >> rubin at starset.net
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>> From: Willow Brugh <willow at bl00cyb.org>
>> To: "Traveling to Europe for the Congress?"
>> <congress at lists.noisebridge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] Any tips in carrying all kinds of
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>> A friend who once shut down an airport was advised to call ahead about
>> bringing strange things, but I don't know if that would ACTUALLY help.
>>
>> Willow Brugh // willowbl00 <http://blog.bl00cyb.org/> // tinyletter
>> <https://tinyletter.com/bl00>
>> schedule research <http://meetme.so/research>, work
>> <http://meetme.so/willowwork>, or social <http://meetme.so/willowbl00>
>> time
>> with me
>>
>> 0xf8a3976b56a2db35
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>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
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>> > Tip: Don't have the same colored skin as me.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Rubin
>> > rubin at starset.net
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>> From: miloh <froggytoad at gmail.com>
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>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:39:30 -0700
>> From: Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org>
>> To: Traveling to Europe for the Congress?
>> <congress at lists.noisebridge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] Any tips in carrying all kinds of
>> electronics in check-in luggage ?
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>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 09:59:43AM -0700, Henner Zeller wrote:
>> > So like many of us travelling to Camp, I will probably have all kinds
>> > of stuff in my check-in luggage such as the LED panels, switching
>> > power supply and all kinds of wires that will probably look pretty
>> > alarming if you are looking at an X-ray of the luggage...
>> >
>> > So I am a bit worried that I might end up without electronics..
>>
>> I've never had any problems with international checked luggage even when
>> my bags were fairly full of LEDs, power supplies, etc. They frequently
>> open the bags, but stuff that's just wires and circuits is generally
>> fine.
>>
>> You should not pack lots of batteries, of course, since they actually
>> are dangerous, and they show up on the x-ray. But regularly installed
>> batteries in cameras or whatever are generally fine.
>>
>> As long as the x-ray says "lots of wires and circuits" the inspection
>> probably won't be a problem. It's "wires plus mysterious substances"
>> that's a problem.
>>
>> Now, I always make sure that SFO is my international segment -- I've had
>> much MUCH worse experiences with customs/inspections in other US
>> airports, including IAH and EWR. I realize it's a bit late for most
>> people to be thinking about that ... :)
>>
>> -andy
>>
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>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:45:51 -0700
>> From: Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>
>> To: <h.zeller at acm.org>, <congress at lists.noisebridge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] Any tips in carrying all kinds of
>> electronics in check-in luggage ?
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>> For my workshops I've traveled with lots of (to a TSA employee) very
>> strange looking electronics for the past 9 years. Only one did I have any
>> trouble: the person inspecting my bag unwrapped each and every item from its
>> bubble wrap, and then dumped all the stuff back in the suitcase without
>> re-wrapping, and with no regard for the stuff arriving unharmed (and some of
>> my projects needed minor repair when the bag and I arrived at our
>> destination.
>>
>> That's the only problem is ever had.
>>
>> I have never marked anything, or done anything but pack stuff well, and
>> weigh the bag to be sure it's under the airline's max weight limit (usually
>> 50 lbs or 23 Kg).
>>
>> So, in answer to your question:
>> No need to worry about this.
>>
>> But don't bring any non-consumer-electronics items as carry-on -- only
>> pack these kinds of things in checked bags.
>>
>> Best,
>> Mitch.
>>
>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:59:43 -0700
>> Subject: Any tips in carrying all kinds of electronics in check-in luggage
>> ?
>> From: h.zeller at acm.org
>> To: congress at lists.noisebridge.net; maltman23 at hotmail.com
>>
>> Hi,So like many of us travelling to Camp, I will probably have all kinds
>> of stuff in my check-in luggage such as the LED panels, switching power
>> supply and all kinds of wires that will probably look pretty alarming if you
>> are looking at an X-ray of the luggage...
>> So I am a bit worried that I might end up without electronics..
>> It is commonly known that they will open international luggage anyway, so
>> the question is how to make sure that TSA and others that rummage through my
>> stuff don't see this as a threat but just simple electronics.
>> I intend to clearly mark things, for instance write stickers 'Display
>> panels' so that it is more clear to someone inspecting the luggage contents.
>> Are there any other good suggestions ? Mitch, you are travelling a lot
>> internationally, probably often with electronics - do you have some good
>> suggestions to improve the probability to get these things through unharmed
>> ? Or am I just overthinking this ?
>> Thanks Henner.
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