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Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop
zerothink writes "American student Lily Sussman, 21, upon entry into Israel from Taba (Egypt, Sinai) caught Israeli border police in grumpy mood — after two hours of questions and searching through her belongings they decided to put three bullets through her laptop. Explanation? 'I'm sorry but we had to blow up your laptop.' Haaretz also covered the story." All three bullets missed the hard disk.
But this is what happens if you don't set up partitions properly.
who wouldnt want to put three bullets through a Mac?
She had the following on herself -hand drawn map of downtown Jerusalem -Arabic stickers on laptop -"Fuck Star of David" pic on phone
-passport stamps from Arab countries -various Arab publications -photos condemning Israeli military action in Gaza
It is not convenient at all forgetting the details you mentioned. They change nothing about the story. The only thing that can justify such an action is if her laptop battery was made by sony.
Now that's a threat.
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Indeed. I'm constantly amazed at how people carrying Arab publications act all surprised when their laptops get shot.
Given the other evidence they probably determined there was a statistically significant percentage that the laptop wasn't just a laptop, so they disposed of it how almost every group disables potential bombs, by shooting it.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
The bullets would have bounced off. But it does figure that angsty types would have an apple product.
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I see guard dogs, handled by security officers (in their 20s). They're actually a bit cute. Except they have sharp teeth and they're trained to kill etc.
Are those cute, trained to kill, and sharp teethed officers in their 20s, single?
On other news websites, "Thankfully, noone was killed". On Slashdot, "All three bullets missed the hard disc".
SURELY NOT!!!!!
I totally get you, but a lot of people prefer it that way because they're simply freightened.
I'm not saying right or wrong here, but both sides have sound reasons.
o hai
Would it be possible to design a bomb that goes off when shot?
Sure. Just carry a jar of nitroglycerine. The trick with that one is, rather, not to have it go off because you looked at it wrong.
Do you know what the symbol for "Arm" is on the firing control mechanism for an M1 Abrahms main gun?
Wait... you mean the design of the main US battletank supposes that the operators can't read english? Or is this from some israeli knockoff of the Abrams?
Yeah, the Israel version is called the Abrahams.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
So I shouldn't cut the red wire?
OK, green it &# :"}$%._. ...no carrier
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
It's easy to spot the difference, the gun is slightly shorter.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Three bullets put in Mac. Nothing of value was lost.
A few months back I accidentally left a bag on the Tube. All it had in it was some incredibly sweaty gym kit - I'd just done 90 minutes of Bikram Yoga. I realised what I'd done on the way home and was terrified that I'd carelessly brought the whole London public transport system to a halt, but thankfully it looks like they didn't call in the bomb squad.
If the London Underground staff member who cautiously opened that bag, fearful of it blowing up, only to find my soaking clothes in it, is reading this, I apologise unreservedly for the appalling sight that must have greeted you.
We're sorry miss, but that is a Macbook. Therefore it is horrible and must be destroyed before our children see it and make an arbitrary decision about the proper O.S. and hardware. You might get away with using that in a Muslim land, but here it is not kosher.
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The correct procedure, when coming in contact with a Mac, is to shoot it at least 5 times.
Before I enter the station, I see guard dogs, handled by security officers (in their 20s). They're actually a bit cute. Except they have sharp teeth and they're trained to kill etc.
Wow. And if the security officers are that mean, I don't even want to know how the dogs are trained.