RE: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-18 Thread David Honig
At 11:51 AM 11/18/01 +0100, Eugene Leitl wrote: >> >gardeners have gotten hassled and delayed because of trace amounts of >> >ammonia-based fertilizers on their person and effects. If you plan to fly, > >Salts are different from traces of uncombusted nitrocellulose deposited on >any surface of a

RE: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-18 Thread Eugene Leitl
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, David Honig wrote: > At 10:57 AM 11/17/01 -0800, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > >Airport chemical "sniffers" apparently look for the signature of nitrogen > >compounds, not "explosives," per se. I've often wondered how many weekend Unless they look for nitrogen in bulk of the spec

Re: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-17 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, November 17, 2001, at 05:41 PM, David Honig wrote: > At 10:57 AM 11/17/01 -0800, Sandy Sandfort wrote: >> Airport chemical "sniffers" apparently look for the signature of >> nitrogen >> compounds, not "explosives," per se. I've often wondered how many >> weekend >> gardeners have

RE: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-17 Thread David Honig
At 10:57 AM 11/17/01 -0800, Sandy Sandfort wrote: >Airport chemical "sniffers" apparently look for the signature of nitrogen >compounds, not "explosives," per se. I've often wondered how many weekend >gardeners have gotten hassled and delayed because of trace amounts of >ammonia-based fertilizers

RE: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-17 Thread Jonathan Wienke
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Monkeywrenching airport security [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Monkeywrenching airport security > > Walk into an airport in baggy pants with > powdered expolosives in a leg bag

re: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-17 Thread citizenq
How useful. That'll really, I mean REALLY show 'em who's boss, as they shut the airport down and strand thousands of hapless travelers who I am sure will really understand your idiotic point. Which is ... ? Shit, all it takes is for you to put on some sneakers, run rapidly past the security

RE: Monkeywrenching airport security

2001-11-17 Thread Sandy Sandfort
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Monkeywrenching airport security > > Walk into an airport in baggy pants with > powdered expolosives in a leg bag which > can slowly be dispersed as you walk... Airport chemical "sniffers" apparently look for the signature of nitrogen compounds, not "explosive