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Re: wearable necessity?

Similar experience here.  Even though my wearable looks just like a bomb
from a movie, nobody looks twice at it.  The X-Ray operators used to demand
to see my Libretto when it was in a suitcase, but seemingly have no
interested in a Bill  Blass trenchcoat with about 20 wires and a bunch of
electronic components.  My theory is that they won't check out anything
they're afraid they won't understand.

W/ respect to the covert, my regular Glasstron (not hacked) draws few
comments.  Most people guess correctly what it is.  I wore it all the way
from the C to E gate in Chicago, and caught nobody staring.  I want a covert
display, but mainly because it would make ME more comfortable -- other
people seem to have no problem with me having a cyborg hat on my head.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Leong" <>
To: "Doug Sutherland" <>
Cc: "Wear-Hard Mailing List" <>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: wearable necessity?

> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Doug Sutherland wrote:
> > BTW if you want to take your wearable through the x-ray inspection
> > at the airport, here's a tip. Disassemble the parts and put them
> > in small static resistant bags, and place them next to a laptop in
> > your suitcase. All the x-ray will see is a big black void where
> > the laptop is. They will likely ask you to remove the laptop and
> > fire it up, but they won't likely look in your bag at the wearable
>
> it's funny, but i've worn my wearable to the xray machine, took it off and
put
> it on the conveyor belt with no response from the xray machine operator.
other
> times, they'll ignore the wearable and question me about the palm pilot
(my
> pilot has a nifty kodak digital camera attached.)  once, i packed two
wearables
> and they needed to check both of them out (what a a hassle).  just
recently, i
> was on the plane
> before takeoff and the stewardesses were suspicious when they saw me
sitting
> quietly with big sunglasses (covert m1) and a big hippack attached to me
with
> wires hanging out, just  twiddling away checking my email.  they had the
> copilot investigate me.
>
> now that i've been wearing the sunglasses a while, i've come to some
> conclusions.  when the display is obvious and they can see your eyes, like
> with the hacked glasstron or original m1, people are curious.  when i'm
hiding
> behind the sunglasses and they can't see what i'm looking at, they are
> suspicious as well as curious.  greg priest dorman and i were talking
about
> this yesterday and he hit the nail on the head:  there's a certain
> anti-covertness about being covert.
>
> --
> Cliff Leong       < mailto: >
> ZeroSpin Inc.     < http://zerospin.com/ >
>
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