They shot my laptop

December 18, 2005 by guestauthor in Stupid with 11 Comments

See what happens when you accidently leave your laptop at the Post Office in a conspicious looking bag? The bomb squad is called in, an inspector Gadget robot is deployed, and your bag is shot to test for explosives.

As strong as the IBM T-Series Thinkpads are, they’re no match. When are we going to see consumer laptops capable of deflecting high velocity projectiles?

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How do you “forget” a laptop at a Post Office? :-p
matt

rediculous! Why would police SHOOT a freakin BOMB? That’s just going to make things worse (big explosions, etc). Instead, how about opening the bag, or calling in a bomb squad like the rest of the U.S. does when they receive a bomb threat. Come on…this has gotta be staged.
Jake

^ I agree. A bomb wouldn’t be shot at.
http://smurfturf.net/ xSmurf

They don’t shoot it with it explosives. The bomb squads uses a high power water jet to disintegrate all of the bomb at the same time. In my book this seams a lot more intelligent then cutting the red, or maybe it’s the green, wire…
Derek

if an explosive is not able to be remotely disarmed, it is denoated on purpose. the story comes from the middle east. i’m assuming the priority for explosives is to detonate away from civilians over attempting to disarm.
Jake

Ah, I was thinking of shooting, as in with a bullet. But the story still sounds kinda fake.
joe

they do shoot bombs sometimes. they have the roboot come in and take the (BOMB) to a safe place and they shoot it. Im not saying the story is true but its possible
Derek

you also have to take into consideration that the item was left unattended at a post office.
Jake

So are many other things… I don’t think it’d be instantly thought of as a bomb and be shot at..
Large

Here is a picture of one of the robots they use for such a thing.
Large

http://store1.yimg.com/I/security2020_1877_3143650

They shot my laptop

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