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They shot my laptop

Posted in Stupid by Derek at 2:17 pm

shot laptop

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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11 Comments, Comment or Trackback

  1. th3n33ms

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

    Dec 18th, 2005

  2. 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.

    Dec 18th, 2005

  3. Jake

    ^ I agree. A bomb wouldn’t be shot at.

    Dec 18th, 2005

  4. 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…

    Dec 18th, 2005

  5. 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.

    Dec 18th, 2005

  6. Jake

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

    Dec 18th, 2005

  7. 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

    Dec 19th, 2005

  8. Derek

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

    Dec 19th, 2005

  9. Jake

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

    Dec 19th, 2005

  10. Large

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

    Jan 7th, 2006

  11. Large

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

    Jan 7th, 2006

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