[BC] x-rays and hard drives

[Cowboy]

On Saturday 19 November 2005 10:34 am, Lewis Munn wrote:
>Norton at one time had a neat disk-reading utility.  I used it to recover a 
student's term paper corrupted by a virus.  Recovered about 95% of the paper, 
but it was a very powerful routine with very few protections, so was 
withdrawn in the next issue.

 That kind of stuff is still around, and I do use some of it.
 You're right about the protections, though.
 Some of this stuff can very quickly do irrepairable damage.
 
>  I have many times wished they still had it available for the more advanced 
systems.

 :-)

>  Photographic film, conversely, is affected by the ionization and any 
induced light from the X-rays.  Causes a general fogging.
>   
>  It is too bad that "security" has to use these powerful tools that can 
cause damge.

 Fortunately, the stuff they use is *so* low powered.....

>  I did find it interesting on a recent trip that the US takes about 3X as 
long in the searches as any other county, and one country didn't even have an 
incomming customs check.

 It's all about the show !

>  Also, the other countries have little hesitation about taking cameras and 
films around the X-ray; the US tries to claim it is "camera safe".  And the 
US folks always seem angry about their work; other countries seem very polite 
and careful.

 Funny, that !

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