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Xbox 360 mishaps

Kabob

Kabob

Lifer
So, what do Xbox 360's and bombs have in common? Apparently airport security people can't tell the difference...

Dunno if this has been posted yet, but I got a chuckle out of it
 
It's good to know that the "paid professionals" can help protect us from the terror of exploding Xboxes...
 
ROFL. Two weeks ago I left my jacket unattended on the floor in Burbank airport (went to the bathroom). When I came back Airport Security was crowded around the jacket, calling in the bomb squad. :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: kabob983
It's good to know that the "paid professionals" can help protect us from the terror of exploding Xboxes...
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They're basically federal employees, been to the DMV lately? :frown:
 
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Theoretically, couldn't you fashion a bomb out of the Xbox360 console?
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yes, so better safe than sorry.

we live in different times now...
 
I can't imagine how...it's just circuits and such, a hard drive, optic drives. Maybe you could make an Optic Drive of Terror! It shoots lasers out everywhere and vaporizes stuff...or something to the same level of rediculousity...

But seriously, I don't think there's anything in there that's...combustable.
 
Originally posted by: kabob983
I can't imagine how...it's just circuits and such, a hard drive, optic drives. Maybe you could make an Optic Drive of Terror! It shoots lasers out everywhere and vaporizes stuff...or something to the same level of rediculousity...

But seriously, I don't think there's anything in there that's...combustable.
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um...

a bomb involves:
Circuits, and there are ALWAYS fake objects within the bomb to make it look normal...

plus the HD could have contained the explosive stuff instead of a true HD internal, along with countless other ways to turn the 360, or ANY console for that matter, into a true bomb.
 
Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Originally posted by: kabob983
I can't imagine how...it's just circuits and such, a hard drive, optic drives. Maybe you could make an Optic Drive of Terror! It shoots lasers out everywhere and vaporizes stuff...or something to the same level of rediculousity...

But seriously, I don't think there's anything in there that's...combustable.
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um...

a bomb involves:
Circuits, and there are ALWAYS fake objects within the bomb to make it look normal...

plus the HD could have contained the explosive stuff instead of a true HD internal, along with countless other ways to turn the 360, or ANY console for that matter, into a true bomb.
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I'd imaging it'd be easy to do... Same with a laptop.
 
With the amount of laptops going through xray machines, they would have to be morons to not recognize the similiarities in an xbox system. Alas, they are *experts*.
 
Well, I don't imagine they get paid enough to be qualified as "experts." And yeah, I suppose you could dress up a gaming console to look like a bomb. But then again I'd think you could dress a bomb up as almost anything...electric razor, mp3 player...even boxer shorts (well maybe not...)
 
My sister was stopped for a curling iron. The cord was wrapped around it and made it look like a stick of dynamite. And this was way before 9/11. Like 15 years before.
 
Would you rather check a bag and find that its a 360, or would you rather let it go and find out later that it was a bomb? They check items all the time. Just look at anyone that has to open their bag up for security. We just dont see "news" articles on every occurance.
 
I thought you arn't supposed to put laptops through the X-Ray machine. So why would a Xbox 360 go through that machine? O well, if anything happends it will be his fault.
 
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