A Slashdotter's response to the new
lithium battery restrictions on airplanes:
"Obviously they needed to be banned. Lithium batteries are much much more dangerous than 3oz of water outside of a plastic baggie.
And for that matter people bleed to death of papercuts all the time. Paper must be banned from airlines. Similarly Cheeseburgers umbrellas during lightning storms and those shoes with little wheels in them must be stopped. On airplanes.
Other things that should never be brought on an airplane include: step ladders Christmas lights and Chuck Norris. Gambling is a very serious addiction and as such fliers are hereby banned from setting foot inside of Las Vegas McCarron Airport.
Thank you for your attention and thank you for flying with the TSA. The TSA: [tsa.gov] Drawing on our imagination to creatively protect America from imagined harm."