
Maybe when they finally get around to inventing a phaser rifle, we'll be able to open these goddamn things without the risk of injury. Until then, about the only way to open one of these buggers is to put on a pair of heavy leather (or kevlar) gloves and then attacking the clamshell with a pair of large scissors.
The people who invented it should be condemned to an eternity in Hell, having to open clamshell packages with only a small pair of dull scissors.