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Wireless Computing and Airplanes?
Echemus writes "The Register has an article speculating whether the fact more and more devices have WiFi/GSM facilities built in will cause Airlines to ban all computing equipment and its like from the cabin. Airlines are ultra-paranoid about cell phones, but is that paranoia justified?"
...But has anyone actualy gotten a signal while flying around in one of those big tin cans?
-- Any comments seen here are not mine, but a mixture of alchohol and lack of sleep.
Less than two years ago an airliner crashed in Pennsylvania after several passengers used cellphones on board.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
1)The paranoia is NOT justified, look at the Sept 11th events, tons of people on cellphones on the planes with no problems.
Nonsense! All the planes crashed.
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Or you could create a cell phone seating area. Probably on the wing opposite the smoker's seating area.
t
Heh. I was actually thinking of suggesting that cell phones be permitted in the lavatories, but then I realized that it would end up with 4 assholes monopolizing the bathrooms for hours while the other 200 people held their crotches while jumping up and down and moaning uncontrollably.
they actually had a store room full of brand new replacement cases of all the common brands
Ah. So that's where "lost" luggage ends up.
-CausticPuppy "Of all the people I know, you're certainly one of them." -Somebody I don't know
monitor! airplane! same damn thing! fly TRINITRON ***whhoooosssh****
Make that the rule for 1st class bathrooms. Watch CEOs air rage each other because one wants to talk on the phone (I'm important damnit!) and the other just wants to piss.
blatantly biased research goes a long way to support your cause.
nowhere have you directly supported the claim that cellular phone use causes problems on air planes. you've told us that you don't like the sights of cell towers around your place. radiation from microwave RF is bad (you hopefully don't stand in front of the microwave watching the plate spin around for 45 seconds). you've told us that it's entirely possible for cell phones to cause problems on planes. you've told us that it's entirely possible for a pda user to crack into the airplane flight control systems.
it is also entirely possible that cellular phones help the planes navigate better in the air. it's entirely possible that pigeons flying outside help guide and fly the plane. it's not very probably though and neither is someone hacking into the flight control systems via a pda. is the black box also running a dhcp server passing out TCP/IP addresses and exposing web services to operate the plane? it's possible...
Sometimes I put my T68i next to my computer monitor/speakers at work. When I get a call, there is a telltale series of buzzes and blips...and about three seconds later my phone starts ringing.
There is no gravity...the earth just sucks.
Rich
Is there not the (tiniest) possibility of a spark if you drop the phone and the battery pops off - ? (just a question)