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Wireless Computing and Airplanes?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-that-suck dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:not sure if they know about WiFi yet by yatest5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    On Air Canada and Air Transat I had my TiBook with me. Both times I 'accendently' had the airport card on for a bit before noticing my battery life was not as long as I would like. But they didn't ask, nor care about the laptop.

    That would be super cool to have a little WC3 tourny over WiFi on the long flight across the Atlantic though.. hmmm.

    It's such a pity this didn't cause your plane to fall out of the sky.

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    • Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:5) Thurs, June 31, @13:37
  2. Re:No I dont fly commercial by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
    What part of "CONGRESS" you don't understand?