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France to Allow Cell Phone Jamming
ZuperDee writes "According to this article, the French industry minister has approved a decision to allow cinemas, concert halls and theaters to install cell phone jammers, on the condition that emergency calls can still get through."
you cant ... ... ... otherwise shut the hell up.
i think its just to stop people whining
if you can block calls with out blocking 112 / emergency calls then you can have a jammer
What's with you and anti-social anyway?
See, banning something just because the majority do not like something is stupid and more anti-social than anything that I suggested.
It's not the question of how many people would be taking up calls. Guess what, statistics show that where I live (Atlanta), Blacks commit more crimes than people of other races. And not too many blacks attend this particular pub that I frequent. But let's not let any other Black attend the club either, he's more likely to commit a crime than not.
Sounds good? That's how your comments come across to me. I have a need, and just because there are fools out there who misuse their cellphones does not mean you rule out MY legitimate need. It may not be important to YOU, but it sure as hell is important to me.
By saying that because the majority does not receive calls on cellphones and find it annoying, and therefore you'd ban cellphones altogether is STUPID and more anti-social than anything I suggested. You're effectively telling me not to go to movies so that you can have a good time.
Why can't people learn to fucking accept that there may be others with different needs? Is that so hard?
It's funny, Slashdot groupthink amuses me. Essentially, the theater is infringing upon my personal rights. Sure, there'll be a stream of idiots who'll ramble on that if I do not like it, I do not go to the theater. Well, that's defeatist because then all theaters will have the same thing - minority voices are simply drowned.
Professors who make policy like that tend to be anal retentive assholes. Sure, phones are annoying, but it's ridiculous to lower someone's final grade by that amount (easily a pass or fail margin) because they forgot to turn their cell off once. That takes a grade A asshole.
The only prof I had who ever said a word about turning cells off...get this, she asked nicely. It wasn't ever a problem.
I keep hearing about professors that do that, I wonder what they do when a student says "Fuck you I'm not handing over my phone" or complains to the department. Granted, if they're tenured I imagine nothing at all happens (which is a shame in its own right) but it would be mildly amusing to see some jerk done for assault because he tried to take the phone from the student.
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The social ills of cell phone use comes up on /. pretty regularly. Without fail, a European will post, "What's wrong with you Americans. Here in (my country), everyone has cell phones and we just get along with one another". I lived in Europe for many years. I can certainly believe that in many parts, cell phone users are more considerate of others and that those others are more tolerant of any trangressions. However, stories like this show that problems exist on both sides of the ocean.