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Cell Phones In The Air?
jumbledInTheHead writes "Are you ever annoyed when someone near you talks unnecessarily loud on their cell phone? Or even worse, when it is in a tight, enclosed space and you can't walk away? The problem is about to get worse the next time you take a flight; the FAA is considering removing the ban on cell phone use on airlines."
Brutal punch-to-the-head incidents are expected to rise eleventy kajillion* percent.
* Margin of error +/- three kajillion.
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
Just ask them to step outside.
Probably because if they are talking to a person they just met(more than likely on a plane), they won't talk about whatever discharges are coming from whatever orafices like they do on phones :P
Monstar L
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
So far, every time I was annoyed with people talking loudly on their cell phones, I just took the next flight to avoid them for a couple of blissful hours of soothing engine noise and luxurious meals. Now I can't even do that? How can it get any worse?
The fine folks at Coudal http://www.coudal.com/ provide cards that you can hand to your neighbor blarring into his cell phone:
... about [ ] last night [ ] the game ... is very important to you, but we thought you'd like to know that it doesn't interest us in the least."
"Dear Cell Phone User, we are aware that your ongoing conversation with [ ] yer mother [ ] yer therapist
I have aleady printed my bunch of cards and started handing them out. Reactions are quite positive.
At the beginning was at.
No, no!
When you shout, the electrons that travel are bigger and fatter. Also, when you SHOUT, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU!.
WAAAAH!
I can see you now, pointing at your ears, shaking your head and smiling. Then the other person pointing at the ear buds in your lap.
Go ahead, you know you want to, too.
Do not touch -Willie
don't relax. take part in the conversaton, loudly. get in the guy's face. eat garlic. get in his face some more. in short: be an arsehole until they leave. they asked for it.
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
--Sheikh Abd-Al-Kadir, 1587
You're speaking of the doppler effect I believe. Worse case scenario with SMS is that the fonts size changes, getting bigger and/or smaller as the plane approaches or withdraws.
It would act as a Faraday cage just like the average car does, and we all know that nobody EVER drives their car while talking on their cellphone, right?
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
I learned a great little trick from a letter to the editor in 2600 Magazine once.... if somebody's being a loud blabbermouth on their cell phone, just listen to everything they say... specifically listen for personal information. When (if) they get off the phone, repeat all of their personal information back to them. Tell the loud blabbermouth everything about themselves.... and watch them get scared and freaked out.
I've done in on more than one occasion - works great.