Cell Phones In The Air?

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Posted by timothy on Monday December 13, 2004 @12:37AM from the outrage-will-be-muted dept.

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."

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In other news... by sczimme · 2004-12-13 00:40 · Score: 3, Funny

Brutal punch-to-the-head incidents are expected to rise eleventy kajillion* percent.

* Margin of error +/- three kajillion.

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No problem... by node+3 · 2004-12-13 00:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Just ask them to step outside.
Re:Is this really a big deal? by Hognoxious · 2004-12-13 00:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Exactly how is this different:
'some wanker talking loudly to the person next to them'
'some wanker talking loudly to a person on the phone'
Quite different. Some people feel the need to shout on the phone, especially when it's a long distance call. I suspect they don't realise that the phone converts the sound to electrical signals and sends those to the other person.

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Re:What is it.... by radja · 2004-12-13 02:29 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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Re:Is this really a big deal? by The+Dobber · 2004-12-13 03:00 · Score: 3, Funny

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.
Rule to shut idiots up quickly by mrbrown1602 · 2004-12-13 07:46 · Score: 3, Funny

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.