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FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane
GayBliss writes "CNN is reporting that the FCC has decided to keep a rule in place that would ban mobile phone usage on airplanes. The FAA has a similar ban, but for different reasons. 'In an order released Tuesday, the agency noted that "insufficient technical information" was available on whether airborne cell phone calls would jam networks below. [...]Unlike the Federal Aviation Administration, which bans the use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices for fear they will interfere with navigational and communications systems, the FCC's concern is interference with other cell phone signals on the ground.'"
The motor car! How dare they release such a mechanic monster into our neighborhoods. Our quiet horses are all a civilized person could ever want. These "cars" are outrageously loud and garish!
And whats this about these cars costing much less than a horse? Only gentlemen should be riding anyway. The peons should be glad we even let them walk, for I cant imagine the noise they would make with cheap technologies.
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Its sad to see people take of the mantle of a luddite, dismiss logic (cell phones are safe on planes), and applaud these decisions because they dont like overhearing a conversation or two. Sad really. Thankfully, there's no federal association ready to take my laptop and pda. Well, not yet. Enjoy your big win, you have less rights in a plane now instead of more. Also note that no cell also means no cell modems, so now I will never be able to use my treo as a modem because of you anti-cell phone fanatics. Thanks!
The constant self-righteous indignation directed at cell phone users would be laughable if it wasn't so annoying. What EXACTLY is it that bothers those who are complaining about HAVING to hear someone else talk on a cell phone? Do you make the same complaints when you HAPPEN to overhear someone having a discussion nearby with another actual person? Is it the caliber of the conversation itself which irks you? Do you make the same judgments on the cloyingly cute couple who are returning from their honeymoon and can't seem to stop pawing each other and whispering how much they love each other?
Since when was any place outside of a church or a library considered sacred ground, where people had to speak in hushed tones and only to people who were actually present with them? If your auditory perception is such that you cannot weed out the annoyances we all face on a daily basis, whether it is loud thumping music in some punk's car or the incessant babbling of two teenage girls, then I am sure there is some sort of medication you could look into.
I can fully understand the technical reasons for limiting cell phone use on airplane, if such data actually backs up the need for such a ban. However, what is amazing to me is that there are so many who seem to think they need protection from the conversations of people around them. I use my cell phone all the time when I am traveling, ESPECIALLY if I am either traveling alone or conducting actual business. It's a communication service I pay for and will use whenever the hell I feel like it regardless of some overly-sensitive whiner who feels that my conversation via a cell phone is less worthy to be overheard than his back and forth with his nearby buddies.
Why are the cell phone haters stopping at just cell phone conversations? Why aren't they pushing for a Quiet Time law on any conversation they might happen to overhear in any close space? What's the real difference except that its fashionable and PC to hate an alleged annoyance caused by some device someone is using?
When I speak on my phone, it is in the same tone of voice and loudness as when someone is right next to me. Others might not, just as others might not control their volume in real-life conversations. Guess what? That's life, folks. Get over it.
And what is the purpose of sidetone? Feedback. (Asshole.)
That's very intersting, but it doesn't make you less of an asshole.
Oh, go look it up for yourself. And don't forget that dictionary while you're at it.