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In-flight Cell Ban Advances In Congress
narramissic writes "The awkwardly named Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace (HANG UP) Act was approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a voice vote Thursday. The bill would make permanent the long-standing ban on in-flight cell phone calls by the FAA and FCC. 'Polls show the public overwhelmingly doesn't want to be subjected to people talking on their cell phones on increasingly over-packed airplanes. However, with Internet access just around the corner on U.S. flights, it won't be long before the ban on voice communications on in-flight planes is lifted,' said Representative Peter DeFazio, a Democrat from Oregon who co-sponsored the HANG UP Act in a statement. 'Cash-strapped airlines could end up charging some passengers to use their phones while charging others to sit in a phone-free section of the plane,' he said."
Think of the children!
No seriously, think about shutting up the fucking children. At least people on phones don't squeal for no reason. Normally.
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then all these bills like HANG UP, PATRIOT Act and so on.
It seems they are named that way so that congress doesn't need to read them. "What? Of course I'm a patriot! Lets vote for it!".
Not that I disagree with the contents of "HANG UP"...
Perhaps there is not in fact anybody on the other end and the person with the phone is just a mental patient who is holding the phone to his head to make it less obvious that it's the voices he's shouting at.
And you wouldn't want an escaped mental patient walking around now would you!
I mean think of the CHILDREN! They might get killed and eaten by insane people!
good thing they're bringing in this law.
Did you ever try explaining to your boss how to use email on a foreign network?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Did you ever try explaining to your boss how to use email on a foreign network?
+1 Insightful, been there, got the tee-shirt, and chewed through it in frustration
Even a duck-tape-on-the-mouth kid makes a lot of noise.
Cover the nostrils too. Then the noise stops after a minute or so.
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I suggest we are in need of a Free Up Congress to Keep Yammering On but Ultimately Come to Understand their Naming's Terribly Stupid act.
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Its called baby benadryl, perhaps we should mandate its use on board planes. ;-)
mm, Now that's a no-fly list I could get behind: "I'm sorry sir, you can't board this plane as apparently you are a registered ass-hat"
in b4 all the obvious jokes about ass-searching (Wait what forum is this again?)
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Holy shit! His name is my name too!
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Coming from a group of IT geeks...how about this? It's radical, it's a bit of payback....How about we outsource congress? :)
Remember, it's not paranoia if they really ARE out to get you...