TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes

Grond writes "The US has banned toner and ink cartridges from passenger aircraft in the wake of last month's bomb plot. 'The printer cartridge ban affects cartridges over 16 ounces.' No word yet on whether that's a weight or volume measurement or whether it's a per-cartridge or per-passenger limit." The ban comes alongside a prohibition on air cargo originating from Yemen and Somalia. Bruce Schneier's blog points out another potential consequence from the recent bomb plot: the end of in-flight Wi-Fi.

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the end of in-flight Wi-Fi ?

[UnknownSoldier]

This ban on electronics while in-flight is bullshit. I've "forgotten" to turn off my cell phone, and numerous other electronics and nothing has happened. I'm real sure an $300 electronic device is somehow goig to "magically" disable a $30,000,000 plane ... right... like the airplane engineers have never heard of a faraday cage for the cockpit ...

Re: the end of in-flight Wi-Fi ?

[UnknownSoldier]

DFTT - Don't Feed The Trolls
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

> Owing to the fact that it's impossible to test all combinations of devices and planes, under all circumstances and actually know what might/could happen -- they've chosen to ban the whole thing.

LOL. So basically the engineers, government, airline manufactors, and control towers DON'T KNOW how the airplane will handle when devices in a certain frequency operate -- great to know that they just ignore the problem. Way to go! Increased vote of confidence for all the passengers. Yah, right.

That's a fucking cop-out if I ever heard one. I can just see the engineeers going ...

"OOPS! We didn't know that a cell phone would generate that much signal interference in the ##-## GHz band and our control system uses the same GHz range!"

Part of an engineer's _job_ is to _verify_ and _confirm_ the safety of the devices they build. Ignorance is no excuse FOR SAFETY. It is their job to know what will cause system (and device) instability. If they don't know, it is there job TO KNOW.

Maybe you're an idiot electronics engineer who doesn't understand the noise and what part of the spectrum that consumer devices operate or generate in. Do you even understand what UL certification is? Here's a big word for you: spectrum analyzer.

Buddy, get a fucking clue stick... here are two ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX#WiMAX_and_the_IEEE_802.16_Standard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_spectrum

Re:Disturbing to see TSA still behind the curve.

[Crazycatlady]

Just walk across the unguarded border with it. Homo Land Security is for US citizens not terrorists. Same with TSA they are there to get you use to being treated like a convict. TSA Toadies (Ass Kissers) Standing Around.