They fly everywhere I do and ignore the FAA rule? Seriously?
Emirates have an amazing network, if you're happy to change once you can get from pretty much anywhere in the world to anywhere else. Nairobi to Berlin? Tokyo to Manchester? Sydney to Delhi?
Emirates couldn't give a stuff why the FAA say, just like delta couldn't care less about what the CAA says.
Light must bend when it passes your skull. So you are under the impression that the whole freaking universe flies Nairobi to Berlin? Tokyo to Manchester? Sydney to Delhi? Guess again Einstein, There is an entire world that does not share your San Francisco practicality. So here is another suggestion, let airlines provide the services that they want to provide and compete on that basis.
Err, those are examples. And EK do fly San Francisco to Dubai too, which allows connections to that part of the world.
I believe Virgin (UK), Ryanair (Ireland), Qantas (Austrailia) and Qatar (Qatar) all offer, or offered, in flight mobiles too, at least on some planes, and I know the last TAP (Portugal) flight I was on offered it. The fact others haven't tells me that the commercial demand just isn't there, but on the whole there's no global problem with carriers offering it.
No doubt you'll come up with some obscure example like "I want to fly from Hicksville to Bogata on a Star Alliance carrier and they don't offer it unless I choose a seat near the front but I prefer to be behind the wing as I get a better view".
I wonder if Doom 4 will ever see the daylight. Apparently the game has been considered being in a "development hell" for some time and Todd and John bailing out probably won't make things any better.
You know what game deserved a sequel? Duke Nukem 3D
They fly everywhere I do and ignore the FAA rule? Seriously?
Emirates have an amazing network, if you're happy to change once you can get from pretty much anywhere in the world to anywhere else. Nairobi to Berlin? Tokyo to Manchester? Sydney to Delhi?
Emirates couldn't give a stuff why the FAA say, just like delta couldn't care less about what the CAA says.
There's *no* reason for using a cell phone on a plane.
Citation needed.
Here's a reason: I want to phone home and talk to my wife and child Here's another reason: I want to join a conference call, which is tricky enough to arrange in the first place with people in the States, Europe and Asia all on it.
Airlines will love this. Even at $1/minute, passengers will rake up pretty good bills by the end of the flight. And I doubt they will stop at a buck a minute, because above 10k feet, well, they got you by the balls.
Many airlines already have phones installed in the backs of seats that passengers can use, and have for some time now. You pay for them by credit card. In the countless times I have flown I have yet to see someone actually use them. I can assure you the airlines have not been raking in the money with that.
Well I have used them, they're fine for a quick call, but they're hard to hear over the low quality and loud engines.
BA have phased them out on the new planes, and turned them off about a year ago on the old planes.
But then I remember flying back in 2008 on TAP when in flight mobiles were allowed. The problem wasn't people talking, it was the teenagers who didn't know how to put their text message tone on "silent"
Airlines will love this. Even at $1/minute, passengers will rake up pretty good bills by the end of the flight. And I doubt they will stop at a buck a minute, because above 10k feet, well, they got you by the balls.
Actually I wouldn't be surprised if the airline mafia were behind this, with large paychecks for the FCC officials who push this through.
I don't know about US plans, but typical intercontinental roaming rates for UK phone contracts are well above $2 a minute, nearer $3.
They were an attack from the British. They're not an American company. How would the US government ever stop the British from doing whatever the hell they want to us? Your post makes no damn sense. It's like you don't know that they're two different countries. They are British Petroleum. Why lie and say they are not? Please. Just. Stop.
As of 2012, 38% of BP shares were held by American investors, 36% by British investors, and 14% by the rest of Europe with the remaining shares held by investors from other countries.
Here in slashdot every time Microsoft is bashed or we talk about Windows Phones, either we are modded down or people say that piece of turd that is Windows mobile is better than iPad. So it is not only BP that hires trolls.
I'd rather use a windows phone to make a phone call than an ipad, but I'm quite unusual in that I dial phone numbers.
We call it Western Antarctica as it's longitude is west of an arbitrary point.
Where the west coast of europe, or america, or austrailia, or the atlantic, or the pacific, are easily spotted on a globe if you know "north" is the hemisphere with most land, choosing "West" on a continent that encircles the globe is arbitrary. If the Meridian was where the dateline is, "western" antarctica would be what we call "Eastern Antarctica"
I'm part of one of these younger generations, and I'm honestly not interested in getting involved because I've seen how much of a raging asshole Linuz can be. He's a great maintainer, but he could be honest and give constructive criticism in less condescending ways. I'm not as experienced as he is, but that doesn't give him the right to be a complete dick in public theater.
You've managed to asses that he is 'a raging asshole', but now how to properly spell his name?
vmlinux->vmlinuz Linus->Linuz
If the compressed version of Linus is a raging asshole, what the hell is the uncompressed version? Goatse?
I'm sure they would. It can't do them any less good than their war with the British, and continued attempts to convince the actual residents that they don't want to be British citizens.
No, they don't do that.
They claim the residents (who have been there for generations) don't have a right to self determination.
It is the flame which represents the continuity with the ancient games. An unlit torch doesn't qualify as anything but a gold plated unlit torch.
For 2012, the UK did a lot of PR about keeping the flame alight (the CAA approval for keeping it alight on the flights, the backup flame in the convoy, etc)
Torch bearer and former world swimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan enlisted the help of a Kremlin security guard who re-ignited the flame with his cigarette lighter.
He should have talked about the light bulbs on the ISS. If you include transport cost, they're probably even more expensive. And that may not even be that special bulbs.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess ease-of-use trumps security...
Remember you have George W Bush in charge for 8 years. Anything more complex than a big red button would have been beyond him
Sorry for the Seinfeldism but how is this high tech, geek/nerd related?
If WWIII breaks out, how will the value of my bitcoins be affected?
They fly everywhere I do and ignore the FAA rule? Seriously?
Emirates have an amazing network, if you're happy to change once you can get from pretty much anywhere in the world to anywhere else. Nairobi to Berlin? Tokyo to Manchester? Sydney to Delhi?
Emirates couldn't give a stuff why the FAA say, just like delta couldn't care less about what the CAA says.
Light must bend when it passes your skull. So you are under the impression that the whole freaking universe flies Nairobi to Berlin? Tokyo to Manchester? Sydney to Delhi? Guess again Einstein, There is an entire world that does not share your San Francisco practicality. So here is another suggestion, let airlines provide the services that they want to provide and compete on that basis.
Err, those are examples. And EK do fly San Francisco to Dubai too, which allows connections to that part of the world.
I believe Virgin (UK), Ryanair (Ireland), Qantas (Austrailia) and Qatar (Qatar) all offer, or offered, in flight mobiles too, at least on some planes, and I know the last TAP (Portugal) flight I was on offered it. The fact others haven't tells me that the commercial demand just isn't there, but on the whole there's no global problem with carriers offering it.
No doubt you'll come up with some obscure example like "I want to fly from Hicksville to Bogata on a Star Alliance carrier and they don't offer it unless I choose a seat near the front but I prefer to be behind the wing as I get a better view".
I wonder if Doom 4 will ever see the daylight. Apparently the game has been considered being in a "development hell" for some time and Todd and John bailing out probably won't make things any better.
You know what game deserved a sequel? Duke Nukem 3D
They fly everywhere I do and ignore the FAA rule? Seriously?
Emirates have an amazing network, if you're happy to change once you can get from pretty much anywhere in the world to anywhere else. Nairobi to Berlin? Tokyo to Manchester? Sydney to Delhi?
Emirates couldn't give a stuff why the FAA say, just like delta couldn't care less about what the CAA says.
>Airlines would have to install equipment in their planes that would communicate with cellphone towers on the ground.
How those people aboard the doomed aircraft on Sept 11 were all able to make phone calls again?
By flying low. I rarely get a signal above 10k foot, and have never managed to get one above 20k foot.
There's *no* reason for using a cell phone on a plane.
Citation needed.
Here's a reason: I want to phone home and talk to my wife and child
Here's another reason: I want to join a conference call, which is tricky enough to arrange in the first place with people in the States, Europe and Asia all on it.
I've been hearing this for DECADES and it never happens.
Choose a different carrier if you're that bothered. Emirates offer it on 300 flights a day.
Airlines will love this. Even at $1/minute, passengers will rake up pretty good bills by the end of the flight. And I doubt they will stop at a buck a minute, because above 10k feet, well, they got you by the balls.
Many airlines already have phones installed in the backs of seats that passengers can use, and have for some time now. You pay for them by credit card. In the countless times I have flown I have yet to see someone actually use them. I can assure you the airlines have not been raking in the money with that.
Well I have used them, they're fine for a quick call, but they're hard to hear over the low quality and loud engines.
BA have phased them out on the new planes, and turned them off about a year ago on the old planes.
But then I remember flying back in 2008 on TAP when in flight mobiles were allowed. The problem wasn't people talking, it was the teenagers who didn't know how to put their text message tone on "silent"
Airlines will love this. Even at $1/minute, passengers will rake up pretty good bills by the end of the flight. And I doubt they will stop at a buck a minute, because above 10k feet, well, they got you by the balls.
Actually I wouldn't be surprised if the airline mafia were behind this, with large paychecks for the FCC officials who push this through.
I don't know about US plans, but typical intercontinental roaming rates for UK phone contracts are well above $2 a minute, nearer $3.
They were an attack from the British. They're not an American company. How would the US government ever stop the British from doing whatever the hell they want to us? Your post makes no damn sense. It's like you don't know that they're two different countries. They are British Petroleum. Why lie and say they are not? Please. Just. Stop.
As of 2012, 38% of BP shares were held by American investors, 36% by British investors, and 14% by the rest of Europe with the remaining shares held by investors from other countries.
Here in slashdot every time Microsoft is bashed or we talk about Windows Phones, either we are modded down or people say that piece of turd that is Windows mobile is better than iPad. So it is not only BP that hires trolls.
I'd rather use a windows phone to make a phone call than an ipad, but I'm quite unusual in that I dial phone numbers.
“It’s not something that’s going to cause major issues. You’d have to have a huge, huge eruption.”
Which leads me to say:
There was supposed to be an earth-shattering KABOOM!
It leads me to say
"That's what your mom said"
Antactica != South pole
Well yes, but his point stands.
We call it Western Antarctica as it's longitude is west of an arbitrary point.
Where the west coast of europe, or america, or austrailia, or the atlantic, or the pacific, are easily spotted on a globe if you know "north" is the hemisphere with most land, choosing "West" on a continent that encircles the globe is arbitrary. If the Meridian was where the dateline is, "western" antarctica would be what we call "Eastern Antarctica"
Australia's nearest neighbour was and is Papua New Guinea. You can almost walk from Papua to Australia at low tide (if you have very long legs).
Wow, I hadn't looked into it before, but there's a lot of islands in the Torres Strait, and Austrailia gets to about 2 miles from Papua New Guinea!
I'm part of one of these younger generations, and I'm honestly not interested in getting involved because I've seen how much of a raging asshole Linuz can be. He's a great maintainer, but he could be honest and give constructive criticism in less condescending ways. I'm not as experienced as he is, but that doesn't give him the right to be a complete dick in public theater.
You've managed to asses that he is 'a raging asshole', but now how to properly spell his name?
vmlinux->vmlinuz
Linus->Linuz
If the compressed version of Linus is a raging asshole, what the hell is the uncompressed version? Goatse?
"As if millions of sheep suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly turned into lamb chops."
I want to know the sauce of this quote, preferably mint.
Yes they run linux
Because the island were taken by force by the british before.
Back in 1766? When MacBride attacked those penguins?
The Falklands have had been British for at least 170 years.
I'm sure they would. It can't do them any less good than their war with the British, and continued attempts to convince the actual residents that they don't want to be British citizens.
No, they don't do that.
They claim the residents (who have been there for generations) don't have a right to self determination.
85% of reported rapes in Sweden are perpetrated by Muslim immigrants.
http://www.newsmax.com/jameswalsh/europe-immigration-muslim-obama/2013/05/29/id/506837
But slashdot has already told me that any sexual action is "rape" -- look at Asange.
sudo killall politicians
You realise GCHQ monitor slashdot?
sudo praise all politicians and their masters
Who actually _sends_ them there? Only Russia and US ever had the capability but the US has cancelled the program that can actually send men there.
It is still an international space station, it just happens to be under effective Russian control as they are the only ones able to service it.
Indeed. Only Russia and China have the ability to lift human beings into orbit, and only Russia can dock at the IIS.
The U.S. is too busy firing $2 million drones at $10 tents and hitting camels in the butt.
Look up the acronym. Hint: the first word is "International"
Yeah, and how many of those countries can send people there?
It is the flame which represents the continuity with the ancient games. An unlit torch doesn't qualify as anything but a gold plated unlit torch.
For 2012, the UK did a lot of PR about keeping the flame alight (the CAA approval for keeping it alight on the flights, the backup flame in the convoy, etc)
Russia didn't bother with that
Olympic torch relit for Sochi Winter Games 2014
The Olympic torch relay got off to a rocky start in Moscow when the flame briefly went out during a loop through the Kremlin.
Torch bearer and former world swimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan enlisted the help of a Kremlin security guard who re-ignited the flame with his cigarette lighter.
Stupid guy
He should have talked about the light bulbs on the ISS. If you include transport cost, they're probably even more expensive. And that may not even be that special bulbs.
The ISS? The Russian space station?