Has an Aircraft Actually Crashed Because of Mobile Phone Emissions?
Well, the most accurate answer is that we don't really know, but the short answer is that it probably has. On the night of Friday 6 February, 2003, a Piper Navajo Chieftain light aircraft was on approach to Christchurch, New Zealand. It was dark, and the weather was poor, so the landing was using instruments only. Some 2km short of the runway, the plane flew into a tree, killing the pilot and seven passengers. Only two survived.
Later analysis revealed that the plane had been below the correct glide path for the runway, and that the instruments were telling the pilot to descend. The instruments had malfunctioned and the pilot had, understandably, continued to follow their instructions, being unaware of the malfunction. It transpired that the pilot had made a call on his mobile just before the glide path signal was acquired. The call ceased when the plane crashed. Although the final report was inconclusive, no evidence was found to support any other theory for the crash.
Signal stength at least in dublin, ireland would prevent this. i can only think of one place in dublin that i use that has very low signal strength. on a new section of motorway there is a spot in a dip that causes voice calls to break up but the signal is still strong enough to maintain the call.
thats only on one phone service. other phone services are ok in the area.
even in large buildings there are mini masts located in shop signs that handle gsm calls.
parents would be worried that children would be in an area not covered by gsm phone service as they at least in urban areas are very few and far between.
most of the content on my phone is uploaded from a pc. symbian 60 smartphones are hugely popular here in europe and most of the people i know upload from pcs. the viruses that are out there pretend to be games, apps for installation on the phone. the 2 s60 phones i have had defaulted to only installing signed apps. to install a virus i would have to turn this off and accept a whole pile of warnings about unsafe apps. viruses on symbian are like viruses on macs. anti virus companies seeking to expand their markets.
the druids in ireland weren't massacred. when christianity arrived they evolved and while their religious function dwindled their legal standing increased. irish brehon laws survived until around the 16th century in parts of ireland if memory serves me. some of their laws were quite enlightened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brehon_Laws
example of knowledge surviving: when newgrange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange was rediscovered in the 17th century the locals told of the legendary solar temple and were dismissed by the scienists of the day. the locals were right
the knowledge is out there we just have to sift out the good from the bad.
i have the game and am trying to get connected. i've found no wifi hotspots accessible in dublin and my home wifi adapter a Netopia 3347NWG has prevented me from going online with the nintendo. just have to keep trying. its such a good game though it'll be worth it.
As an ex Psion user now a Palm user I'll admit that the thing that I miss most is the OPL and filing system of the Psion. The OPL is a neat language that is simple and quite powerful and very like BASIC (that's not necessarily a bad thing as its simple to learn even for beginners).
The filing system meant that I could transfer standard files between work and home on the Psion and view/edit a fair few of them with the standard apps.
The bad thing about Psion right now is that you are locked to Windows as the desktop computer due to a lack of software to transfer/convert the documents produced in its word/sheet programs.
The Palm will talk to anything and yes it is more limited in both memory and screen and software but the larger Palm market means that there is more professionaly written software out in the market.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05/01/blow_for_w indows_mainframe_as/
is the only reference i could remember of the top of my head. sales in single figures is the line that seals the fate of this hardware.
shhh.....!
its a good way to get ms word outlawed. no more vba viruses!
remembered reading this a month or two ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6821318
Has an Aircraft Actually Crashed Because of Mobile Phone Emissions?
Well, the most accurate answer is that we don't really know, but the short answer is that it probably has. On the night of Friday 6 February, 2003, a Piper Navajo Chieftain light aircraft was on approach to Christchurch, New Zealand. It was dark, and the weather was poor, so the landing was using instruments only. Some 2km short of the runway, the plane flew into a tree, killing the pilot and seven passengers. Only two survived.
Later analysis revealed that the plane had been below the correct glide path for the runway, and that the instruments were telling the pilot to descend. The instruments had malfunctioned and the pilot had, understandably, continued to follow their instructions, being unaware of the malfunction. It transpired that the pilot had made a call on his mobile just before the glide path signal was acquired. The call ceased when the plane crashed. Although the final report was inconclusive, no evidence was found to support any other theory for the crash.
Signal stength at least in dublin, ireland would prevent this. i can only think of one place in dublin that i use that has very low signal strength. on a new section of motorway there is a spot in a dip that causes voice calls to break up but the signal is still strong enough to maintain the call.
thats only on one phone service. other phone services are ok in the area.
even in large buildings there are mini masts located in shop signs that handle gsm calls.
parents would be worried that children would be in an area not covered by gsm phone service as they at least in urban areas are very few and far between.
most of the content on my phone is uploaded from a pc. symbian 60 smartphones are hugely popular here in europe and most of the people i know upload from pcs. the viruses that are out there pretend to be games, apps for installation on the phone. the 2 s60 phones i have had defaulted to only installing signed apps. to install a virus i would have to turn this off and accept a whole pile of warnings about unsafe apps. viruses on symbian are like viruses on macs. anti virus companies seeking to expand their markets.
knowledge survives.
the druids in ireland weren't massacred. when christianity arrived they evolved and while their religious function dwindled their legal standing increased. irish brehon laws survived until around the 16th century in parts of ireland if memory serves me. some of their laws were quite enlightened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brehon_Laws
example of knowledge surviving: when newgrange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange was rediscovered in the 17th century the locals told of the legendary solar temple and were dismissed by the scienists of the day. the locals were right
the knowledge is out there we just have to sift out the good from the bad.
old irish definition of a terrorist
thats what the big army calls the little army.
irogue on the palm. very good game that i keep going back to. there is a graphics add on but give me the old @ been chased by a J any day.
really hate those J
and use all those cables for a cat5 of 802.11 tails?
i have the game and am trying to get connected. i've found no wifi hotspots accessible in dublin and my home wifi adapter a Netopia 3347NWG has prevented me from going online with the nintendo. just have to keep trying. its such a good game though it'll be worth it.
and since spammers are such law abiding citizens they won't use stolen mobile phones to create a disposable account for spamming?
Drug dealers usually give the first fix cheap too. Friends don't let friends use Microsoft.
I'm not a uber hard ware geek, I just dress that way! ;-)
I'd trade my SMS for anything faster than ISDN connection to the net any day of the week.
Or maybe more people have cd burners?
Nobody sneeze I'm going to turn on my PDA!!
Are you suggesting that my How to program in BASIC on a Dragon 32 manual is useless??
Its bad enough when a bird hits a glass window but now we have some adult with a huge hunk of steel strapped to their back ramming the patio doors
I'd settle for an apology about Microsoft...
>>>The big question for some folks, is if this device is RIAA friendly or not.
:-)
It all depends on the height you drop it from
Within a week of DNA dying we have the first evidednce of Planet Rupert :-)
>>>Mr. Walker should be commended for his ambition, its people like this that change the world.
I wish him luck but I fear the only change he will make to the world will be the crater he leaves behind!
>>>OTOH, Denmark is not some music loving college boy, who you can push around with legal threats.
:-)
It would certainly bring a new meaning to the phrase you and who's army?
I used an animation program called Autodesk Animator and over 1000s of hours use it never crashed once.... I really miss its reliaibilty!
As an ex Psion user now a Palm user I'll admit that the thing that I miss most is the OPL and filing system of the Psion. The OPL is a neat language that is simple and quite powerful and very like BASIC (that's not necessarily a bad thing as its simple to learn even for beginners).
The filing system meant that I could transfer standard files between work and home on the Psion and view/edit a fair few of them with the standard apps.
The bad thing about Psion right now is that you are locked to Windows as the desktop computer due to a lack of software to transfer/convert the documents produced in its word/sheet programs.
The Palm will talk to anything and yes it is more limited in both memory and screen and software but the larger Palm market means that there is more professionaly written software out in the market.