So, if I put 10 cell phones, left on, in my checked baggage, and I get someone to call these numbers, my flight will veer off course? I highly doubt it. If this were the case, they (the FAA or whoever controls your airspace) would NOT LET A CELL PHONE WITHIN 10 MILES OF AN AIRPORT. Think about it, if the FAA won't let you have so much as a plastic knife on a flight, do you really think they would let you have something on board that could seriously affect the operation of the aircraft? Is it possible that EM could mess up radio comms (like static), sure. That is why they politely ask you to turn these devises off. If there was the chance that a serious failure could be caused by a cell phone, they would not ask, they would search and destroy!
Despite my total lack of belief regarding the issue of disruption of flight operations, I do think that if you use a cell on a flight you should be beaten with a sack full of hammers. No one wants to listen to your stupid conversation with you boss/wife/frat buddy, that goes for buses, trains, theaters, bars......whatever.
And that, in a nutshell, is why america's stock has fallen so badly internationally. Keep those ideas in mind when you realize that your government couldn't get 4 countries to agree to a bake sale without offering 70 billion in subsidies.
Did I get this all wrong, or does this guys plan only amount to HIM making a killing off spam, and still feeding the crap to us? I do believe that the sender should pay, if it comes through his ISP, he pays...me. If you are unwilling to block it at your end, why is it my problem. For instance, if my mail delivery person (ok, way to PC, mailman) put "chicks with donkeys" ads in my mailbox at home, I would physically beat the living shit out of him. I guarantee he would NEVER deliver that stuff again. No need to call the sender, or his boss, HE wouldn't have the nerve to deliver it to me, cuz he would know the consequences. Why is this problem always turned back to the end users? Is the definition of ISP not something to do with being a Service Provider? Well start providing a service, and get rid of the spam already, and if you can't then close your doors, and get the hell out of the way for someone who can.
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Despite my total lack of belief regarding the issue of disruption of flight operations, I do think that if you use a cell on a flight you should be beaten with a sack full of hammers. No one wants to listen to your stupid conversation with you boss/wife/frat buddy, that goes for buses, trains, theaters, bars ......whatever.
thats myAnd that, in a nutshell, is why america's stock has fallen so badly internationally. Keep those ideas in mind when you realize that your government couldn't get 4 countries to agree to a bake sale without offering 70 billion in subsidies.
Did I get this all wrong, or does this guys plan only amount to HIM making a killing off spam, and still feeding the crap to us? I do believe that the sender should pay, if it comes through his ISP, he pays...me. If you are unwilling to block it at your end, why is it my problem. For instance, if my mail delivery person (ok, way to PC, mailman) put "chicks with donkeys" ads in my mailbox at home, I would physically beat the living shit out of him. I guarantee he would NEVER deliver that stuff again. No need to call the sender, or his boss, HE wouldn't have the nerve to deliver it to me, cuz he would know the consequences. Why is this problem always turned back to the end users? Is the definition of ISP not something to do with being a Service Provider? Well start providing a service, and get rid of the spam already, and if you can't then close your doors, and get the hell out of the way for someone who can.