The REAL reason for the ban is much more mundane: cellphone relay stations were designed to handled transitions between cells on the assumption that the phone was travelling less than about 200 kilometers per hour (ie car speeds). Moreover, phones moving at over 1000 Kph (aircraft speeds) tend to screw up the base stations (assuming the relay station have the requisite 15 Km vertical range). The one remaining question is: why does the FAA care about the cellphone ground stations?
There is a fundamental rule of human nature at play here, and it needs to be acknowledged: no one, not even those hiding behind the veil of a corporation, enjoys being embarrassed in public.
Exposing a website's flaws may ultimately make it a better website. Just don't expect them to thank you for it.
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Is it true that PRACTICING (a sport) was considered cheating by early atheletes?
The USDA thinks the optimal storage temp is -18C. This should be QED* in Norway.
xref: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/sep98/seed0998.htm
*Quite Easily Done
The REAL reason for the ban is much more mundane: cellphone relay stations were designed to handled transitions between cells on the assumption that the phone was travelling less than about 200 kilometers per hour (ie car speeds). Moreover, phones moving at over 1000 Kph (aircraft speeds) tend to screw up the base stations (assuming the relay station have the requisite 15 Km vertical range). The one remaining question is: why does the FAA care about the cellphone ground stations?
There is a fundamental rule of human nature at play here, and it needs to be acknowledged: no one, not even those hiding behind the veil of a corporation, enjoys being embarrassed in public. Exposing a website's flaws may ultimately make it a better website. Just don't expect them to thank you for it.