Thread: Spethial people who cannot follow instructions

If anyone has any doubt on the effect of cellphones, simply place one next to a radio, TV, or any other electrical device that one can view/hear its output and then ring it. The interference is unquestioniable.

The reason why they are being introduced is that (Airbus?) are now fitting their own base stations on aircraft, so that the handset will communicate at low level power with the local base station and be controlled. It will no doubt earn a buck for the airline too.

^yeah but airplanes (or aeroplanes) are a lot more highly sophisticated than your averege t.v or radio. They don't get fazed by that shittt.

^'Fazed' - is that a technical term?

Yes! All the airline pilots are using it these days!

^Hopefully not the ones that fly the aircraft that I use...

What does poofta mean ?

but is not radiation a function of a square to distance?

So that your phone may effect electrical equipment if it is very close but move that phone more than a metre away and the interference stops....

They all use it. It's nearly as cool as smoking.

^^^
who, poofta means what you will soon be if you don't use regular font size and colour like everybody else.

Originally Posted by who

What does poofta mean ?

What do you understand?

He's a wind up, don't fall for it jet. By the way I hate your av. Gives me a bad feeling when you post. (sorry just an observer.)

^You hate Grace Slick? Poofta. I am considering a new personna, but you will like it less, methinks.

i like her, keep it!

^ Green me.

outta ammmo darls. I went on a red rampage last night and need to wait!

^ Who'dya get?

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Yes! All the airline pilots are using it these days!

Before the 1-2-Go Phuket mishap, the pilot complained to his son that he wanted to turn back but there would be consequences...can't see that happening without mobiles, and unlikely it was patched through by ground control. Reported on TD so can't be bull.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

^ Who'dya get?

anyone and everyone, i think.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Most people who fly are idiots and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a plane. A bit like BF and computers.

yeah a bit more like MtD and modding

except I oWn the shit out of you in computers, webboy

Pretty sure all the electrical cable used on planes is screened ie it has a braided metal "screen" around it to stop electrical interferance. Ban is just a precaution I guess and it would piss everyone off if people were allowed to use them, can you imagine it? Hell.

Originally Posted by baldrick

there should be more of this - cnuts think they are spethial , make them walk

(snip)
He is expected to appear in the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on September 25.

I always thought there should be a "dickhead" multiplier in law.

failure to turn off hand phone when requested: 1000 dollar fine. Being a total dickhead ? 6 months in pokey on top.

Things may not be a dire as some of you fear:

The dial-high club

Aug 7th 2008
From The Economist print edition
Mobile phones on planes may not be as annoying as some people think

AS AIRLINES struggle with high fuel prices, they have been looking for new ways to generate “ancillary revenues”. This week JetBlue, an American airline, said it would start charging $7 for a pillow and blanket on some flights. Other airlines are demanding extra to check in luggage, or for more legroom. And as the regulatory hurdles to using mobile phones on planes continue to fall, airlines are salivating at the idea of charging passengers $2.50 a minute to make calls and 50 cents for a text message.

It should come as no surprise that Ryanair, the leading European low-cost carrier, which generated €488m ($690m) in ancillary revenue last year, is one of the most enthusiastic proponents of in-flight calling. It plans to fit its entire fleet with the necessary equipment, which is being provided by OnAir, an in-flight communications provider backed by Airbus, Europe’s planemaking giant. Oman Air, TAP Portugal, bmi and AirAsia are also adopting OnAir’s technology. AeroMobile, a rival technology provider, has signed up airlines including Emirates, Qantas and Turkish Airlines.

The technology works (handsets talk to a tiny base-station, or “picocell” on the plane, which connects to the phone network via satellite); safety concerns and worries about interference with ground-based networks have been overcome (though phones will have to be switched off for take-off and landing); and airlines are convinced of the business case. But what do passengers think? Many have expressed concern at having to sit next to tedious blabbermouths.

So the results from the first trials of in-flight communications equipment are reassuring. Emirates has installed AeroMobile’s equipment on ten of its aircraft since March. On July 30th AeroMobile said reaction had been “overwhelmingly positive”, with around half of passengers switching on their phones during flights. Text messaging proved most popular, and the average length of voice calls was just 2½ minutes. Most of these calls were made on daytime flights; the number on night flights was “minimal”.

Air France, which has been testing OnAir’s gear on short-haul flights in Europe and north Africa, says 80% of those polled wanted the service to be deployed across the airline’s entire fleet. On a typical flight about 100 text messages were sent or received and ten megabytes of data transferred by a dozen BlackBerry users. Passengers said they liked being able to inform people on the ground of changes in their arrival details.

In short, fears that in-flight telephony will be a nuisance, rather than a benefit, seem to be wide of the mark. That is good news for passengers hoping to get some sleep—and for airlines desperately looking for new sources of revenue.

Phones on planes, continued | The dial-high club | Economist.com

Originally Posted by Whiteshiva

In short, fears that in-flight telephony will be a nuisance, rather than a benefit, seem to be wide of the mark

That could only have come from the maker of the in-flight equipement manufacturer or somebody directly profiting from this hideously scary prospect.

Although I don't believe it will be that bad on flights, I will miss my two days a month of incommunicado. I look forward to those days, as I can just relax, drink and watch movies...

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

I will miss my two days a month of incommunicado.

Couldn't agree more. I knew it was the beginning of the end when I stayed at a hotel many years ago long before mobile phone, sat down to take a well deserved crap and the phone right next to the toilet rang.