Comments on: Nightmare At Twenty-Thousand Feet http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Walter E. Wallis http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-35891 Walter E. Wallis Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:45:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/#comment-35891 <p>If the electronics in a commercial airplane are so poorly shielded that emissions from the passenger compartment can down the plane, then the designers are grossly negligent and all the searching of passengers is a waste. Three terrorists could turn on their phones, and the plane goes down.</p> If the electronics in a commercial airplane are so poorly shielded that emissions from the passenger compartment can down the plane, then the designers are grossly negligent and all the searching of passengers is a waste. Three terrorists could turn on their phones, and the plane goes down.

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-53610 Walter E. Wallis Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:45:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/#comment-53610 <p>If the electronics in a commercial airplane are so poorly shielded that emissions from the passenger compartment can down the plane, then the designers are grossly negligent and all the searching of passengers is a waste.<br>Three terrorists could turn on their phones, and the plane goes down.</p> If the electronics in a commercial airplane are so poorly shielded that emissions from the passenger compartment can down the plane, then the designers are grossly negligent and all the searching of passengers is a waste.
Three terrorists could turn on their phones, and the plane goes down.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-35890 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:06:35 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/#comment-35890 <p>Salon's 'Ask The Pilot' column is quite entertaining.</p> <p>Here's a potentially patronising link from one of the columns: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question230.htm</p> <p>It's probably about as dangerous as turning the courtesy lights on inside a car at night. An unnecessary impairment/interference rather than an "Oh my god, the altimeter's been wrong for over 30 min..." event.</p> <p>That said, the human species has no shortage of Hindenberg passengers who believe "no smoking" signs are frivolous.</p> Salon’s ‘Ask The Pilot’ column is quite entertaining.

Here’s a potentially patronising link from one of the columns: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question230.htm

It’s probably about as dangerous as turning the courtesy lights on inside a car at night. An unnecessary impairment/interference rather than an “Oh my god, the altimeter’s been wrong for over 30 min…” event.

That said, the human species has no shortage of Hindenberg passengers who believe “no smoking” signs are frivolous.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-53609 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:06:35 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/11/10/nightmare-at-twenty-thousand-feet/#comment-53609 <p>Salon's 'Ask The Pilot' column is quite entertaining.<br><br>Here's a potentially patronising link from one of the columns:<br><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/question230.htm">http://www.howstuffworks.com/question230.htm</a><br><br><br>It's probably about as dangerous as turning the courtesy lights on inside a car at night. An unnecessary impairment/interference rather than an "Oh my god, the altimeter's been wrong for over 30 min..." event.<br><br>That said, the human species has no shortage of Hindenberg passengers who believe "no smoking" signs are frivolous.</p> Salon’s ‘Ask The Pilot’ column is quite entertaining.

Here’s a potentially patronising link from one of the columns:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question230.htm


It’s probably about as dangerous as turning the courtesy lights on inside a car at night. An unnecessary impairment/interference rather than an “Oh my god, the altimeter’s been wrong for over 30 min…” event.

That said, the human species has no shortage of Hindenberg passengers who believe “no smoking” signs are frivolous.

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