I call bullshit on this signal restriction. How come they've successfully had wifi on planes without any problems? And I know that people have their phones on all the time while flying and I've never heard that it has caused a crash or even been noticed in any way. Can't imagine that there's any GSM signal to pick up a 30000ft anyway when you move at 800km/h.
Also, if GPS is bad for the planes, how come the US is going to use it to navigate the planes? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/04/gps_satnav_air_traffic_for_america/ ) Anyway, back to OpenMoko. I agree that it's good to have the option to turn all wireless communication off on boot, with a timeout of 10 seconds or so. Default should be the same settings as you had when you turned off though. Regards, Claes Mogren On 9/4/07, Richi Plana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 10:27 -0700, John Seghers wrote: > > Part of the process of receiving signals involves > heterodyning--basically > > mixing a received signal with lower intermediate frequencies (IFs) to > > amplify the desired actual signal, while making the carrier signal > something > > easier to work with. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodyne for a > very > > basic description. > > Fascinating. So "passive receivers" really aren't? Or are there classes > of receivers which are (no amplification or very sensitive pickups)? > Prolly off-topic, but I sure am curious. Are there no radar detectors > which don't give off their presence? > -- > > Richi Plana > > >
