In a message dated 10/14/2007 9:51:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "And because they want to assert their control over the passengers to keep order on the plane. If they build aircraft whose navigation and communications equipment are so fragile that a hand-held device like a tape recorder or radio can affect it, that plane shouldn't be allowed off the ground in the first place."
I would bet that even in today's world of cell phones, GPS, etc, none of this stuff could even begin to affect the operation of the plane. But that the notion of being in control of the passengers is far and away the reason why they keep these regulations going. Godfrey ============ Well, maybe. How about 40 people talking on cell phones? When I first set up my network, my upstairs neighbor said his radio was affected. He took a while to figure it out. I think he may have been using his radio on battery. Suddenly he had static. He even got a guy out from PG&E who went around the building with some equipment and pinpointed my condo as the thing that was putting out electricity/frequencies (I wasn't here so not sure what he said). I had my router very up near the ceiling on top of a high bookcase so that the laptop in the den could pick up the signal and be hooked into my network. Rather than debate the whole issue I disconnected my network. His static stopped. OTOH, I had a refrigerator that soon went on the fritz and had to get a new one. Before it went on the fritz I had determined it was interfering with the wireless signal between my router and laptop. That is why I placed the router high, so the line of sight would be above the refrigerator. Now I have it much lower on a file cabinet, and I have a little paper corner covered in foil stuck on the aerial to direct the signal. No complaints from the neighbor. But I also have a new refrigerator too. I am not so sure, Godfrey. A wireless signal can be disrupted pretty easily (all I have to do is close a door in between and the signal will become too weak to have my laptop hook into the network). So who's to say that can't work in reverse, and it cannot disrupt other things? Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
