On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Robert Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > There is of course a non technical, non EMC reason for such a ban. Security. > It might > be considered that exact position and speed information could be of use to a > passenger > with ill intent. Note that most airlines turn of the moving map on the > descent.
And it might be that denying me coffee in the morning has severe security repercussions. This hypothetical passenger with ill intent would obey a "no gps" ban because...? Not all gpses look like gpses. The globalsat ND100 looks like just another thumb drive, lots of people have hacked a gps into netbooks. Data loggers are featureless little blocks that fit neatly into a shirt pocket. I've seen a few people fiddling about with their personal communicators on approach, and even more people playing with their personal media players; it seems very unlikely that someone with actual intent to do harm (rather than simple selfishness) would give any consideration to a restriction on gps - aside from wondering when the flight attendants will make their final cabin walk-through. CK (who'd rather see that cellphones be banned on aircraft because we don't want to be stuck in a can for a couple of hours with people blabbering loudly.) -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too? _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
