Did you hear? I have been validated! I was reading an article in the Economist last month and there was an article that revealed the truth about cell phone use on airplanes. You know how they always told you how dangerous it was to use them on an airplane; that they could interfere with navigation, etc…And FAA regulations prohibit the use of…more etceteras.
I (being cynical) always doubted the truth of that statement. If they were truly dangerous, the pilot wouldn’t take off till he or she had confiscated every single phone on board.
It turns out that they are dangerous…to the cell phone service providers. Imagine an active cell phone as it speeds through “cells” at 500 mph. Now imagine 200 cell phones doing the same thing. It overloads the switching capacity of the cells and the system can fail. But now, with advanced technology, the cells can handle these kinds of loads and the airlines are getting ready to promote, not deny, cell phone usage!
The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. -Chinese Proverb-
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