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- roguedragon, on 12/26/2007, -5/+55So does this mean that playing as a terrorist in Counterstrike at 40k feet is out of the question?
- DeskFlyer, on 12/26/2007, -2/+28Mr. Striker, the passengers are getting worse. You must land soon.
- allaboutdatiki, on 12/26/2007, -8/+34I kinda like being disconnected when I'm in the air ... gives me time to focus on other things or on nothing at all ...
- chedabob, on 12/26/2007, -0/+24I am. And don't call me Shirley.
- betterth, on 12/26/2007, -2/+23Man how annoying. People are letting the one bad cookie justify their decision to down an entire new prospect? Retarded. Just because you're too connected and don't know how to turn of your blackberries and/or cellphones for some rest and relaxation doesn't mean the rest of us are so terminally connected that we seek ***** airplanes to escape from everyday life.
Some of us just want to ***** post comments on digg while flying.
Is that too much to ask for?? - yowhat2002, on 12/26/2007, -0/+20Taking someone elses girlfriend into the airplanes bathroom would bring more.
- wifigod, on 12/26/2007, -1/+19I personally don't think it's as bad as this article states. For starters, you wouldn't be able to make any kind of phone calls and/or play any real-time multiplayer games. The latency (beaming up to the satellite and back) would be far too long for anything time-sensitive like that.
As for the porn thing, that could easily be blocked with some sort of proxy software. Yeah, it might block some legitimate sites, but hey, you're getting internet in the air. It's their network (inside the plane that is), and they can do whatever they want with it.
Also, with the 'expletive chat' comment, ummm don't stare at the other person's screen? It's called common courtesy, I wouldn't want people staring at my emails while I was reading them, would you?
While all of these are listed in the article, I figured I'd reiterate them here. Most users don't even RTFA before they start ranting and raving, welcome to Digg. - nightsweat, on 12/26/2007, -0/+17Surely you can't be serious!
- askjoe, on 12/26/2007, -11/+27Big...Bad....Idea.....the people I sit next to on flight are already annoying enough......imagine sitting next to the guy skyping his girlfriend, downloading crappy techno music one bad track after another, while looking at porn. Give me a break. We need to disconnect every once and a while.
- buddamus, on 12/26/2007, -0/+12I love digg at high altitudes
- .Steven, on 12/26/2007, -2/+11Not sure why someone dugg you down. Just make sure you don't bring a pie on board!
- theshiz892, on 12/26/2007, -4/+12Nobody is forcing you to look at or especially focus on another persons laptop, thats their business and privacy and you should respect that.
Loud phone calls and people listening to music without headphones though truly is annoying.
Flights are long and boring, and not everyone is going to pass out for hours. However someone like you can apparently and should just ignore other people passing the time alternatively. - CaptA, on 12/26/2007, -1/+7BradMajors,
What are you smoking? It’s a fact that it's not fine Cuban cigars! With all due respect - your comment shows precisely why you are part of the "problem" in/of America. The comment also reflects a childish naïveté of a confused understanding of parent-child relationship. The TSA, its progenitor, the U.S. government-thugatarians are not your friends! The government doesn't give a whim about you, your security or your ideas... How about the word, “CONTROL?” The ONLY concerns of the U.S. government deals with making sure that you remain a "slave" and that your pocket is “picked” on a regular basis – with or without your permission! I could go on, but I'd like to think you have part of the picture of “truth” by now... Regards, Capt. A., Waterford, Ireland - Coven, on 12/26/2007, -3/+8Dugg down for use of the word "biatch"
- williamdyer, on 12/26/2007, -2/+7They could be looking at pornos they have on their laptop now. Has that really happened to you? To anyone?
These are scare stories to make you obey. Don't obey the propaganda. - livefreeorleave, on 12/26/2007, -0/+5" ... that you remain a "slave" and that your pocket is “picked” on a regular basis – with or without your permission!"
Hey Capt. A. - I just read that sentence - and started laughing - till I cried!! I sure am glad not to reside in the American jurisdiction anymore! And just to think that at one time I thought that America was the only place worth living... Even that thought keeps me roaring in laughter!
Long live the “Confoederatio Helvetica!”
Fisk,
Torchman - Dross, on 12/26/2007, -1/+5As do I. I don't know if is the forced relaxation that allows other thoughts to come through, or the lack of oxygen. But I do some of my best thinking in the air.
But given the lousy cramped seating it is difficult to anything else. I can't use my laptop. - plbland, on 12/26/2007, -9/+13I personally start twitching when I'm disconnected. More access the better IMO.
- Fortytwoo, on 12/26/2007, -0/+4clearly this is a case of 'everyone on the internet is a moron, with the exception of myself, of course'
- mountaincable, on 12/26/2007, -2/+6Terrorists Win
- williamdyer, on 12/26/2007, -3/+7You realize this is a propaganda piece placed by the airlines to reinforce the idea they should control what passengers do on the Internet.
- inactive, on 12/26/2007, -1/+5It's also **your** money, you used to pay for **your** overpriced ticket, so **your** body can be crammed into a tiny space to increase profit vs fuel.
In addition you probably have to pay extra for the internet itself. why wouldn't they want to utilize another way to bleed money from customers.
You could use exactly the same argument for regular ISPs, its **their** phone lines, **their** routers after all, and **their** paying the bandwidth bills, so why shouldn't they block bittorrent, porn, their competitors websites, messages that are anti their company, messages that are anti their partners company, message that they are paid to block by other companies or the government.
I wouldn't want people looking at porn on the airplane, or in public place anyway but its no different if someone took a porno magazine on board, if someone looking at inappropriate material then they would get asked by the stewardess to stop reguardless of if they are looking at porn on a laptop or magazine.
Porn censorship is ineffective anyway, you either have to make a huge list of all the porn sites (there are too many to make this possible) or filter out words (which you can get many false positives on). Then you can just use Tor/encrypted proxies to get around it. I wouldn't want random forum posts to be blocked because people are using language that get picked up by porn filters as possible being linked to porn.
Plus it doesn't stop people predownloading porn anyway. - billbillbilly, on 12/26/2007, -0/+4yes. yes it is
/twitch - AnotherBrian, on 12/26/2007, -1/+4I don't get the deal with blocking porn sites. I'm sure the average laptop's hard drive already contains more GB of porn than can be downloaded during the flight.
- ChristBehemoth, on 12/26/2007, -0/+3internet or no internet .. like sucks for 32C
- EphemeralFox, on 12/26/2007, -0/+3Actually it was discontinued because Boeing Connexion stopped providing the service.
- billbillbilly, on 12/26/2007, -0/+2was bad cookie some attempt at a pun?
- Bootes, on 12/26/2007, -1/+3If it's possible, there's someone that'll do it.
- neutrino15, on 12/26/2007, -3/+5I usually hate filtering of any kind.. But this is ok for me. Its **their** airplane, **their** seat, and **their** customer next to me. I would not expect to, nor want to do or have others be doing inappropriate things. I would also not mind if they blocked (or slowed) downloads. Planes will not have as much bandwidth as my ISP does, so the argument of "using up bandwidth" really does hold water.
I would suggest, tho, making bandwidth on a pay per MB basis over a certain "normal" amount. This would deter people from torrenting while not "blocking" them altogether.
And c'mon... Who would surf porn on a plane?! - roosterjm2k2, on 12/26/2007, -1/+3So your comfort is more important than theirs?
As a comedian, Jon Reeps said... "Your privacy is invading my public" - dark_helmet, on 12/26/2007, -1/+3You mean 'you get what you pay for'
- billbillbilly, on 12/26/2007, -1/+3well sometimes they stick it up his ass instead
- PURDooM, on 12/26/2007, -0/+2I stopped trusting what the article said when it said "Wifi handsets use less bandwidth then their laptop cousins". Its the same protocol, why would it be less bandwidth?
- kurtwinter, on 12/26/2007, -0/+2No need for luddite attitudes. This is no different than internet on a train. Keep your conversations down, your headsets in, and allow WoW players to quietly quest their way through their flights.
- billbillbilly, on 12/26/2007, -0/+2personally i dont care what they limit the connection to, because i know i can get around it :p
- DickyT83, on 12/26/2007, -0/+2The title makes it sound like a disease.
- yabos, on 12/26/2007, -0/+2Do you see THAT many people looking at porn in public places right now? I don't see how a plane would be any different. People do have some self control and won't look at porn while there's lots of people around them. There's probably some creepy people that would do it at the back of the plane when everyone was sleeping but they could just do that anyways with their pre-downloaded porn if they wanted to.
- Ajajadude, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1Bring a movie or two along. Or a book. Take some pills. People truly are annoying enough on the plane, let alone on the ground, why should I have to deal with some douche with a case of ADD?
I fly all the time and used to fly quite regularly back and forth between Florida and California while I was going to school and all I needed was a book, my iPod and/or my laptop to watch a movie or two and I was all set. My parents are consistently flying around the world and were quite content with a book and whatever crap the airline was showing on tv.
People need to suck it up and learn to relax. If they can't handle a few hours or so without the internet or their cell phones, they have some serious problems. - Travelsonic, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1How do you KNOW somebody will be POUDING (methinks he would rather not break his keyboard) in an obnoxious manor to begin with?
Some people like being productive, it isn't your call to make for them. - Virgule, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1being focused on "nothing" is still focussing on something...
/nerd - ritapluto, on 12/26/2007, -1/+2i don't see the problem, being online is mostly a quiet activity, and i'm sure public shaming will prevent people from having long skype conversations. hell, i don't converse with my family when they are sitting next to me on an airplane.
- renegade334, on 12/26/2007, -2/+3I'm EIGHTEEN and I agree. It's not like i'm in any sort of stressful environment (I just finished school, and have a part-time job) It's just that times to sit back and think about nothing are getting rarer and rarer. I COULD just lie on my bed and do it, but i find myself reaching for the laptop and going on digg, or watching shows I just downloaded. The only times I have to do nothing is:
In the car
On the toilet
or In the shower (which i can't do much of anymore because of water restrictions here in melbourne.
/Rant - nicepants, on 12/26/2007, -0/+12 words...in-ear earphones. Never again will I be disturbed by a crying baby, a chatty neighbor, or those pesky safety briefings. (And something tells me in-flight internet won't be a problem, either)
- mvisa, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1Does anyone realize what this means?!
Plane journeys used to be a time to relax and now its another excuse for companies to give their employees MORE WORK. Also can you imagine some ass speaking as loud as possible on his mobile so that everyone can hear his conversation. I hate this 'always have to be connected' attitude! - mvisa, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1Exactly. Or the screens in front should allow a keyboard with access to msn messenger, yahoo and aim or something.
- elnerdo, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1No.
- Rooker156, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1Do airlines still give out those little eye shades? I would say one of those and a pair of ear-plugs and your good. I like being connected, it allows me to get more work done in what would be considered dead time, and maybe get more time to enjoy the vacation that I need a bit more.
- bjs3171, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1it's really more of a work thing. flights are a time people don't have to respond to work related emails. with internet on the phone, that excuse not to answer emails is gone.
- sotopheavy, on 12/27/2007, -0/+1I'd rather have internet access on the screens on the back of the seats. No speakers, no microphone, no camera. You can plug in headphones and a mouse and keyboard, but screen is touchscreen so you don't need them. This plus privacy flaps around the monitor to promote privacy and minimizes annoyances.
- Ajajadude, on 12/26/2007, -1/+2How can I enjoy a flight if some douche is pounding away at his keyboard for 3-5 hours or listening to music really, really loudly? If you need the internet to be productive either get your boss to charter you a private jet. There's no reason you need to be productive at 30,000 feet unless you're a business person. Even then, it's a great excuse to not do work for a few hours.
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