way way OT: wireless on planes (aside)

[Nancy Palmquist]

GCC Consulting wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
>>Of Bob Rasmussen
>>Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:17 PM
>>To: Enrique Arredondo
>>Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>Subject: Re: way way OT: wireless on planes
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>>On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Enrique Arredondo wrote:
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>>>Does anybody knows if it's bad for the plane electronics if 
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>>I take my 
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>>>laptop with wireless WIFI 801.g and another friend same 
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>>thing and then 
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>>>we player multiplayer games on the plane from different seats ?
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>>The instructions I usually get are to avoid running anything 
>>that uses radio waves. This would certainly apply to WIFI. I 
>>usually turn off my WIFI (I have a switch on the case), and 
>>eject my cell-modem.
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>>I have noted that they especially mention GPS devices. I 
>>suspect that this is because radio receivers tend to transmit 
>>some also.
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>>In the news recently, the FAA and the FCC are reexamining 
>>both WiFi and cell phone possibilities.
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>>Regards,
>>....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
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> They should allow cell phones only is a special section in the rear of the plane
> sealed off from the rest of the passengers.  By rear I mean 10 feet behind the
> tail.
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> If not, the regulation should permit anyone within earshot of someone talking
> too loud or long to ......
> (comments not politically correct) read this to be "make a meal of the phone."
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> Maybe they could put a sound proof booth in the planes to be used when someone
> wants to use their cell phone.
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> Planes are my escape from my clients and give me quiet time to work without
> interruption.  I don't want them to be able to reach me when I'm traveling.
> Yes, I can shut it off.  But If calls are allowed, they complain that I am
> unresponsive to their calls if I can talk but turn it off.
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting 
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Climbing on my soap box so watch out.


So do you respond to the phone when you are in the toilet or in some 
other inappropriate situation.  It should be reasonable to anyone that 
there are times you will be unavailable and they will have to leave a 
message.

I firmly believe that we are becoming more and more impolite in the way 
we use our cell phones.  I refuse to answer call-waiting, the person who 
called me first has my attention.  The person who called me second can 
leave a message and be next on my list (or however far down they fall in 
the scheme.)  I feel that many people use this technology to "jump the 
line" asserting that they think they are the most important person and 
my current customer can wait on them.

I refuse to drop everything to answer an email.  Just because they can 
send something quickly does not require that I answer quickly.  You take 
your chances.  Email's convenience is that the person at the other end 
does not have to answer at the moment you send a message.  If you want 
that pick up the phone.

Of course I do not suggest that Richard or any person that was involved 
in this posting falls in this rude category, but just was annoyed by 
Richard being worried that his customers would insist on his answering 
the phone at 36,000 ft (or however high planes fly).  His customers 
struck me a rude.

Let us rebel against this intrusion into our lives.  Work is not 
supposed to be 7x24x365 - that is unreasonable.


Nancy

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