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What to do when you're sitting next to an annoying passenger on a plane

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  • P Pete OHanlon

    1-Take your laptop out of your briefcase 2-Open the laptop slowly and calmly; 3-Switch it on; 4-Make sure the passenger is looking at it; 5-Get on to the internet 6-Close your eyes for a moment, open them again and look up to the sky; 7-Breathe in deeply and open this[^] site 8- and watch the expression on their face.

    "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

    As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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    Lost User
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    Nice! How about this: type "offended" in the address bar of FireFox, hit enter, scroll down the page Probably less likely to get you into trouble

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    • M Marc Clifton

      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is great. Except it'll surely land you in a big load of trouble, and how do you get Internet on an airplane anyways? I mean, I fly Southwest! Marc

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      realJSOP
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      You can do it if you're running Visual Studio on your laptop. Just create a project that does the same thing, and run it...

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      • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

        Just a black screen...

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        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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        It says something is Arabic, I was hoping that you can translate that for us. As it is within Flash, Google translator does not work.

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          1-Take your laptop out of your briefcase 2-Open the laptop slowly and calmly; 3-Switch it on; 4-Make sure the passenger is looking at it; 5-Get on to the internet 6-Close your eyes for a moment, open them again and look up to the sky; 7-Breathe in deeply and open this[^] site 8- and watch the expression on their face.

          "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

          As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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          If I have my Garmin 695 with me I can take it out and put it in simulation mode making it appear that we are actually flying way, way, off course, People believe what they see.

          Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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          • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

            It says something is Arabic, I was hoping that you can translate that for us. As it is within Flash, Google translator does not work.

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            Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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            I just saw it. It doesn't say anything, just a bunch of letters thrown together to look like some Arabic/Persian/Urdu text.

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            • M Marc Clifton

              :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is great. Except it'll surely land you in a big load of trouble, and how do you get Internet on an airplane anyways? I mean, I fly Southwest! Marc

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              Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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              You can do that these days through your mobile line, but you'll be paying through the nose.

              If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Book: Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Project: Hospital Automation, final stage Learning: Image analysis, LINQ Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]?

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              • M Marc Clifton

                :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is great. Except it'll surely land you in a big load of trouble, and how do you get Internet on an airplane anyways? I mean, I fly Southwest! Marc

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                Marc Clifton wrote:

                I fly Southwest!

                Then you're flying in the wrong direction. The internet only flows NorthEast ;P


                I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

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                • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                  If I have my Garmin 695 with me I can take it out and put it in simulation mode making it appear that we are actually flying way, way, off course, People believe what they see.

                  Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                  jeron1
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                  Dear God, when those things first came out, I got one with a rental car and *somehow* I put it in simulate mode, oh was that ever fun. There was no mention of the simulation on the runtime display and for the first part of my trip it seemed pretty accurate. That is until after the first stop light, things then got ugly very quickly (way, way off course)...The wife still brings it up :(( :laugh: :(( .

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                  • P Pete OHanlon

                    1-Take your laptop out of your briefcase 2-Open the laptop slowly and calmly; 3-Switch it on; 4-Make sure the passenger is looking at it; 5-Get on to the internet 6-Close your eyes for a moment, open them again and look up to the sky; 7-Breathe in deeply and open this[^] site 8- and watch the expression on their face.

                    "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                    As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                    Gregory Gadow
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                    This would be a nice way to end the flight early, I think.

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                    • L Lost User

                      Nice! How about this: type "offended" in the address bar of FireFox, hit enter, scroll down the page Probably less likely to get you into trouble

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                      0x3c0
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                      I tried what you suggested. Where can I get some bleach strong enough to get those images out of my brain and eyes?

                      OSDev :)

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                      • P Pete OHanlon

                        1-Take your laptop out of your briefcase 2-Open the laptop slowly and calmly; 3-Switch it on; 4-Make sure the passenger is looking at it; 5-Get on to the internet 6-Close your eyes for a moment, open them again and look up to the sky; 7-Breathe in deeply and open this[^] site 8- and watch the expression on their face.

                        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                        4277480
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                        lol I think 1 minute is too much time :laugh:

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                          Dear God, when those things first came out, I got one with a rental car and *somehow* I put it in simulate mode, oh was that ever fun. There was no mention of the simulation on the runtime display and for the first part of my trip it seemed pretty accurate. That is until after the first stop light, things then got ugly very quickly (way, way off course)...The wife still brings it up :(( :laugh: :(( .

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                          jeron1 wrote:

                          The wife still brings it up

                          Man, that figures. They bitch if you don't ask for directions; they bitch if you follow directions... ;) :-D

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                            jeron1 wrote:

                            The wife still brings it up

                            Man, that figures. They bitch if you don't ask for directions; they bitch if you follow directions... ;) :-D

                            L u n a t i c F r i n g e

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                            jeron1
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                            When I finally ended up asking for directions (and purchasing a map) I had to dodge the crack dealers walking back to the car. Ah, what a fine neighborhood it was.

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                            • M Marc Clifton

                              :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is great. Except it'll surely land you in a big load of trouble, and how do you get Internet on an airplane anyways? I mean, I fly Southwest! Marc

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                              retZ
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                              Quite a few airlines provide internet access. I tried it on a recent Air Tran flight. Worked great plus it was free - no complaints :)

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                              • 0 0x3c0

                                I tried what you suggested. Where can I get some bleach strong enough to get those images out of my brain and eyes?

                                OSDev :)

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                                Lost User
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                                You can't un-see a picture Why did you try it though? (haven't you seen that page before?) Looking through it again may help, repeat until you're no longer sensitive to such things.

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                                • G Gregory Gadow

                                  This would be a nice way to end the flight early, I think.

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                                  Better than the alternative.

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                                  • M Marc Clifton

                                    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is great. Except it'll surely land you in a big load of trouble, and how do you get Internet on an airplane anyways? I mean, I fly Southwest! Marc

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                                    Ankur m
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                                    Open the page before you fly and it gets cached. Select 'Work Offline' mode and open the page. Dang! it works without internet! But as you said, that would create a big big trouble. :omg: :rolleyes:

                                    ..Go Green..

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                                      jeron1 wrote:

                                      The wife still brings it up

                                      Man, that figures. They bitch if you don't ask for directions; they bitch if you follow directions... ;) :-D

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                                      Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                      LunaticFringe wrote:

                                      They bitch if you don't ask for directions; they bitch if you follow directions...

                                      Man, how many wives do you have? Do they all know each other? :omg: :wtf:

                                      “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                                      • P Pete OHanlon

                                        1-Take your laptop out of your briefcase 2-Open the laptop slowly and calmly; 3-Switch it on; 4-Make sure the passenger is looking at it; 5-Get on to the internet 6-Close your eyes for a moment, open them again and look up to the sky; 7-Breathe in deeply and open this[^] site 8- and watch the expression on their face.

                                        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                        ian dennis 0
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                                        My favorite solution is to ask him how much he paid for his seat, then tell him you paid (mention a sum about 1/2 what he paid). Guaranteed he'll shut up after that.

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