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  • M Munchies_Matt

    New airline seats chairs will allow passengers to control comfort and temperature using their phone | Daily Mail Online[^] Because it is so difficult to reach down and use a button isnt it. For f**** sake, just stop with the freaking technology abuse!!!

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    kalberts
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    Like in Geek & Poke: HomeKit[^]

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    • M Maximilien

      Not since a while. Officially you should set them in airplane mode at take off and landing; I suspect 99% of the phones are still open anyway.

      I'd rather be phishing!

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      Rick York
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      On private planes that is not a requirement and I know of no incidents ever caused by a cellular phone on an airplane. I fly on our corporate planes occasionally and I have seen pilots in the cockpits on their phones. We get no service at altitude so I'm not sure what they were doing.

      "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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      • M Munchies_Matt

        New airline seats chairs will allow passengers to control comfort and temperature using their phone | Daily Mail Online[^] Because it is so difficult to reach down and use a button isnt it. For f**** sake, just stop with the freaking technology abuse!!!

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        Mycroft Holmes
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        Well I for one think it is a fantastic idea. Being too large and inflexible to lean down and twist my head far enough so that I can read the bloody fine print or hieroglyphic underneath the button is just not possible for me. I have to stand, turn around and kneel to locate the buttons, retain the configuration, sit down and set the buttons by feel and memory. As a consequence I only ever use the big round button for seat up/down. So you skinny little bugger leave the airline alone so they can give better service to us fat slobs who fly.

        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

          dandy72 wrote:

          so they can take a peek at whatever else you've got stored on it

          Me: *Installs their app* Them: "Sir, we kindly ask you to leave the plain and don't touch anything on your way out."

          Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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          dandy72
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          Sander Rossel wrote:

          leave the plain

          Surely they can ask you to leave the plane, and they don't have jurisdiction over the entire plain? That's a pretty big area, especially if you happen to be around central US...

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          • M Munchies_Matt

            New airline seats chairs will allow passengers to control comfort and temperature using their phone | Daily Mail Online[^] Because it is so difficult to reach down and use a button isnt it. For f**** sake, just stop with the freaking technology abuse!!!

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            Roger Wright
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            Of course, you're not allowed to use your phone on board... :)

            Will Rogers never met me.

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            • D dandy72

              Sander Rossel wrote:

              leave the plain

              Surely they can ask you to leave the plane, and they don't have jurisdiction over the entire plain? That's a pretty big area, especially if you happen to be around central US...

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              Sander Rossel
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              I'm sorry, I forgot a word. I meant to type "leave the plain plane" as I think having apps in planes will become the standard ;p

              Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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              • R RickZeeland

                That's the final straw, no more flying for me, my next holiday will be by car to Jutland :mad:

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                Munchies_Matt
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                Isnt Jutland like Zeeland?

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                • W W Balboos GHB

                  Well - I don't have such a phone. Perhaps they'll do for that what they do for earphones and give them out to the passengers. Kind of a disposable cell phone. Or maybe even build it into the seat (or was that already mentioned). Someone call it artisanal seating.

                  Ravings en masse^

                  "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                  "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                  Munchies_Matt
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                  Ha, yes, if you dont have a smart phone you are fucked and have to spend 10 hours folded in half!

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                  • R Rick York

                    On private planes that is not a requirement and I know of no incidents ever caused by a cellular phone on an airplane. I fly on our corporate planes occasionally and I have seen pilots in the cockpits on their phones. We get no service at altitude so I'm not sure what they were doing.

                    "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                    Nelek
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                    Rick York wrote:

                    We get no service at altitude so I'm not sure what they were doing.

                    Playing Candy Crush? :rolleyes: :-D

                    M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                    • M Munchies_Matt

                      Isnt Jutland like Zeeland?

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                      RickZeeland
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                      Yes, that's why it is so likeable, but for me the big difference is that it is less crowded in Denmark and everything is very relaxed. It reminds me of the Netherlands of the past :-\

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                      • R RickZeeland

                        Yes, that's why it is so likeable, but for me the big difference is that it is less crowded in Denmark and everything is very relaxed. It reminds me of the Netherlands of the past :-\

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                        Munchies_Matt
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                        I went to Zeeland once, Vlissingem, it's a nice place, but I have never been north of there, never seen Frisia, Denmark, never been to Heligoland, Norway, or Sweden. Perhaps it is all just too much like England to really motivate me, you know, you want to see something different when you travel. I would have liked to have tried talking to a Frislander too, I hear English and Fris is very close.

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                        • W W Balboos GHB

                          No sense holding back. Volunteer for the input of the lounges in judging your animal, vegetable, mineral (or a derived class). Non-rhetorical:   what have you got to lose?

                          Ravings en masse^

                          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                          Lost User
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                          W∴ Balboos wrote:

                          Non-rhetorical:   what have you got to lose?

                          Nothing. Amazed at how quick this turned :D

                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                            W∴ Balboos wrote:

                            Non-rhetorical:   what have you got to lose?

                            Nothing. Amazed at how quick this turned :D

                            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                            W Balboos GHB
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                            Breath in Deeply

                            Savor the Chaos!

                            Ravings en masse^

                            "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                            • M Munchies_Matt

                              New airline seats chairs will allow passengers to control comfort and temperature using their phone | Daily Mail Online[^] Because it is so difficult to reach down and use a button isnt it. For f**** sake, just stop with the freaking technology abuse!!!

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                              Dan Neely
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                              Why spend $5/seat on a button when you can make $5/customer by forcing them to install a spyware app.                                                                                          X| X| X| X| X|                         X| X| X| X| X| X|                             X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|               X| X|                             X| X|               X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|           X|                                                X|      X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|      X|                                                     X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X| X|      X|               X|      X|                    X| X| X| X| X| X|

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                              • M Munchies_Matt

                                New airline seats chairs will allow passengers to control comfort and temperature using their phone | Daily Mail Online[^] Because it is so difficult to reach down and use a button isnt it. For f**** sake, just stop with the freaking technology abuse!!!

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                                Joe Woodbury
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                                Next headline: security vulnerability discovered in software which helps airline passengers....

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                                • M Munchies_Matt

                                  I went to Zeeland once, Vlissingem, it's a nice place, but I have never been north of there, never seen Frisia, Denmark, never been to Heligoland, Norway, or Sweden. Perhaps it is all just too much like England to really motivate me, you know, you want to see something different when you travel. I would have liked to have tried talking to a Frislander too, I hear English and Fris is very close.

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                                  RickZeeland
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                                  I have a Frisian friend, but when he starts talking Frisian I can't make heads or tails of it. Nevertheless Friesland can be attractive if you like sailing and skating, and they have some nice historic cities like Leeuwarden. Recently I also viewed "Redbad" the series on tv which is about the war between the Frisians and the Franks: Redbad, King of the Frisians - Wikipedia[^] Can not recommend the series though, although the photography is first class, the story is weak and lacking direction and the low rating on IMDB says enough: Redbad (2018) - IMDb[^]

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                                    I have a Frisian friend, but when he starts talking Frisian I can't make heads or tails of it. Nevertheless Friesland can be attractive if you like sailing and skating, and they have some nice historic cities like Leeuwarden. Recently I also viewed "Redbad" the series on tv which is about the war between the Frisians and the Franks: Redbad, King of the Frisians - Wikipedia[^] Can not recommend the series though, although the photography is first class, the story is weak and lacking direction and the low rating on IMDB says enough: Redbad (2018) - IMDb[^]

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                                    Munchies_Matt
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                                    RickZeeland wrote:

                                    I can't make heads or tails of it.

                                    I would have thought it half Dutch half English and therefore fairly easy for someone like you, but I guess not.

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                                    • N Nelek

                                      Rick York wrote:

                                      We get no service at altitude so I'm not sure what they were doing.

                                      Playing Candy Crush? :rolleyes: :-D

                                      M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                      S Douglas
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                                      Nelek wrote:

                                      Playing Candy Crush?

                                      Better than flying! :)


                                      Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.

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