Misuse of Electronic Devices
Aug 16, 2005 | 1:56 am
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Originally Posted by DCA Blondie
If people don't like the rules they are required to live with, why subject themselves to those rules? Drive...take the bus...charter your own jet....
Originally Posted by DCA Blondie
Seems to me that all the people that know a lot more information than the FAA regarding electronic devices may help us all out by helping to change the regulations as they stand.
Aug 16, 2005 | 6:54 am
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Honestly, if FAA scare tactics keep people from jabbering away on their cell phones or tap-tap-tap on their blackberries the whole flight, then I'm all for it.
What's also irritating about the OP's seatmate is that sense of entitlement - yes, the FA said for everyone turn off electronic devices but I don't have to.
What's also irritating about the OP's seatmate is that sense of entitlement - yes, the FA said for everyone turn off electronic devices but I don't have to.
Aug 16, 2005 | 11:44 am
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Originally Posted by GoSpurs
Once sufficiently airborne, she pulled out the laptop that hadn't been powered down at all 
, just closed.
, just closed.If I close mine it will initiate a suspend cycle that leaves it in a zero-power state. When I open it back up it will restore itself to how it was, albeit taking some seconds to do so.
Aug 16, 2005 | 11:46 am
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Originally Posted by amarain
What's also irritating about the OP's seatmate is that sense of entitlement - yes, the FA said for everyone turn off electronic devices but I don't have to.
However, if I see someone else still on their Crackberry, I don't panic, I don't fear for my life or the safety of the aircraft, and I don't feel the need to rat them out.
Aug 16, 2005 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
If I close mine it will initiate a suspend cycle that leaves it in a zero-power state. When I open it back up it will restore itself to how it was, albeit taking some seconds to do so.
Aug 16, 2005 | 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
However, if I see someone else still on their Crackberry, I don't panic, I don't fear for my life or the safety of the aircraft, and I don't feel the need to rat them out.
Aug 18, 2005 | 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
Are you sure it's in a zero-power state, or is it in a very low-power state?
RAM and such is written out to the HD. Upon startup is begins with a normal boot but as soon as it goes to the HD Windows realizes it's a suspend and it reads the settings back in rather than going through a normal boot sequence.
Of course this comes with the penalty of an extra file on the root of C taking up 1% of the HD space.
Aug 18, 2005 | 3:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
Zero. I've swapped batteries in that state and it came back up afterwards.
RAM and such is written out to the HD. Upon startup is begins with a normal boot but as soon as it goes to the HD Windows realizes it's a suspend and it reads the settings back in rather than going through a normal boot sequence.
Of course this comes with the penalty of an extra file on the root of C taking up 1% of the HD space.
RAM and such is written out to the HD. Upon startup is begins with a normal boot but as soon as it goes to the HD Windows realizes it's a suspend and it reads the settings back in rather than going through a normal boot sequence.
Of course this comes with the penalty of an extra file on the root of C taking up 1% of the HD space.