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Rogue
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Since: 08-17-04

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Posted on 04-20-05 01:35 PM Link | Quote
You come across those stories every day. Some person did or said something stupid that ended up in the paper and next thing you know, everyone's talking about it and it becomes near urban legend fame.

Well this is no different, post stories you find of people just being dumb...

A bomb scare grounded a Qatari airplane at Beirut International Airport Monday, airport officials said.

Airport security officials said the Doha-bound Qatar Airways jetliner, an Airbus 320, had just taken off from the airport when a Lebanese passenger apparently joking with a hostess who attempted to put away his handbag told her it had a bomb that would explode if he touched it.

The hostess informed the captain who made the decision to return to the airport.

The plane's 99 passengers were evacuated and a thorough search of the plane was conducted. No explosives were found and passengers were to re-board the plane for their flight, said the officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

The man was arrested, they added.


It's actually federal law now not to joke about any sort of terrorism or highjacking near the airport in any way, as I was informed on the way to one last week.
Stitch

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Since: 08-20-04
From: California

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Posted on 04-20-05 01:41 PM Link | Quote
Story of my life. At LAX, we evacuated a terminal because one of the passengers felt the need to joke with us about the presence of a bomb in his bag that would go off if scanned by the x-ray machine. He, and his friend, were arrested after the evacuation and inspection of the luggage proved no explosives were present. But, it is a federal offense to joke around any federal agents...flight attendants included as they are representatives of the FAA and are required to be present on all flights worldwide.

Also, I've had people joke with me when I worked at the airport, often ending up being questioned by police and our federal superiors, being arrested, and/or not flying at all. People just have to realize that even though it's going to be four years, officials are not going to take anything lightly. It's best not to joke with federal officials.
Rogue
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Posted on 04-20-05 02:16 PM Link | Quote
Verizon CEO scoffs at technology hopes

Ivan Seidenberg derides wireless Internet projects and expectations of clear cell phone reception indoors.

By LOUIS HAU, Times Staff Writer
Published April 19, 2005

Can you hear me now?

Well, don't expect to if I'm indoors.

That was the apparent message conveyed by Verizon Communications Inc. chairman and chief executive Ivan Seidenberg in remarks published over the weekend that have left tongues wagging in technology circles.

In an interview published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle , Seidenberg seemed to suggest the company's wireless customers were becoming too demanding.

"Why in the world would you think your (cell) phone would work in your house?" he asked. "The customer has come to expect so much. They want it to work in the elevator, they want it to work in the basement."

Couldn't the company correct customer expectations by distributing statistics on how often Verizon's service works indoors or by providing more detailed coverage maps that show all possible dead zones?

Seidenberg said it wasn't Verizon's responsibility, the Chronicle reported.

Verizon owns and operates Verizon Wireless through a joint venture with Britain's Vodafone Group PLC. Verizon Wireless was the most highly rated wireless carrier in an annual subscriber survey published in February by Consumer Reports magazine.

The Verizon chairman also derided San Francisco's interest in building a municipal wireless Internet, or Wi-Fi, network.

"That could be one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard," he told the Chronicle. "It sounds like a good thing, but the trouble is someone will have to design it, someone will have to upgrade it, someone will have to maintain it and someone will have to run it."

Such comments carry some resonance in Florida, where the Legislature has been considering bills backed by phone companies that would complicate efforts by municipalities to offer Wi-Fi and other telecommunications services. (Wi-Fi networks planned or in operation in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Dunedin wouldn't be affected because those efforts are led by private companies, not local governments.)

Verizon spokesman Bob Elek acknowledged the company agrees with the spirit of the legislation but insisted Verizon wasn't lobbying in support of it.

As for Seidenberg's comments in the Chronicle, Elek argued that the newspaper "sort of sensationalized" his remarks.

Meanwhile, Seidenberg's words drew a swift reaction from numerous technology blogs.

"Verizon CEO flames Wi-Fi and demanding customers" declared www.makesyougohmm.com

"Shut Up And Pay, Peasant," blared a headline at www.corante.com

A blogger at www.mfli.net/blog laid out a more specific grievance: "If cellphone coverage can extend to subways in Europe, I should get at least 4 bars in a residential neighbourhood."


Let me get this straight... you actually expected your cell phone to work from everywhere? Whoa! What planet are you from?
Stitch

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Since: 08-20-04
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Posted on 04-20-05 03:30 PM Link | Quote
Which brings me back to my Verizon guy thread, and the reason behind why almost all cell phones don't work indoors. Including mine, with the whole Cingular campaign of increasing strength bars and such. Just not the quality you'd expect. The only way we'd ever get calls all over the planet is to acquire satellite phones as a consumer device rather than a government device. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
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Since: 08-15-04
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Posted on 04-21-05 10:50 AM Link | Quote
Well, I am still mildly shocked that I get signal down in the club room with Verizon. But otherwise, yeah... that is sad.
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