How can I turn off the radio devices in my laptop to ensure the plane I'm flying on doesn't crash and kill us all?
I have an EEE 1000H netbook. It's running Arch Linux. I need to know how to turn off the Bluetooth and WiFi cards to ensure they don't crash my plane...
There's two ways I'm thinking of to do this. Either boot up into Arch and turn them off from there or, to be paranoid, I'll boot...
Is it possible to use T-Mobile's 3G network on the airplane?
So that I can go online?
Does it have signal in the air?
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What do cell phones/cell network devices potentially interfere with on airplanes?
There seems to be a lot of debate behind the cell phone usage ban on airplanes. A lot of cell phones now have airplane modes so we can enjoy out electronic devices in peace while aboard commercial aircraft. We keep hearing how cell phone communication could interfere with the aircraft instruments...