Maybe the cause is bad desigb of aircraft cell phones and electronic devices are a risk to planes]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1



- -------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [IP] more on Maybe cell phones and electronic devices are a
risk to planes
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:31:32 -0500
From: Bob Frankston <Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
To: dave () farber net
CC: 'Dewayne Hendricks' <dewayne () warpspeed com>

I couldn't resist send a note to Spectrum:

- - - -

I'm amazed that the report doesn't cite the aircraft designers for
incompetence. If aircraft is so vulnerable to even the weakest signals in
an RF-laden world then they are too dangerous to fly. Is a PDA more
dangerous than megawatt transmitters on the ground as plans are coming in
for a landing?

The devices cited are part of our basic technical infrastructure. The
effort to find reasons to blame them for problems seems to have a
moralistic agenda. If there are problems then they must be addressed by
those most at risks - the aircraft. Why are they so vulnerable? If they are
then we should ground the complete fleet until they are able to operate in
today's world.

- -        - -

Long ago Dewayne Hendricks commented that if planes were so vulnerable then
they should be fixed.

Why so much attention to what I consider moral threats rather than real
threats that do exist?







- -----Original Message-----
From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 09:17
To: ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: [IP] more on Maybe cell phones and electronic devices are a risk
to planes



Study is in the March issue of IEEE Spectrum.



http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar06/3069



- -------------------------------------

You are subscribed as BobIP () Bobf Frankston com

To manage your subscription, go to

  http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip



Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32)

iD8DBQFEC13Bh0VyAToQeqERAptcAJ4i2BYgUpvgeI9rlYS+CfHJjcjTQQCfTzJ3
ie8zUlfu9vNL84KhdSCpmjo=
=7tdP
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

-------------------------------------
You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org
To manage your subscription, go to
  http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip

Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/