Re: Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Fuat Baran <fuat () columbia edu>
Date: November 4, 2007 12:49:32 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Fuat Baran <fuat () columbia edu>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:  Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but  
Illegal

If a bank has 20+ minute lines at the teller, the solution is not  
jamming cell phones, but hiring more and/or more efficient tellers.

If a pizzeria has problems with customers who arrive at the front of  
the line and don't know what they're ordering, the right answer is  
"please step aside while you consider the menu" and service the next  
customer in line.  Jamming cell phones isn't the answer here either.   
A customer could just as easily be distracted watching a movie on the  
iPod while standing in line.

Shorter lines would reduce the temptation for customers to find ways  
to make use of the wait time with something productive/entertaining.

A "functioning land line for emergencies" in a restaurant is only  
useful for calling for help to the restaurant.  What about the patrons  
(e.g. doctors on call) who might need to be reachable even when out  
having dinner?

You can't solve specific social problems such as rude and  
inconsiderate behavior with crude and indiscriminate technological  
solutions like cell phone jamming.

                --Fuat

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