Re: [NTLK] Newton to help find impact craters?

On Jan 06, 2007, at 11:32 AM, PaulMmn wrote:

> But why? Becaue 'the airline says so?'

Because the airline and and FAA say so and it's probably a criminal
offense to not do so

> As I understand it, a GPS device is a =receiver=, not a
> =transmitter=. Unless the computers in
> the units put out enough noise to affect the avionics... Of course,
> a normal laptop computer would be as noisy.

They do ask you to turn all devices that can send or receive signals off
So that includes a wireless laptop connection as well
I can't imagine that just the electronics would affect the avionics
You'd think there would be too much interference from the electrical
systems in the plane itself if that were a problem

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