Re: Conference! - around the world with Debian
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 09:29:35PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 01:39:41AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 04:26:27PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > > Also use of computer in planes is discouraged and prohibited during landfall
> > > and takeoff, as it interfer with the onboard radio equipement ...
> >
> > This is a fiction perpetrated by flight attendants because many of them are
> > too dumb to tell the difference between electronic devices that may
> > generate significant EMF at 108MHz or a little above and ones that don't.
> >
> > Hint: if it's got an FCC sticker on it, it's okay. The FCC is so
>
> Well, this is completely off-topic, but I wouldn't be so sure.
> I have plenty of electronic equipment here which generates an awful
> lot of interference to my sensitive radio receivers. Switch-mode
> power supplies in particular (although passengers won't be using
> those on the plane).
>
This is common. The problem is that while FCC requirements are quite
high, manufacturing standards are not, causing an awful lot of
equipment out there to create interference.
Jay Treacy
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