"On a flight on Fri I realized that my iPhone 3G couldn't use in-flight WiFi (this was hypothetical, as Southwest don't offer WiFi) because you cannot turn off the cellphone transmitter while leaving the 802.11 one turned on."
"@Canoehead: I agree there's no physical or financial reason why something this big couldn't be built in America, but I think this country has lost the will and ability to carry out big projects.
The US managed to put men on the moon in a decade, but it's going to probably take 2 decades for them to build the San Francisco to San Diego high speed rail they're talking about (if it ever happens).
As you say there's NIMBY and various legal hold-ups, but I also think the public doesn't have the stomach to spend their tax payer dollars on long-term infrastructure projects (if they can't see the benefits within a year they're unhappy) and corporations won't invest in anything that doesn't have a near-term payoff (partly because the way executive compensation is tied in to the quarterly or annual bottom line)."
"@Ham_Sandwich: "Those silly Islamic countries...always trying to have the biggest Phallic symbol."
What you mean just like America did for the longest time, and would still if it could: a) afford it, and b) still do big projects?"
"@El Frijole: "Looks like a reverse 911 target to me."
What is that supposed to mean?
I hope you're not suggesting that Dubai had anything to do with 911 just because it's a muslim emerate in the same sub-continent as people we were responsible."
"@Noobs-R-Us: What you are talking about is already being done and will soon be in commercial cameras.
However, you don't need to decrease the display frame rate with HDR."
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