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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by sareon on Sunday September 09, 2012 @06:45AM (#4495500)
Yet you're still allowed to read a big old heavy book (which can easily become FOD itself), or sleep through take off and landing. People aren't alert during those activities.
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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by adrinavarro on Sunday September 09, 2012 @12:08PM (#4496096)
But it would still be a bit excessive to wake up everyone and force them to close their books, don't you think so?
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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by sareon on Sunday September 09, 2012 @12:50PM (#4496218)
You mean like walking by and making sure everyone has their kindles off?
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