Posts by dblack

Google mistakes entire web for malware

malware = google

A search for 'google' also revealed that the Google sites (google.ca etc.) were under suspicion...

Mobile phones soon to be allowed on aircraft

Another source of entertainment

I do not have, nor have I ever had cell phone. However, indiscreet/loudmouthed strangers share the most astounding and intimate secrets with me just because I happen to sit near them. I used to be irritated by this boorish/inconsiderate behaviour - now I try to imagine what the other person is saying - it's quite entertaining. Soon, I fear that I will interject myself into the conversation ...."Excuse me. don't forget the extra point and a quarter that the agents gets" or "You're right about not using the sales figures from last year." At Schiphol a couple of weeks ago a pilot sat across from me and phoned his home base. It was unsettling to learn that he would 'never' fly on RyanAIr. It was interesting to learn that he was a senior examiner in the UK but that he still had to take two days of 737 refresher training. I felt his pain as he tried to convince the other person to book him into the Hilton rather than the 'usual' grotty hotel. If they are stupid enough to allow in-flight cell phone calls and your seatmate engages in indiscreet phone behaviour during a flight, all bets are off as far as protection of personal privacy - the expectation has to be that everyone in the immediate vicinity is fully engaged in the conversation.