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Ars Technica reports:
A Washington, DC appeals court ruled [May 15][1] that the Federal Aviation Administration did not overstep its authority when it allowed airline passengers to use electronic devices during takeoff and landing.
The Association of Flight Attendants had challenged the change, suing Michael Huerta, the administrator of the FAA, along with that agency.
However, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the FAA has always had the ability to change rules as it pleases. The FAA had determined that allowing phones, e-readers, and other devices were within its purview.
Since [it first permitted airlines to allow passengers to] use personal electronic devices (PEDs) [in] October 2013, the FAA has authorized 31 airlines to do so.
The meat of the issue is that FAA's Notice N8900 is not a legislative rule carrying "the force and effect of law".
[1] The entire page is behind scripts.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @03:14PM
Imagine that! A submitter with known communist tendencies submits an article about government-imposed regulation not being considered excessive. Imagine that!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @03:25PM
I don't understand.
why would someone who likes communism also like the state's authority?
by definition, communism rejects a central authority.
the definition, in case you weren't aware, is "everyone produces as much as they can, and is provided with as much as they need (within the limits of what the community can offer)".
by the definition, everyone has as much authority as anyone else (otherwise the "as much as they need" would not work, since the people with more authority could get more).
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @03:35PM
I think he means "communism" in the "I'm a poorly educated person between the ages of 50 to 70 who has been trained to know Communism as a pejorative for everything I don't like, regardless of whether it espouses the ideals of Marx, Engels, et al or otherwise."
See also: Pinko Commie; Commie Nazi (one of my personal favorites)
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @03:59PM
My personal favorite was from the 'Archie Bunker' character: 'Commie Pinko Fag'. WTF?!?!? LOL!
The first time I heard that I went into a fit of hysterical laughter. What a mix! The sad part about all of that is, nowadays that sounds exactly like many current US politicians.(and they wonder why I laugh at them!)
(Score: 2) by bradley13 on Monday May 18 2015, @05:53PM
Isn't it "long-haired hippie freak commie pinko fag"? That's the version I remember anyway...
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @03:41PM
> communism rejects a central authority
You're thinking of anarchy.
(Score: 3, Funny) by VLM on Monday May 18 2015, @04:10PM
He was probably thinking of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_communism [wikipedia.org]
You'll see at the bottom a mention of the GNU project
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @04:09PM
communism rejects a central authority
No, communism is the ultimate central authority. You are badly confused.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @05:51PM
Communism is left-wing fascism. Fascism is right-wing communism. Both are totalitarianism, where a central authority maintains supreme power over the citizenry.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by snick on Monday May 18 2015, @03:35PM
People are not forbidden to do X === "government-imposed regulation?"
Dude, lay off the kool-aid.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @03:48PM
It takes a narrow mind to paint with so broad a brush.
I'm NOT surprised by you being surprised in this case.
I am getting weary of the warmongering attitude that has become the norm nowadays.
This 'us(the intelligent and righteous good guys) vs them(the idiotic and evil enemy)' mindset has permeated everywhere, and keeps clogging my FUD and BS detectors. Stop it. Just stop it, already. Enough is enough, and we've already gotten too much of it.
It accomplishes nothing positive, and only 'drives the wedge deeper'.(unless that is your goal; if so, then I have to question your goals, sanity, and intelligence)
[hyperbole warning] ;-)
I can see the cause of the coming extinction of the human species: we fatally overdose by mainlining our own FUD and BS cocktail.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @04:49PM
Quiet, you, or I'll start a Snowden/NSA thread (and maybe work in something about a police department)!
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @06:49PM
*giggles* Next you'll probably hit me with the 'Don't forget ISIS is coming to a theater near you!'( or was that neighborhood, I forget)
I surrender.
(Score: 3, Funny) by isostatic on Monday May 18 2015, @07:10PM
Too late
https://www.avid.com/US/about-avid/customer-stories/The-Hobbit-Trilogy-Comes-to-Life-with-Media-Composer-Magic [avid.com]
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit series is one of the most highly anticipated film trilogies in recent memory .... All production facilities were networked via fiber and connected to an ISIS shared storage system, which provided 128TB of shared storage .... ISIS allowed the team to streamline their workflow and manage a high volume of media without bogging down productivity or interrupting the creative flow.
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday May 18 2015, @09:37PM
OMG!!! LMAO!!
I just don't know when to quit, I guess! :-)
Thanks for the genuine belly-laugh that your reply caused.