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#902483 25-Sep-2013 14:47

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The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

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#902488 25-Sep-2013 15:03

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SaltyNZ: 21. Having a cell site near your house has no effect on your health one way or the other
22. Your iPhone doesn't work without them

I agree with this, my brother works on Cell towers in Aussie and he says the same thing.

Do you think you can go and explain that to the residents of Brighton, Dunedin who are up in arms about a tower. They have the nimby disease big time.

At least those people in Dunedin still have fluoride in their water.

Which proves it doesn't work for mind control. :-D

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#902490 25-Sep-2013 15:03

34. If you can imagine it ...

*Ahem*

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#902500 25-Sep-2013 15:16

kiwitrc:
macuser: # 24

The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

Liquid lunch per chance?

Clearly a mistake - in 1937 they would have been the National Socialist party.....

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#902504 25-Sep-2013 15:24

wasabi2k:
kiwitrc:
macuser: # 24

The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

Liquid lunch per chance?

Clearly a mistake - in 1937 they would have been the National Socialist party.....

And I am pretty sure they didn't have 150 seat Passenger Jets in 1937.

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#902506 25-Sep-2013 15:33

trig42:
wasabi2k:
kiwitrc:
macuser: # 24

The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

Liquid lunch per chance?

Clearly a mistake - in 1937 they would have been the National Socialist party.....

And I am pretty sure they didn't have 150 seat Passenger Jets in 1937.

I can't believe I am the first person to point out that anything called a 'computer' in 1937 would not have been air transportable, let alone fit into a suitcase. Are we talking of Human computers? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer ) Maybe they ate something dodgy?

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#902507 25-Sep-2013 15:33

trig42:
wasabi2k:
kiwitrc:
macuser: # 24

The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

Liquid lunch per chance?

Clearly a mistake - in 1937 they would have been the National Socialist party.....

And I am pretty sure they didn't have 150 seat Passenger Jets in 1937.

Well of course not, those Russians with their exploding computers took them out in 1936.

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#902511 25-Sep-2013 15:37

crackrdbycracku:
trig42:
wasabi2k:
kiwitrc:
macuser: # 24

The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

Liquid lunch per chance?

Clearly a mistake - in 1937 they would have been the National Socialist party.....

And I am pretty sure they didn't have 150 seat Passenger Jets in 1937.

I can't believe I am the first person to point out that anything called a 'computer' in 1937 would not have been air transportable, let alone fit into a suitcase. Are we talking of Human computers? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer ) Maybe they ate something dodgy?

Cough, Macuser is clearly taking the pith, or taking drugs.

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#902512 25-Sep-2013 15:37

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How powerful were the computers that took us to the moon? Turns out that the Apolo 11 computers had less processing power than a modern cellphone!

And we still believe they got there with that right?

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#902531 25-Sep-2013 16:23

#26 if you +1 this post you will win the lotto

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#902532 25-Sep-2013 16:23

Jaxson:
BinaryLimited:

How powerful were the computers that took us to the moon? Turns out that the Apolo 11 computers had less processing power than a modern cellphone!

And we still believe they got there with that right?

haha

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#902541 25-Sep-2013 16:42

crackrdbycracku:
trig42:
wasabi2k:
kiwitrc:
macuser: # 24

The banning on modern electronics, and wireless networks on commercial flights was actually started by the German Nazi Party in 1937. This was to prevent poorly made Russian suitcase computers exploding mid flight, while being used by passengers, which had downed at least two 150 seater jets in the year previous.

Liquid lunch per chance?

Clearly a mistake - in 1937 they would have been the National Socialist party.....

And I am pretty sure they didn't have 150 seat Passenger Jets in 1937.

I can't believe I am the first person to point out that anything called a 'computer' in 1937 would not have been air transportable, let alone fit into a suitcase. Are we talking of Human computers? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer ) Maybe they ate something dodgy?

Now imagine a laptop computer from 1937. Did I mention rule 34 already?

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