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Comment Re:Corn batteries? (Score 2) 199

No it isn't. "a complex chemical mixture of sugars, including maltose, fructose, and various oligosaccharides" is a fair description of the carbohydrates in all food, not just corn syrup. The human digestive system handles them easily and has a very obvious means of expelling partially digested materials.

What did you think poop was, after all? Evil demons being expelled from your body?

Comment Re:not their job (Score 1) 340

The FCC regulations were put in place because there were concerns that cell phone transmissions could interfere with airplane equipment, which is a safety issue and, as you pointed out, that is their job.

It's becoming increasingly clear that cell phone transmissions are extremely unlikely to cause any interference, so the FCC is reconsidering the regulations and asked for public input. That is also their job.

What the FCC isn't responsible for is a bunch of idiots submitted stupid comments... and yet here you are blaming them for it.

Comment Re:More distressing than apathy (Score 4, Informative) 340

The FCC regulations that banned cell phone usage on planes were based on the idea that the phones EM emissions might interfere with the operation of the airplane's equipment. That has absolutely nothing to do with "regulating behavior they find annoying" and is exactly the type of regulation that the FCC was intended to oversee.

In the time since those regulations were put in place, it's become increasingly clear that cell phones won't cause interference with the plane's equipment. The FCC is now considering revising the regulations according to the new information. This is what they should be doing and it should be encouraged.

In the process of reconsidering those regulations, they asked for input from the public. This is also what they should be doing and it should be encouraged.

It's not the FCC's fault that a bunch of people freaked out and submitted "OMG Nooooo!" comments that had absolutely nothing to do with what the FCC is actually regulating. I feel sorry for whoever has to sort through all of those comments to see if there is anything valid buried in them.

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