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Comment But I doubt it. (Score 5, Insightful) 68

Perhaps they were trying to get rid of their god-damned forced top-posting.

A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

A: The lost context.
Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted?

A: Yes.
Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm replying?

Comment Re:Stupid Passenger, but why was it an issue? (Score 2) 164

> You can capture the packets, and determine what the device is, which would quickly resolve the concern. The real issue, as I see it, why didn't they do that before overreacting?

You think every plane is equipped with a BT sniffer? You think that even if a BT speaker were identified as the source, it couldn't have a bomb inside?

They didn't "overreact." Long before they turned around, multiple announcements were made to turn off all BT devices. The reprobate didn't obey instructions from the flight crew.

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