LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Posted Sep 25, 2008 16:18 UTC (Thu) by kamil (guest, #3802)
In reply to: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds by arjan
Parent article: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

My understanding is that the logic behind turning off your laptop during the take off/landing is not about electronic interference, but more about you being alert to what's going on on board. Also keep in mind that they don't just ask you to turn them off, but also to stow them. They simply don't want anything to obstruct the escape routes in case of an emergency, including any wires around your head.

What I'm trying to say here is that in practice, suspending your laptop during take off/landing as opposed to turning it off is perfectly fine. Your average flight attendant will likely flatly deny that when asked, but those people are not paid to think...

LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Posted Sep 30, 2008 21:27 UTC (Tue) by salimma (subscriber, #34460) [Link]

And given that you don't really hear a chorus of start-up chimes from business travelers' laptops once the electronics gag has been lifted, that's obviously what they've been doing all along: suspending.

Nobody fully turns off their PDAs too, as far as I can tell. Though you hope they do remember to put them to in-flight mode...