Saturday, April 07, 2007

No Cellphones on Plane

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government agency on Tuesday said it will keep a rule in place that requires cell phones to be turned off during airline flights.

The reasoning behind the decision was technical. But the avalanche of comments the Federal Communications Commission has logged from airline travelers have been nothing short of visceral.

Main Entry: vis·cer·al

1 : felit in or as if in the viscera : DEEP - a visceral conviction
2 : not intellectual : INSTINCTIVE, UNREASONING - visceral drive
3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : EARTHY - a visceral novel
4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : SPLANCHNIC - visceral organs

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