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Why your brand-new plane doesn't have a seat-back TV
Earlier this year, I boarded a United flight from Newark to San Diego. After passing the first few rows, a young boy turned to his mother and asked, "Why aren't there any TVs?" "It's probably an older plane," she responded -- but that couldn't be further from the truth. The aircraft, a 737-900 with Boeing's Sky Interior (a Dreamliner-esque recessed ceiling lit with blue LEDs), had only been flying for a few weeks. It looked new, and it even had that… (www.engadget.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
How did we ever survive back in the early part of the century without all of the gadgets that everyone finds so necessary these days. Next time just bring a book. I'm sure you will survive a 6 hour flight without tv or wi fi.
Honestly, if for some reason people couldn't use their gadgets (iPad, iPod, smartphone, whatever) for an extended length of time, I honestly think civilization might collapse. Myself, I'm content with a (real) book...
Books? Psh! You had it lucky. When I first started flying, there were no books. You kept yourselves occupied by retelling Homer's epics!
These kids today with their printed stories. Geez.
These kids today with their printed stories. Geez.
Homer? Bah! Now Oog, Oog the Wanderer, now THERE was an adventurer! Why, when I was a boy, we couldn't wait for the next sequence to be painted on the cave wall.
We were evicted from our cave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
Cave ? You were lucky ! I lived in a paper bag in the middle of the street....
Yes...I remember back in the day reading the local newspaper was my in-flight entertainment.