Aww, a remembrance of the good old days when parents actually taught their kids responsibility and kids actually respected their parents enough to listen and learn.

I can see you also worked hard to be a douchebag.

It's ironic because Gizmodo, the king of all sensationalized article titles is calling these "ridiculous".

Why do I get the feeling that if it was the al jazeera network with these MS touchscreens they'd be praised here for their use of technology.

Except you're not in public. While you're in a commercial airliner you're on private property and subject to the rules established by the owner of that property (the airline). If there's some fine print on your ticket that says that you can do whatever you like as long as it doesn't "hurt" anyone, I've yet to see. it.

I find it fascinating that with all the responses to your post, no one has actually tried to answer your question about what they did before personal electronic devices were ubiquitous. Maybe most in this audience are too young to remember when this was the norm. Personally, I used to pass the time just talking to the…

This isn't the Gestapo marching into your home and telling you to turn off your e-device for 10-20 minutes. You bought a ticket to be a passenger on an airplane. As part of that purchase you agree to follow the rules. Doesn't mean you're going to like all the rules, but tough hop.

"Say Android again!"

Another example of taking a moderately reasonable idea and blowing it into the area of ridiculousness. Hell, why not go live in the woods and not even have fire? Good luck fighting those wolves.

It's true that there aren't any google employees reading through our entire inboxes (that's just inefficient), however the digital format makes it stupid easy for them to search for keywords or phrases within everyone's inbox if they (or agencies like the NSA) feel the need.

The scary thing is there is seemingly no…