"Also I don't know the last time I saw a small prop job with a glass cockpit."

It's not an FAA law, it's an airline policy. The only guidance the FAA offers on the subject in the form of law is FAR 121.306 which makes no mention of a 10,000ft rule. The FAA has also published Advisory Circulars on the topic, which are just that...advisory, not compulsory.

They have a right to enforce the rules they create, but they do NOT have a right to misconstrue their rules as LAW any more so than a store can require to check your bag when walking out the door. It's a corporate rule, without criminal or civil penalties.

While takeoff and landing make up 56% of fatal accidents (Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents, 1959 - 2008, Boeing), the other phases of flight make up the remaining 44% of fatal accidents, and during that time you're permitted to use electronic devices. One can die with electronics legally…

Could you cite which alleged law people might be breaking? The closest I can find is FAA FAR 121.306, which makes no mention of 10,000ft.

The same thing will be happing in NYC on/around April 23, with the shuttle Enterprise destined for the Intrepid museum.

Believe the uglier FastMac U-Socket ( [fastmac.com] ) is closer in size to an existing plug, and is less likely to require a larger wall box.

Water qualifies as heavy shit.

Stylish? This is not.

I took that to mean 17-25PSI over standard atmospheric pressure. As when one inflates a bike tire or ball, the gauge starts at 0psi, not 15psi. It's possible to have 5psi indicated, and have higher pressure inside the inflated item than atmosphere.

Hedgeson - yep, after reading the original article you're correct. Giz doesn't make it all too clear. Original article: "the plug inflates (with water or air) to dimensions of roughly 32-feet-long and by 16-feet-wide, and holds 35,000 gallons"

Seems like something along these lines would destroy/crush a lot of piping and other things mounted around it. Presumably, such plumbing would be armored or rerouted in the area that the plug is installed?

Or that the new iPad's battery can drain during use even when plugged into a 10W adapter. I've seen my battery drop 5% while plugged in and using it.

It could have been the same helicopter, but it's not likely it was related to this incident. Helicopters are fairly useless with regard to intercepting commercial traffic, because of the speed difference. When performing an intercept, the interceptor must identify the target positively and attempt to establish…

While the Cobra is cool, it wasn't there because of this incident. There's a Bell Textron service center on the airfield...and the JetBlue flight was likely directed to a more remote part of the field than the Commercial air terminal. So, it ends up parked near the Bell AH-1W helicopter.

Sure Epi is updated for iPad Retina? Sure doesn't seem that way.

I just saw 19.99/17.79Mbps on Ookla's app, on AT&T LTE in NYC. Only did one test, though, as I don't want to chew too far into my 3GB plan. Pretty zippy.

I'll contribute this one, that's been posted before.

Because we all know that it's guns that kill people, not people that kill people. Curious children? Keep your gun locked up, just like your household chemicals to keep your kid from drinking them.

Ah, that's true.