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Maybe this is the answer to the impending cabin baggage laptop ban. Carry a keyboard and screen in your hold bag, the phone with your data and applications in

by edward 10y ago

Maybe this is the answer to the impending cabin baggage laptop ban. Carry a keyboard and screen in your hold bag, the phone with your data and applications in your pocket.

Antrikshy 10y ago
And a power source for the screen...
BjoernKW 10y ago
I keep hearing people say that technology can't solve political problems. This has never been more true than in this case. Instead of contriving ridiculously convoluted solutions to a non-problem we could simply stop electing politicians who propose implementing ludicrous airport security theatre.
- GrinningFool 10y ago
  I agree, but... which ones would those be again? And are they generally electable based on on other platform planks? THe problem here is that most of the public believes that security theater is real security. Unless that changes, most politicians will espouse their "firm positions on security" in order to help them get elected. THe ones who "get it" tend to be in the independent/libertarian camps (last I looked) - and they don't get a whole lot of public support.
  - BjoernKW 10y ago
    Therein lies the rub, doesn't it? The first thing to do is convince people that voting independent or libertarian (or for that matter for an outsider candidate such as Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primaries) isn't un-American or unpatriotic or whatever weird notions people have about not voting mainstream but their democratic right and an absolutely reasonable thing to do (perhaps the only reasonable thing in today's political environment). I think it can be done. If you think of another notorious modern two-party system neither of the UK's dominant parties today existed before the 19th century. Given how fast opinions spread these days it should be possible to bring about significant change in a matter of years rather than decades. Think about how quickly movements like the Pirate Party became successful in some countries. That they declined just as quickly again in most of these countries can be mostly attributed to their own stupidity rather than systems that are inherently averse to change.
Bakary 10y ago
It may be difficult to explain to a grumpy TSA agent that your device is not in fact a laptop!

by edward 10y ago

Maybe this is the answer to the impending cabin baggage laptop ban. Carry a keyboard and screen in your hold bag, the phone with your data and applications in your pocket.

Antrikshy 10y ago

And a power source for the screen...

BjoernKW 10y ago

I keep hearing people say that technology can't solve political problems. This has never been more true than in this case. Instead of contriving ridiculously convoluted solutions to a non-problem we could simply stop electing politicians who propose implementing ludicrous airport security theatre.

GrinningFool 10y ago
I agree, but... which ones would those be again? And are they generally electable based on on other platform planks? THe problem here is that most of the public believes that security theater is real security. Unless that changes, most politicians will espouse their "firm positions on security" in order to help them get elected. THe ones who "get it" tend to be in the independent/libertarian camps (last I looked) - and they don't get a whole lot of public support.
- BjoernKW 10y ago
  Therein lies the rub, doesn't it? The first thing to do is convince people that voting independent or libertarian (or for that matter for an outsider candidate such as Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primaries) isn't un-American or unpatriotic or whatever weird notions people have about not voting mainstream but their democratic right and an absolutely reasonable thing to do (perhaps the only reasonable thing in today's political environment). I think it can be done. If you think of another notorious modern two-party system neither of the UK's dominant parties today existed before the 19th century. Given how fast opinions spread these days it should be possible to bring about significant change in a matter of years rather than decades. Think about how quickly movements like the Pirate Party became successful in some countries. That they declined just as quickly again in most of these countries can be mostly attributed to their own stupidity rather than systems that are inherently averse to change.

Bakary 10y ago

It may be difficult to explain to a grumpy TSA agent that your device is not in fact a laptop!