[ST] re: Mobile Phone flame war - TORCH ON!

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I remember watching some race on TV, (probably NASCAR, but I don't 
remember for sure) where the network had a pipeline into several of 
the drivers' intercoms. In this one instance, the driver told the 
network to go away, because he was busy driving. I loved it.

>Using the Formula 1 (and, dare I say it, NASCAR) examples is also 
>poor rationalization.  The crew chief isn't going to ring up Jeff 
>Gordon (or Michael Schumacher) to ask them to pick up some Coke on 
>their way home.  (Of course, if Jeff did that, he'd be in trouble 
>with the sponsors, but that's another matter.)  The crew chief is 
>focused on the same essential task as the driver, keeping safe and 
>winning the race.


- -- 
Matt Knowles
I don't need no stinkin' cell phone and I don't care if you can't find me 24/7

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