Meet the e-cig on the plane guy

From The Smoking Gun:
The man who repeatedly yelled “Allah is great” as he was removed yesterday from a plane that was forced to make an emergency landing due to his unruly behavior is a 19-year-old Saudi Arabian who was arrested Sunday night after he led Oregon police on a drunken car chase that saw him ram two cop cars and attempt to run over pedestrians, The Smoking Gun has learned.
 
According to investigators, Yazeed Mohammed Abunayyan was smoking an electronic cigarette on a Continental Airlines flight traveling from Portland to Houston. When a flight attendant directed Abunayyan to stop smoking (or relinquish the device), he refused and began “yelling profanities and swinging his fist at the flight attendant,” according to an indictment filed this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Portland.

Abunayyan, pictured in the mug shot at right, also hit or attempted to hit other passengers and was “speaking or singing about Usama bin Laden and his hatred of women,” the indictment charges. Abunayyan, who reportedly has been in the U.S. visiting relatives, was charged with a felony count of interfering with flight crew members.



Go figure there was more to the e-cigarette on the plane story. Yesterday I railed about e-cigs on planes and shit and it turns out this guy was basically trying to get arrested. Dude looks pretty confused in that mugshot so who the fuck knows what he was thinking. All I know is if you start talking about Osama on a plane you're in for a long day. And dude is from Saudi Arabia.

These things indicate to me that right now he is in some FBI safe house getting water-boarded like a motherfucker. You just can't do shit on planes anymore. Get up on the bus or subway and yell about Osama and wave around your e-cig no one cares. Just not on a plane you idiot.

E-Cigs on flights

From Newser:
A flight out of Portland had to return to the airport yesterday after a man started puffing on an e-cigarette shortly after takeoff and refused to turn it off. He was escorted off the plane at Portland International Airport and may face federal charges, reports OregonLive.com. (It's not clear what those charges might be.) E-cigs do not give off smoke but rather a vapor from a liquid nicotine solution. 

This fact did not win over the flight staff, which accused the passenger of disobeying the 'no-smoking' sign. While federal law prohibits smoking on commercial planes, it does not address the relatively new e-cigs, which are gaining popularity as a tobacco-less alternative to smoking. The Department of Transportation has signaled it might ban them as early as this spring. Continental Airlines, which provided the fight, already has an explicit ban on them, notes MSNBC.

Not on my plane, bitch

Usually I'm pretty libertarian on shit like this. But even if my phone doesn't actually disrupt the flight maybe it should still be banned so a flight isn't full of annoying assholes on the phone the entire time. You know there would be at least 5 "that guy" per flight. This is the same thing, e-cigs don't bother shit. Fuck I've had a guy sit behind me in a class and puff an e-cig with no one giving a fuck. But then all smokers would get e-cigs for plane rides and it'd be annoying as shit. Just straight puffing those bitches all through the flight. Then Samuel L. Jackson has to yell about too many cigs on this motherfuckin' plane, it just doesn't end well at all.

I think it's fucking hilarious how people can't even postpone their rituals for an hour flight. No phone, no cigs, and no guns. That's it. For a short period of time. No one has any self-control anymore. Shit I lost my phone and went without one for two and a half weeks and besides my girlfriend not being able to summon me 24/7 I lived. But so many people were like " I couldn't do that I NEED my phone." Just listen to yourself when you talk people. You CAN live without a phone, for that three hour flight to Detroit, and longer if you really push yourself.

Watch this guy get broke

So flying squirrel suits are all the rage among daredevils. And this is why only psychos use them.



Jeb Corliss got two broken legs after clipping that ridge. Ridiculous.

Smartglasses coming soon

From Newser:
By the end of this year, you won't have to pull out your smartphone for directions while walking down the street: The information will be displayed directly in front of your very eyes, if you buy a pair of the glasses Google is developing. The Android-based glasses, which will have a 3G or 4G connection and are expected to cost around the same amount as a smartphone, will stream information in real time on a small screen a few inches from the eyeball, sources tell the New York Times. 

The glasses will also include sensors like motion and GPS and a low-resolution camera, making it possible for the glasses to give the user information about location and even nearby friends. Users are expected to scroll and click through the information via head tilts. Privacy is a concern, as Google wants to make sure people know if the glasses are recording them. The glasses, which are being built in Google's secretive Google X laboratories, are not intended to be worn at all times. Apple is exploring a similar option, but its creation would be worn around the wrist.

Weird huh

Damn this is some scary shit. I mean if Google can really get this going soon then my guess is we have about ten years until Terminator happens for realz. Time to start stockpiling guns and ammo I guess.

And what the fuck is up with the Apple version, wearing sweet shades compared to wearing a wristband like an NFL quarterback? Apple you better get on the glasses bandwagon because wristbands are the opposite of cool.

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