Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/17/man-at-airport-gets-more-video.html
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Shilling for this guy’s YouTube stream:
Admittedly rather funny; this is a stream of glitches and weirdness when people try to play ATC straight, but others are under no such constraints.
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Seconded in shilling for Airforceproud95!
Now that would be something to load onto a public map display at the airport while you’re waiting for your flight!
Please calm down everyone, there is NOT a balloon doing 400 miles/knots/whatevers over the airport at the moment. No, PNIS, is not a call sign our airline uses.
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How is this guy not a “gentleman”?
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Just think, if he could have found an advertising display screen to plug into he could have had fun AND performed a public service.
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The picture makes it look … not too bad? I mean, inconsiderate, but it looks like a rather quiet waiting area. I suspect it sounded worse than it actually was.
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(Outdated) Pro Tip: You can plug into most any airport TV / monitor with a USB cable to charge your phone.
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Portable monitors which are powered off USB aren’t that expensive. I got mine for like 135, and I could fit my whole PS4 gaming rig in my laptop bag if I wanted to. (And I do want to! I just haven’t yet…)
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Port of Portland spokesperson Kara Simonds told Portland KXL-AM radio that staff at Portland International Airport staff asked the man to stop gaming on the public map display.
If it’s a public space, the unwritten rule is that you reserve next game by laying down your quarter.
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Or any of the screaming screens of CNN airport.
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The dude should consider a Switch. Just sayin’.
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No port of entry schtick ?
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I would question, from a cybersecurity perspective, why the connections for any monitor in the airport are not secured… physical access is ring one for cyber security, people!
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Yeah I can imagine a more serious hack, like displaying real time flight information with an hour added to the departure time of every flight, or some such.
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He was the baby in this Play Beyond commercial, just living up to his full potential:
And Portland is one of the Best airports around, food is regular priced, great beer, even sell whiskey.
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The Arrivals/Departures screens are networked but the airport map screens are static, airgapped monitors.
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Does this gentleman look like he enjoys doing things the easy way?
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