iPhone stops New York Mahler 9

[MrGongGong]

The solution is very simple really
make a Jammer

(not that I would know how to search for the instructions on how to do that )

[Bryn]

A jammer might stop calls getting through but would be unlikely to stop a pre-set alarm going off.

[MrGongGong]

A jammer might stop calls getting through but would be unlikely to stop a pre-set alarm going off.

True
combined with a bucket of water maybe ?

[Petrushka]

The solution is very simple really
make a Jammer

(not that I would know how to search for the instructions on how to do that )

I believe that this is perfectly possible but, alas, illegal. Mind, I did once test out my mobile in the Barbican auditorium prior to a concert and their was no signal leading me to believe that jamming was indeed taking place. Be that as it may, concert hall managers need to get together and sort out this problem in the best way possible and some form of jamming would seem the way forward if the will is there to overcome legal and 'elf n safety issues. One thing is for sure, the problem isn't going to go away.

[mangerton]

There's this:

http://www.theopen.com/en/Information/No-Mobile-Phones.aspx

I'm not sure how it's enforced, but I imagine peer pressure has much to do with it.

[Flosshilde]

Yes; having read the whole story (old geezer with new technology) I do feel sorry for the poor old fool.

who is " a business executive between 60 and 70 who runs two companies." - so not so much of a fool. (& speaking as an 'old geezer' in my early 60s who has a very basic mobile, even I know a) how to, and b) that I should, switch off my phone before a concert)

[amateur51]

I believe that this is perfectly possible but, alas, illegal. Mind, I did once test out my mobile in the Barbican auditorium prior to a concert and their was no signal leading me to believe that jamming was indeed taking place. Be that as it may, concert hall managers need to get together and sort out this problem in the best way possible and some form of jamming would seem the way forward if the will is there to overcome legal and 'elf n safety issues. One thing is for sure, the problem isn't going to go away.

A technopeasant asks: would a 'jammer' stop an alarm going off?

[Mahlerei]

The Barbican's like a nuclear bunker, no wonder there's no signal there.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

who is " a business executive between 60 and 70 who runs two companies." - so not so much of a fool.

I don't see how running two companies prevents one from being an old fool when it comes to the newest technology.

(& speaking as an 'old geezer' in my early 60s who has a very basic mobile, even I know a) how to, and b) that I should, switch off my phone before a concert)

The point is, he didn't have "a very basic mobile": he had one of those super-dooper models with lights and (in this case, literally) bells and more functions than there are semiquavers in the Mahler and an "Instruction Leaflet" that's about as useful as an inflatable lifebelt in the desert! He knew he should have the 'phone switched off (and presumably had attended concerts for years with his old, basic model switched off) but didn't remember/realize that he'd set the alarm. (Why the hell does anyone need an "alarm" on a 'PHONE anyway???!!) and didn't know how to turn the bloody thing off once it started!

As an old geezer in my early 50s, I feel for his predicament (my one attempt to "update" my 1997 model was disasterous: after three rings the damn thing locked me out!)
Had I been sat next to him, I'd've felt for his throat!

Best Wishes.

[Old Grumpy]

I believe that this is perfectly possible but, alas, illegal. Mind, I did once test out my mobile in the Barbican auditorium prior to a concert and their was no signal leading me to believe that jamming was indeed taking place. Be that as it may, concert hall managers need to get together and sort out this problem in the best way possible and some form of jamming would seem the way forward if the will is there to overcome legal and 'elf n safety issues. One thing is for sure, the problem isn't going to go away.

What health and safety issues? A little more electromagnetic radiation to add to that already there perhaps. If it's not being able to use the phone - then I disagree - if anyone has a "need" to be able to receive (and send) messages during the performance, then perhaps they shouldn't be there.

OG

[MrGongGong]

I think the "old geezer with new technology" is a load of nonsense and no excuse at all
I'm sick of having to tell "businessmen" in the "quiet coach" on the train to stop yacking away

If I spent the day eating Jerusalem Artichokes I would avoid going to the Sauna for the evening !

If I had just bought a Skunk I wouldn't take it to the Opera

so why go with a phone that you don't know how to use ?

There's no signal in the Barbican because its under a heap of concrete BUT there is a wifi connection on the stage at the RAH for bored percussionists to check their facebook during long rests at the Proms

[Petrushka]

What health and safety issues?

The usual reason given is that jamming would/could prevent use in an emergency.

[MrGongGong]

all for "export outside the EU only" of course

http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/cell-phone-jammers.html

[Old Grumpy]

all for "export outside the EU only" of course

http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/cell-phone-jammers.html

Oh well - if Dave carries on we may soon be outside the EU anyway [if there still is an EU, of course!]

[Flosshilde]

(Why the hell does anyone need an "alarm" on a 'PHONE anyway???!!)

In the early days of medication to moderate the effects of AIDS it was important to take the drugs at precise intervals, otherwise they wouldn't work. I don't know if there are still such cases, but that would be one reason for having an alarm on a phone (although back in the 1980s it was watches with alarms). Although even if it was essential it could still be set to 'vibrate' mode. Having said that, in this specific case he obviously didn't need the alarm as he hadn't realised that it was set.

('Telephone' is rather a misnomer these days - making telephone calls is a fairly minor part of the device's function)