'Hey ... Stupid'

Cinema owners in New Zealand may use mobile-phone jamming technology to stop mid-movie calls, text messaging -- and cell-phone rage among patrons. The national Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association is studying the legality of using mobile-phone jammers because of the disruption caused by phones during movie screenings. "Even texting creates so much light, and it's unfair to expect that people should have to put up with it," said the association's Duncan Mackenzie. The worst offenders, he said, are middle-aged women who answer their phones in cinemas and continue conversations, getting aggravated if asked to turn their cell phones off or leave. If jammers were introduced, people on call for emergencies could leave their mobile phones or pagers at the reception desk, Mackenzie said.
-- Associated Press