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Louis C.K. thinks phones communicate with satellites in space.

http://gizmodo.com/5658560/louis-ck-the-shittiest-cell-phone...

"Give it a second, could ya? It's going to space! Could you give it a second to get back from space?"

Even more common are people who think GPS involves satellites tracking the location of their phone.

I assumed that was a tweak of his similar joke about in-flight wifi. And since many in-flight wifi systems use a combination of air-to-ground and satellite, it is going to space and back in a roundabout way.

The joke is funnier this way. Technical accuracy be damned. That is what we pay comedians for.

Even if incorrect, his point stands.

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