Possible uses for Power over Ethernet

jsailor writes "Power over Ethernet allows devices to draw power from the Ethernet cable they use for networking. Power is provided by the LAN switch (end-span) or an intermediary device (mid-span). The current spec. is 802.3af and was covered on slashdot before. It provides approximately 13W at the end of a 100 m cable and is commonly used for IP phones, wireless access points, and increasingly security cameras. The technology saves costs associated with running power to the odd locations access points find themselves in and allows IP phones to be moved around with out carrying a power brick. The industry is considering a new standard that would provide up to 39W to a network device. Bizarre uses include electric razors. "

Comments

Re:39 W is Enough for Whole Village in India

[Grishnakh]

No one wants to address the problems themselves (e.g. aborting female fetuses) because addressing the symptoms is more politically acceptable.

What's wrong with that? It seems like a problem that will resolve itself. Everyone aborts their female children, the villages have only males, then within one generation there's no more children at all. All the men will either spend their lives alone or leave for someplace else. In the end, the villages will become abandoned, and the animals can take over.

The only bad part is that we can't force people to stay in these villages, and reap what they sow. It's too easy for these extra males to leave and move to other cities or countries.

This reminds me of a religious movement in early American history. I believe it was the Calvinists, but I'm not absolutely sure. Anyway, they thought that sex was really horrible, and so they never did it. Pretty soon, the movement was gone, since they never got any new members for some odd reason... something about children not appearing without sex...