You still have to set up your security like you would with any wireless card, just that now you have to duplicate all the settings (channel, SSID, WEP/WPA key, reciprocal MAC address filters, etc.) on both sides of the bridge, so it's really all the same.
The bridging may only work with hardware from the same manufacturer, so there might be some security there, but unless you disable wireless client access you still have two APs/routers for somebody to hack into.
The Belkin routers (I have 2 F5D7230s) also support wireless bridging. I use one in my living room to get my Xbox online. It's the 802.11g version, but they have 802.11n now that probably also has bridging support.
I agree totally. There are easier ways to get another Linux box. And if you wanted a media center PC...well, wouldn't you get an Xbox 360 in that case?
Linux is an interesting tidbit, but it definitely doesn't seal the deal. After all, how long did it take before you could run Linux on the Xbox anyway? 6 months?
We hear a lot about higher profile cases where the corporate veil is taken advantage of. I'd be interested to learn about situations in which its benefits are extolled, and its used for its intended purpose.
One would hope that, despite the noted numerous examples mentioned above to the contrary, what the grandparent post says is true. After all, as another example, P2P networks are not *designed* to break the law...it's just an all too common application.
I agree. For me, the best games are those that you take a long time to beat, but you can still play in short sessions and accomplish something. And it has to have more depth than simply collecting gathering the 100 gems to unlock a new costume or whatever.
Soul Calibur 2's Weapon Master mode is a perfect example of how *not* to do this, IMHO.
I'm in a similar conundrum, and I've found that most portable DVD players have nowhere near the battery life of a good Centrino laptop, especially with the option of swapping batteries. If anybody knows of one that does, I'd love to know about it.
You apparently haven't played this rather fun (and challenging) game. It may not be the same as being there, but it's closer to the experience than you might think.
Check out some screenshots (albeit rather small) at Sega's website
At my old job I've played Doom on an SGI Origin server with 512GB of RAM. It still played like crap though.
I don't know about "desktop" solutions, but definitely there are server class solutions, even with 32-bit processors, that surpass this. But I think the cool part is to bring this type of availability to the masses, hopefully eventually driving down RAM prices even more. I don't want to run a server OS -- I want to run XP/Mac OS X/whatever, have gobs of cheap ass RAM, and run everything in memory at a bargain basement price. These new Macs definitely aren't cheap, but it's a good trend to see, and things only get cheaper.
Plus, I don't see why we need to limit ourselves to just loading the executables -- after all, with up to 8GB of addressable RAM, you could load the game's executables, all related maps, textures, etc., plus all of your OS and associated applications.
I recall in the MacOS 9 and earlier days you could define a persistent RAM disk and install your OS and games in there -- if MacOS X still has that capability, then that'd be a pretty sweet performance boost, albeit pricey to get that much RAM...
It's just a means to reduce their own liability should something go wrong. The same thing happens when you void your warranty to install RAM in your own laptop.
So, will "power users" (read: overclockers) like it? Prolly not. Do most consumers worry about it? Not really, and it could potentially save AMD a lot in fraudulent claims...
I think perhaps it might be best expressed as differentiating license fees between the client and the server. If the user develops and "operates" a simulation from a single node (the server) why should they pay similar fees for all 99 other nodes if they're being used strictly as clients for calculations (and the front capabilities of the software aren't used, etc.).
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The bridging may only work with hardware from the same manufacturer, so there might be some security there, but unless you disable wireless client access you still have two APs/routers for somebody to hack into.
The Belkin routers (I have 2 F5D7230s) also support wireless bridging. I use one in my living room to get my Xbox online. It's the 802.11g version, but they have 802.11n now that probably also has bridging support.
I agree totally. There are easier ways to get another Linux box. And if you wanted a media center PC...well, wouldn't you get an Xbox 360 in that case? Linux is an interesting tidbit, but it definitely doesn't seal the deal. After all, how long did it take before you could run Linux on the Xbox anyway? 6 months?
I imagine the editors posting this on Slashdot probably doesn't help...
We hear a lot about higher profile cases where the corporate veil is taken advantage of. I'd be interested to learn about situations in which its benefits are extolled, and its used for its intended purpose.
One would hope that, despite the noted numerous examples mentioned above to the contrary, what the grandparent post says is true. After all, as another example, P2P networks are not *designed* to break the law...it's just an all too common application.
I agree. For me, the best games are those that you take a long time to beat, but you can still play in short sessions and accomplish something. And it has to have more depth than simply collecting gathering the 100 gems to unlock a new costume or whatever. Soul Calibur 2's Weapon Master mode is a perfect example of how *not* to do this, IMHO.
I'd be interested in learning what model and how you like it. That's far better than what I've seen just browsing around on Amazon...
I'm in a similar conundrum, and I've found that most portable DVD players have nowhere near the battery life of a good Centrino laptop, especially with the option of swapping batteries. If anybody knows of one that does, I'd love to know about it.
Of course, there is the price difference...
You apparently haven't played this rather fun (and challenging) game. It may not be the same as being there, but it's closer to the experience than you might think. Check out some screenshots (albeit rather small) at Sega's website
Firebird (Phoenix) is Mozilla:
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At my old job I've played Doom on an SGI Origin server with 512GB of RAM. It still played like crap though.
I don't know about "desktop" solutions, but definitely there are server class solutions, even with 32-bit processors, that surpass this. But I think the cool part is to bring this type of availability to the masses, hopefully eventually driving down RAM prices even more. I don't want to run a server OS -- I want to run XP/Mac OS X/whatever, have gobs of cheap ass RAM, and run everything in memory at a bargain basement price. These new Macs definitely aren't cheap, but it's a good trend to see, and things only get cheaper.
Plus, I don't see why we need to limit ourselves to just loading the executables -- after all, with up to 8GB of addressable RAM, you could load the game's executables, all related maps, textures, etc., plus all of your OS and associated applications.
I recall in the MacOS 9 and earlier days you could define a persistent RAM disk and install your OS and games in there -- if MacOS X still has that capability, then that'd be a pretty sweet performance boost, albeit pricey to get that much RAM...
It's just a means to reduce their own liability should something go wrong. The same thing happens when you void your warranty to install RAM in your own laptop.
So, will "power users" (read: overclockers) like it? Prolly not. Do most consumers worry about it? Not really, and it could potentially save AMD a lot in fraudulent claims...
I think perhaps it might be best expressed as differentiating license fees between the client and the server. If the user develops and "operates" a simulation from a single node (the server) why should they pay similar fees for all 99 other nodes if they're being used strictly as clients for calculations (and the front capabilities of the software aren't used, etc.).