A thin yet very warm box which "can" sit flat but offers the option to be placed on its side. Hmmm. Anyone remember the DEC Multia (or UDB)? Methinks fans are a very good idea, Apple.
1. I agree totally with the idea of parking them for future use in another platform. Once a space station is established in orbit, would it not be useful to have a readily-accessable source of spare parts, hydrazine, etc - with no launch costs..? Sure, it wouldn't be indefinite - they're _going_ to come down - but I'm one to believe in potential utility over "oooh - pretty light show." Oh well, just a thought...
2. As for the handsets, they may be big and bulky, but the analog cellular range isn't bad.. I had one to play with for a few weeks when I lived in Alaska, and I noticed that when it was in the cellular mode it tended to get some impressively good signal in areas other phones died completely. (Or maybe you didn't know the handsets worked on the terrestrial cellular network.. [shrug])
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A thin yet very warm box which "can" sit flat but offers the option to be placed on its side. Hmmm. Anyone remember the DEC Multia (or UDB)? Methinks fans are a very good idea, Apple.
1. I agree totally with the idea of parking them for future use in another platform. Once a space station is established in orbit, would it not be useful to have a readily-accessable source of spare parts, hydrazine, etc - with no launch costs..? Sure, it wouldn't be indefinite - they're _going_ to come down - but I'm one to believe in potential utility over "oooh - pretty light show." Oh well, just a thought...
2. As for the handsets, they may be big and bulky, but the analog cellular range isn't bad.. I had one to play with for a few weeks when I lived in Alaska, and I noticed that when it was in the cellular mode it tended to get some impressively good signal in areas other phones died completely. (Or maybe you didn't know the handsets worked on the terrestrial cellular network.. [shrug])