Before you indirectly attack Wi-Fi (even if that wasn't your intention), please try and find a biological, chemical or physical mechanism for cancer to develop due to microwave radiation.
The higher the frequency, the higher the energy. You can throw as many low-energy photons at something as you want (let's disregard extreme cases like MW lasers firing at something), but you won't ionize anything. You'll just heat it up.
Usually a captive portal is a combination of server-router-software solutions and they don't exactly come cheaply irregardless what you might've been led to believe. Its an interesting side business if you have the time and witherwhal.
Actually pfSense does that (at least most of it) for free. So does DD-WRT, I've heard.
Just demote your account to a non-admin account. Anything that needs an admin account can be run from the non-admin account IF you provide the password each time, so the only disadvantage is the need to input your password more often.
Instead of stuff like "Robust Kernel based on Unix" hackers would surely be attracted towards "Familiar Unix-based Kernel with guaranteed fewer security measures than Windows or many Linux distros"
Ok, that is far more credible, but it's a slightly different issue.
Instead of subconscious effects produced by sounds you can't consciously hear (20Hz and below), it mentions frequencies below 250Hz that may cause "annoyance". The abstract implies that they're examining 20-250Hz.
Wow, when I thought pseudo-science couldn't go any lower when it came to electricity generation, here comes a theory that wind turbines produce the same effect as "haunted places" and "ghost sightings" through low-frequency noises.
Too bad there isn't a moderation option for "pseudo-science".
Not exactly true. Windows 9x/ME weren't designed from the ground up for 32-bit environments, but Windows NT was. Important stuff always ran on Windows NT, with 9x/ME relegated to systems where less stability wasn't as much of an issue. Hell, Windows 2000 more or less completely replaced 9x in everything but consumer equipment.
Warranties on *all* electrical goods in Europe are two years by law.
This isn't the first time I hear that claim on/. but I don't think it's true.
As far as I know, there's an EU directive that recommends that member states implement a minimum 2-year warranty for electrical goods, which was followed by everyone. At least here in Portugal it's the law, and it's often quoted as being an EU law...
Any half-decent manufacturer will replace a broken product within two years with few to no questions asked (assuming the product wasn't subjected to anything out of the ordinary, of course).
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They obviously sell them for more to AT&T (probably near their retail price), who recoup the costs by locking people in a 2-year contract.
While I agree with your point, the summary isn't inflammatory.
No bandwidth caps except for the fact that it takes 3 weeks to download a single episode of a TV show.
And the insane telephone bill for a 43.200 minute phone call. A good 2.000€ for 16.43GB means ~122€ per GB.
Before you indirectly attack Wi-Fi (even if that wasn't your intention), please try and find a biological, chemical or physical mechanism for cancer to develop due to microwave radiation.
Don't forget cell phones operate below 2.4GHz, so it's an even bigger difference between RF and ionizing radiation
The higher the frequency, the higher the energy. You can throw as many low-energy photons at something as you want (let's disregard extreme cases like MW lasers firing at something), but you won't ionize anything. You'll just heat it up.
Quantum physics 101.
It sounds just like a certain Ministerium für Staatssicherheit. Also known as Stasi.
Usually a captive portal is a combination of server-router-software solutions and they don't exactly come cheaply irregardless what you might've been led to believe. Its an interesting side business if you have the time and witherwhal.
Actually pfSense does that (at least most of it) for free. So does DD-WRT, I've heard.
Just demote your account to a non-admin account. Anything that needs an admin account can be run from the non-admin account IF you provide the password each time, so the only disadvantage is the need to input your password more often.
I didn't mean security features in the kernel, I meant more visible stuff like UAC (first one that comes to my mind).
Apple should advertise OS X to hackers:
Instead of stuff like "Robust Kernel based on Unix" hackers would surely be attracted towards "Familiar Unix-based Kernel with guaranteed fewer security measures than Windows or many Linux distros"
Ok, that is far more credible, but it's a slightly different issue.
Instead of subconscious effects produced by sounds you can't consciously hear (20Hz and below), it mentions frequencies below 250Hz that may cause "annoyance". The abstract implies that they're examining 20-250Hz.
Wow, when I thought pseudo-science couldn't go any lower when it came to electricity generation, here comes a theory that wind turbines produce the same effect as "haunted places" and "ghost sightings" through low-frequency noises.
Too bad there isn't a moderation option for "pseudo-science".
The Linux portion of Android is about the same as the MS-DOS portion of Windows 9x. Everything else runs on a VM.
RAID 6, then RAID 10, then backup hourly, backup daily, backup weekly, make two copies and send one each to two off-site locations.
Sounds like your average conversation with a tech support guy.
Windows (any version) doesn't run natively on any 8-bit processor. Windows 3.1 is sure to be extremely slow to boot when run from something like this.
Not at all, but let's not give them any ideas.
"Sir, I require you to drop your pants and provide a credit card, otherwise you will not be allowed through security."
Not exactly true. Windows 9x/ME weren't designed from the ground up for 32-bit environments, but Windows NT was. Important stuff always ran on Windows NT, with 9x/ME relegated to systems where less stability wasn't as much of an issue. Hell, Windows 2000 more or less completely replaced 9x in everything but consumer equipment.
Considering you're paying quite a bit on Airport fees, the least you can expect is for all compulsory invasive searches to be free.
Warranties on *all* electrical goods in Europe are two years by law.
This isn't the first time I hear that claim on /. but I don't think it's true.
As far as I know, there's an EU directive that recommends that member states implement a minimum 2-year warranty for electrical goods, which was followed by everyone. At least here in Portugal it's the law, and it's often quoted as being an EU law...
"Defective when sold" is usually interpreted as "developed a defect that was not caused by negligence or bad luck".
Really? It's the first time I hear that some US states ban those clauses...
Any half-decent manufacturer will replace a broken product within two years with few to no questions asked (assuming the product wasn't subjected to anything out of the ordinary, of course).
The legalese sounds horrible but you don't have to prove anything beyond the fact that the product only saw regular use.