Why doesn't anyone make a good 900mhz DSS cordless anymore? I won't do 2.4ghz becaue of all my wifi. I do have a Panny 5.8ghz that is pretty good but the range sucks. The handsets are damn durable though. Wife left it on the bumper of her truck and it fell off and got ran over by a car. Still works fine.
A true pay as go or 'those who drive more pay more' concept would be to pay at the pump. The states should add.10 (or whatever) per gallon to go to Liability coverage for all that drive. No more uninsured motorists. No high fees for those that only drive 200 miles per month. It may sound a little socialist but you'd sure see those SUV sales give way to Hybrids.
I haven't read a PC mag since PC Week and dumped that when Penn Gillette stopped writing the back page article for them. Sometimes I still miss Jerry Pournelle's column. Damn, that shows my age.
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Why doesn't anyone make a good 900mhz DSS cordless anymore? I won't do 2.4ghz becaue of all my wifi. I do have a Panny 5.8ghz that is pretty good but the range sucks. The handsets are damn durable though. Wife left it on the bumper of her truck and it fell off and got ran over by a car. Still works fine.
A true pay as go or 'those who drive more pay more' concept would be to pay at the pump. The states should add .10 (or whatever) per gallon to go to Liability coverage for all that drive. No more uninsured motorists. No high fees for those that only drive 200 miles per month. It may sound a little socialist but you'd sure see those SUV sales give way to Hybrids.
I haven't read a PC mag since PC Week and dumped that when Penn Gillette stopped writing the back page article for them. Sometimes I still miss Jerry Pournelle's column. Damn, that shows my age.
A good novel by Bruce Sterling called The Difference Engine. A 'what if' story, had his computer been built.