As far as I know, they are indeed public access. During the grand opening of the Somerset store, I had to wait in line for an hour or so. Whike waiting, I checked Slashdot, chatted with my friends, and Rendezvouzed/iChatted with the Macs inside. Quite cool.
I was there again today to get my iBook battery fixed, and I happily got free Internet access while waiting.
A few months ago I was playing around on the sendmail port, sending messages from god@heaven.net and devil@hell.com to my coworkers sitting beside me. All the messages I sent went thru instantaneously - we all used the same mail server. Just for kicks, I decided to send one from president@whitehouse.gov.
It took four hours to deliver. The message did not have to leave our local network. Just like the others I sent.
I was a touch spooked out when I sent my 'presidential email' and it did not arrive when it was supposed to. I sent my God/Devil messages and they still went thru instantly, but my presidetial message was out in limbo....I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I would like a better technical explanation other than "Echlon".
Slashdot Mirror
Do it with black construction paper and run the toner dry as well!
I was there again today to get my iBook battery fixed, and I happily got free Internet access while waiting.
A few months ago I was playing around on the sendmail port, sending messages from god@heaven.net and devil@hell.com to my coworkers sitting beside me. All the messages I sent went thru instantaneously - we all used the same mail server. Just for kicks, I decided to send one from president@whitehouse.gov.
It took four hours to deliver. The message did not have to leave our local network. Just like the others I sent.
I was a touch spooked out when I sent my 'presidential email' and it did not arrive when it was supposed to. I sent my God/Devil messages and they still went thru instantly, but my presidetial message was out in limbo....I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I would like a better technical explanation other than "Echlon".
Really? Then you wouldn't be afraid when I dip a hairdryer into your bathtub?