...and not only will it provide opportunities for some extreme overclocking, but it will keep everything within a couple of feet of your PC spotlessly clean.
Apple fans can look smug here I think - Apple do take this stuff seriously
I happen to have one of the newest G4's sitting under my desk, and believe that it's code name 'Windtunnel' is an understatement. At first I thought the crowd of PC users hanging around my work area were simply there to admire the dazzling good looks of the system. As it turns out they were queueing up to complain about the noise. This machine is cool in every sense of the word though.
As long as the two phases come in close physical proximity to each other at some not-too-distant point (e.g. where they enter your house in a single conduit), then it should work just fine, due to wireless pickup between the conductors. You would be surprised just how good a 'connection' you can get with HomePlug through RF signals alone, to the point where it is actually very difficult to provide a physically isolated powerline network.
I could connect the 'frig to my server (hey, it has to be plugged in anyway!) and software on my server could combine the data from both refrigerator and pantry inventories to develop a shopping list transmitted/updated to my PDA automatically.
Oh great. All it needs is for some script kiddie to launch a denial of ham attack on your fridge, or tinker with the inventory and leave you eating toothpaste for a month.
You set a network encryption key on your own HomePlug devices which effectively prevents other devices from communicating with them. You cannot set this key without knowing the password for each device. You need physical acces to the device to read the pasword from the printed label on the unit. No more or less secure than 802.11b really. If someone does manage to hook another device into your HomePlug network, his network will be as visible to you as yours is to him.
You arrive at the biker rally, discretely decked out in your airbag. You park your bike on the grass in full view of those you want to impress most. As you remove your helmet and strut in the general direction of the beer tent, the kickstand slowly sinks into the soft earth. It's embarrasing enough sprinting towrads your pride and joy in a vain attempt to save it from harm, but as it hits the deck, the collision detection gismo triggers your inflatable vest. The mental trauma far outweighs physical injury.
> Ironically, Microsoft has pioneered an easy-to-use installation scheme on the Mac
> that makes its Mac software relatively easy to pilfer. The company is known for its
> sometimes heavy-handed, anti-piracy mechanisms in such products as Windows XP.
Microsoft pioneered this? When I used to drag install stuff on a Mac Plus I had no idea that Microsoft hadn't yet invented that 'technology'. It must have been the drugs man....
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...and not only will it provide opportunities for some extreme overclocking, but it will keep everything within a couple of feet of your PC spotlessly clean.
As long as the two phases come in close physical proximity to each other at some not-too-distant point (e.g. where they enter your house in a single conduit), then it should work just fine, due to wireless pickup between the conductors. You would be surprised just how good a 'connection' you can get with HomePlug through RF signals alone, to the point where it is actually very difficult to provide a physically isolated powerline network.
You set a network encryption key on your own HomePlug devices which effectively prevents other devices from communicating with them. You cannot set this key without knowing the password for each device. You need physical acces to the device to read the pasword from the printed label on the unit. No more or less secure than 802.11b really. If someone does manage to hook another device into your HomePlug network, his network will be as visible to you as yours is to him.
You arrive at the biker rally, discretely decked out in your airbag. You park your bike on the grass in full view of those you want to impress most. As you remove your helmet and strut in the general direction of the beer tent, the kickstand slowly sinks into the soft earth. It's embarrasing enough sprinting towrads your pride and joy in a vain attempt to save it from harm, but as it hits the deck, the collision detection gismo triggers your inflatable vest. The mental trauma far outweighs physical injury.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Hannibal Lecter pioneer this technique in 'Silence Of The Lambs'?
...and five minutes later in #gentoo ...
now what is this enigmamail all about, i don't see anyting in mozilla
> Ironically, Microsoft has pioneered an easy-to-use installation scheme on the Mac > that makes its Mac software relatively easy to pilfer. The company is known for its > sometimes heavy-handed, anti-piracy mechanisms in such products as Windows XP. Microsoft pioneered this? When I used to drag install stuff on a Mac Plus I had no idea that Microsoft hadn't yet invented that 'technology'. It must have been the drugs man....