As horrible as it may sound, unless the iPhone can accept pushed mail from an exchange server - any hope of breaking into the business market is all but dashed.
Most homes I've been in actually have separate dining rooms and kitchens. Most homes I've been in are built before 1960s when more open floor plans were becoming popular - but I enjoy having a messy kitchen when having the folks over for dinner, I get to go enjoy our meal in the dining room without having to clean up the kitchen until after I kick them out of the house.
I had the opportunity to talk with Gary at a GenCon (when it was still hosted in Milwaukee) back in the 90's. I was a teen and full of questions having played rpgs for many of my years growing up.
He was friendly, and a fun guy to talk to. I was actually quite amazed at how interested he was at talking to my friends and I about the game and actually was very interested in what we thought of the 2nd Generation of D&D.
I only had the chance to meet him once, but I was glad I had the opportunity.
Farewell, Gary. Thanks for the great games and entertainment.
So, Woz is just speaking his mind. Freethinkers get to do that once in a while... at least in this day and age, they don't burn you at the stake like a witch. Well, at least not literally - that's what the slashdot comment threads are for.
I agree with him... Air is just hot air, and the iPhone without 3G data connectivity is reprehensible.
This is kind of stupid actually. Why would I want a game on my mobile to be thrashing the cpu when it could be doing some basic sprites and other not-so-cpu-intensive methods to produce my game?
Ray-tracing may be possible on my 500Mhz smartphone's processor - but damn, I don't want to have to be plugged in to play them.
New higher capacity optical storage medium takes more power to use?
CD-ROM then CD-RW then DVD then DVD-RW/RAM and now BR... each step started with high power requirements and weren't suited for mobile use. And almost every one of them was met with this kind of fud. After evolution of the technology we seem to be surviving just fine with our current optical medium.
It's just going to take a few revs. of hardware improvements.
As for HD Video playback... well, that's another problem - just the shear size of data needed to be decrypted and decoded... ouch.
Indeed. I work in a metal framed two story building with reinforced concrete walls and floor to ceiling windows with low-e coatings. Signal quality was zero bars before they installed wireless repeaters.
The answer to the original question is simple - if you aren't home often, go with the 3G card. But beware that your speeds will be fastest now and drop as more and more people sign up for data services.
I hadn't been to an arcade a few years... but when my daughter became interested in video games, I thought the arcade would be a lot of fun. After the third machine ate our token, and the games that actually did work - were not age appropriate - we decided to leave and go rent a game from our video store.
Our local wal-mart and movie theater have cramped nooks with games, but those are the same toddler games - not actual cabinet games that we all know and love.
If the video game is getting played by a customer or just a passer-by - who cares? They're still making money.
If the Japan arcade devolved anything like the arcades here in the states - it would be a blessing to put them out of their misery.
In the 80's and early 90's arcades were a place you could go drop some quarters into the latest cabinet games or pinball machines. The places were usually lit with neon and dim lights, had very little room to move around, and were packed with games.
Now...
we have brightly lit toddler magnets half full of broken down arcade games from the late 90's, and a slew of ticket spewing kiddy games a la Chucky Cheese.
Our local arcade is so dilapidated that they no longer even have a person working there... if a machine eats your coin, you're out of luck. Even the mall management won't take responsibility for the place. Yep, it's run by Namco..
They take away the only thing keeping people honest - the threat of negative feedback? What's the point of even having feedback then?
Paypal used to be useful - you could contest the charge and do a chargeback if seller was trying to screw you. But now they're the same faceless corporation, in it for the commission.
I think you're missing the point. The data continues to be encrypted - even if your operating system is using it.
So if your computer is in sleep mode or has a screen saver - you need to password protect your computer so that you control who accesses your data and apps.
If I wanted your data, and I didn't know your password - I would get your entire drive (either by stealing it, booting up with a liveCD, or image it to another drive). Now I can't even do that because the data is encrypted on the disk, not just password protected by the OS.
Dynamic IP Addresses - Every time you log on to the Internet, your computer is assigned a new, unique IP address, making it more difficult for hackers to find you.
As someone else said upthread, WPA2 is actually surprisingly tweaky to get working
Hmm, perhaps that's the issue I'm having with my Wii's wireless being flaky.
I actually moved it to a hidden 802.11b WAP11 sitting on my DMZ... I got so sick of it flaking out that I left it running unencrypted for a while to see if it was my 802.11g AP or my firewall causing problems. Next up, as recommended by a friend of mine, tcpdump to see wtf the wii is doing.
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As horrible as it may sound, unless the iPhone can accept pushed mail from an exchange server - any hope of breaking into the business market is all but dashed.
Three major hospitals around my city use pnuematic tubes to transport drugs, lab samples, and paperwork from labs, clinics, and other offices.
It's real fun when the tube's routing switches go wacky and start directing stool samples to the billing department.
Um, pr0n is supposed to have that...
Most homes I've been in actually have separate dining rooms and kitchens. Most homes I've been in are built before 1960s when more open floor plans were becoming popular - but I enjoy having a messy kitchen when having the folks over for dinner, I get to go enjoy our meal in the dining room without having to clean up the kitchen until after I kick them out of the house.
I had the opportunity to talk with Gary at a GenCon (when it was still hosted in Milwaukee) back in the 90's. I was a teen and full of questions having played rpgs for many of my years growing up.
He was friendly, and a fun guy to talk to. I was actually quite amazed at how interested he was at talking to my friends and I about the game and actually was very interested in what we thought of the 2nd Generation of D&D.
I only had the chance to meet him once, but I was glad I had the opportunity.
Farewell, Gary. Thanks for the great games and entertainment.
Every thinkpad I've used for the last three years has had a firewire port.
As I don't use it on a daily basis - it's disabled for such reasons. Fewer active ports - fewer points of entry.
So, Woz is just speaking his mind. Freethinkers get to do that once in a while... at least in this day and age, they don't burn you at the stake like a witch. Well, at least not literally - that's what the slashdot comment threads are for.
I agree with him... Air is just hot air, and the iPhone without 3G data connectivity is reprehensible.
This is kind of stupid actually. Why would I want a game on my mobile to be thrashing the cpu when it could be doing some basic sprites and other not-so-cpu-intensive methods to produce my game?
Ray-tracing may be possible on my 500Mhz smartphone's processor - but damn, I don't want to have to be plugged in to play them.
You all are slipping... this is way to much fuel for the flame wars not to have at least double this many posts.
New higher capacity optical storage medium takes more power to use?
CD-ROM then CD-RW then DVD then DVD-RW/RAM and now BR... each step started with high power requirements and weren't suited for mobile use. And almost every one of them was met with this kind of fud. After evolution of the technology we seem to be surviving just fine with our current optical medium.
It's just going to take a few revs. of hardware improvements.
As for HD Video playback... well, that's another problem - just the shear size of data needed to be decrypted and decoded... ouch.
Tag this story with "Scrolldownyouwhiner" ...
Will this insanity stop at the USPO?
Are you in a building with double glazing?
Indeed. I work in a metal framed two story building with reinforced concrete walls and floor to ceiling windows with
low-e coatings. Signal quality was zero bars before they installed wireless repeaters.
The answer to the original question is simple - if you aren't home often, go with the 3G card. But beware that your speeds will be fastest now and drop as more and more people sign up for data services.
I have the Ted Kennedy phone coverage plan... they claim "more bars everywhere".
I'll bet the national championships will end up on ESPN2 during the middle of the night... just like those tweens stacking cups.
Another sport that deserves a WTF? award.
I hadn't been to an arcade a few years... but when my daughter became interested in video games, I thought the arcade would be a lot of fun. After the third machine ate our token, and the games that actually did work - were not age appropriate - we decided to leave and go rent a game from our video store.
Our local wal-mart and movie theater have cramped nooks with games, but those are the same toddler games - not actual cabinet games that we all know and love.
If the video game is getting played by a customer or just a passer-by - who cares? They're still making money.
If the Japan arcade devolved anything like the arcades here in the states - it would be a blessing to put them out of their misery.
In the 80's and early 90's arcades were a place you could go drop some quarters into the latest cabinet games or pinball machines. The places were usually lit with neon and dim lights, had very little room to move around, and were packed with games.
Now...
we have brightly lit toddler magnets half full of broken down arcade games from the late 90's, and a slew of ticket spewing kiddy games a la Chucky Cheese.
Our local arcade is so dilapidated that they no longer even have a person working there... if a machine eats your coin, you're out of luck. Even the mall management won't take responsibility for the place. Yep, it's run by Namco..
I'm sure all this data confiscation is done just to fool citizens into believing they're safer than before.
Hadley... the board patrol just needs more MP3s for their iPods.
Male Brains 'Wired for Videogame Obsession'
Female Brains are wired for...
They take away the only thing keeping people honest - the threat of negative feedback? What's the point of even having feedback then?
Paypal used to be useful - you could contest the charge and do a chargeback if seller was trying to screw you. But now they're the same faceless corporation, in it for the commission.
I think you're missing the point. The data continues to be encrypted - even if your operating system is using it.
So if your computer is in sleep mode or has a screen saver - you need to password protect your computer so that you control who accesses your data and apps.
If I wanted your data, and I didn't know your password - I would get your entire drive (either by stealing it, booting up with a liveCD, or image it to another drive). Now I can't even do that because the data is encrypted on the disk, not just password protected by the OS.
My ISP provides a feature list...
(tdsmetro.com)
And they actually list dynamic IPs as a benefit.
Dynamic IP Addresses - Every time you log on to the Internet, your computer is assigned a new, unique IP address, making it more difficult for hackers to find you.
Gee, thanks! Now how about faster speeds?
I control my computer with a 3/4 scale reproduction of a Gibson SG
\m/ > \m/
Rock on, dude.
Engineer's mindset: "What makes this thing tick"
Terrorist's mindset: "I know why this thing is ticking"
As someone else said upthread, WPA2 is actually surprisingly tweaky to get working
Hmm, perhaps that's the issue I'm having with my Wii's wireless being flaky.
I actually moved it to a hidden 802.11b WAP11 sitting on my DMZ... I got so sick of it flaking out that I left it running unencrypted for a while to see if it was my 802.11g AP or my firewall causing problems. Next up, as recommended by a friend of mine, tcpdump to see wtf the wii is doing.