Sure, all of the studying I needed to do to get my own license. That's how these sorts of things work. I may be wrong, but I think you need to provide proof of that to me, not the other way around.
Sure, but the transmitter certainly could smoke and burn. I've seen it happen. (I am a ham, I should mention).
I'm not trying to support Lenovo, I am not grasping at straws. You are misunderstanding my point. (which is there are valid, if construed, reasons for locking you out from this... they are not doing it out of spite or just to be difficult)
Creative maneuvering might help too. I'm assuming the wave projects along your vector and not in a spherical manner.
Eg, warp to a point above the galactic ecliptic, so your wave shoots off into deep space. Then, for the final leg, warp down into the plane and exit warp on the far side of the destination system, again shooting the wave off into deep space.
So why not stop off the ecliptic so your 'wave of doom' flies off into intergalactic space, then warp downwards and leave on the far side of the destination system, again throwing the 'wave of doom' off into intergalactic space?
My point was there is some enforced limitation as a means of butt-covering, rather than just being jerks. Lenovo (or Dell or whoever) doesn't want to risk being dragged into anything (since the antenna is theirs) so they just lock you out.
You're right about the directionality, but there's another bit to consider: how much energy can that antenna support? If it can only support 200mw and you try pushing 1w into it, it could very well pose a fire hazard.
Still, really they should just bugger off and leave it to the user to be responsible. They are doing more than they need to by locking you out.
or if outright failure wasn't the intended action. Could be they intended to print a warning or something instead. I find this a bit much to swallow but there's a chance of it.
The mini-PCI card is just the radio. The antenna is in the rest of the laptop (usually around the screen). The FCC only certifies them for certain radio+antenna pairings, and so they cannot get certification if they don't put in some mechanism to stop you from using uncertified pairings.
It's stupid yes, but the idea behind the policy is to allow the sale of high-power radios while keeping it within exposure limits. (the reason being is the same power going into an omnidirectional antenna safely can not only exceed but blow-out-of-the-water the exposure limits if put into a directional antenna. think bulb vs laser)
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Lets be fair. Flavor Flav? Yea, you know which one I'm talking about.
Did you know he's actually a musical prodigy? He plays somewhere around 25 instruments. I mean -plays- too, not just makes noise.
(of course that doesn't speak for them all, but you can't just consider them all morons like that)
Actually I should have linked to the whole list. My bad!
Here you are, sir.
No, they were used to calibrate the zero-point on the scanners.
(I kid, just a joke)
That rhyme was terrible,
yes, completely unbearable.
No reason they can't provide several repos, in addition to a sharutils-style self-installer. Seen plenty of third-parties do that.
FTFY
FTFY.
FTFY
FTFY?
I mean, it was inevitable...
A light buffet of wind in a shotglass, more like.
Think 'debian-multimedia' or Adobe's yum repo for flash. Total non-issue.
Sure, all of the studying I needed to do to get my own license. That's how these sorts of things work. I may be wrong, but I think you need to provide proof of that to me, not the other way around.
Seriously, this is not an issue.
Valve wants to make it easy? Run a repo, and provide instructions for using it.
Valve wants to make it only moderately difficult for newbies? Provide package files and leave it at that.
Eh, your points are fair. We're arguing on how we got there, not that we got there. Let's leave it at that?
Sure, but the transmitter certainly could smoke and burn. I've seen it happen. (I am a ham, I should mention).
I'm not trying to support Lenovo, I am not grasping at straws. You are misunderstanding my point. (which is there are valid, if construed, reasons for locking you out from this... they are not doing it out of spite or just to be difficult)
Now that's an interesting (and also disturbing) thought.
Lol, at this time there are five signatures.
Yes... five. zero five point zero.
That's why you should stop putting parts of your post in the subject. It's called the Subject field, not the body field, for a reason.
Creative maneuvering might help too. I'm assuming the wave projects along your vector and not in a spherical manner.
Eg, warp to a point above the galactic ecliptic, so your wave shoots off into deep space. Then, for the final leg, warp down into the plane and exit warp on the far side of the destination system, again shooting the wave off into deep space.
So why not stop off the ecliptic so your 'wave of doom' flies off into intergalactic space, then warp downwards and leave on the far side of the destination system, again throwing the 'wave of doom' off into intergalactic space?
Or is the wave not directional?
So it really is the sudden stop at the end that gets you...
My point was there is some enforced limitation as a means of butt-covering, rather than just being jerks. Lenovo (or Dell or whoever) doesn't want to risk being dragged into anything (since the antenna is theirs) so they just lock you out.
You're right about the directionality, but there's another bit to consider: how much energy can that antenna support? If it can only support 200mw and you try pushing 1w into it, it could very well pose a fire hazard.
Still, really they should just bugger off and leave it to the user to be responsible. They are doing more than they need to by locking you out.
FTFY
FTFY.
Perhaps allow IT to make that call, but forcing it? That's retarded.
or if outright failure wasn't the intended action. Could be they intended to print a warning or something instead. I find this a bit much to swallow but there's a chance of it.
There is a reason for this:
The mini-PCI card is just the radio. The antenna is in the rest of the laptop (usually around the screen). The FCC only certifies them for certain radio+antenna pairings, and so they cannot get certification if they don't put in some mechanism to stop you from using uncertified pairings.
It's stupid yes, but the idea behind the policy is to allow the sale of high-power radios while keeping it within exposure limits. (the reason being is the same power going into an omnidirectional antenna safely can not only exceed but blow-out-of-the-water the exposure limits if put into a directional antenna. think bulb vs laser)
I'm pretty sure even an UrbanMech would do the job.