I'm in China and can get Slashdot's RSS feeds via Google Reader. Now I know why Slashdot always fails to connect if I attempt to go to the original article by clicking on the feed header! If I use the "read the original article" link, which is a direct http URL, I don't have any problems.
The topic of blogs seems to make the censors a bit schizophrenic. One day a whole domain such as Typepad.com will be blocked. The next day it won't. Or it may be blocked for two-three months and then suddenly accessible again. It probably all depends on a post someone did somewhere and then how deeply it became buried in their blog archives.
You seem to forget that private corporations have the right to allow whatever information in and out of their networks that they want. If it were the gov't doing the filtering, there would (and should) be an uproar, but private property is private property, even if it is being used to access what is normally publicly available information.
I worked for a large corporation in the remote access department. I can definitely see how the basic concept of this device would be attractive to corporations with large numbers of traveling users.
Our company was constantly seeking ways to eliminate laptops (support costs for laptops are astronomical) and ways to make connecting back to the office easier. Since this device eliminates the laptop and automates the process of connecting to the home office, the $10,000 server cost would be viewed as peanuts, as long as the system works properly.
Hmmm... Google News has been really hit and miss for me the past couple of weeks. I thought there was something to this story until I tried getting there for the 5th time in a row and finally made it through.
Weird. Any problems for anyone else in China?
...I had a problem when using the auto-updater. But with a few quick Google searches I was able to simply delete a few profile-related files (not my profile itself) which fixed the problem (and the files were recreated automagically by FF).
Overall, 1.0 has been much more stable for me than 1.0PR. When I upgraded from 0.9 to 1.0PR, I suddenly started having crashes on an average of 2-3 times a day. Since going to 1.0, I don't think I've had a single crash.
We often would have tech salesmen come in to give us demos of their products. They often would want to set up a small local network, and would either have to bring a router and string cables everywhere or else bring their own wireless hub, which would often be fairly large and clunky, and would require searching for an open electrical outlet.
I see this as being quite useful for those type of salesmen. It would save a huge amount of setup time for them when coming in to do demos.
Yes, in Langfang, which is a "small town" of 500,000, the closest cyber-cafe to me costs 1.5 yuan (about $0.18) per hour.
I did once use a business center at a hotel in Beijing, and the price listed for China seems to match what I paid there... perhaps the prices sent in for this map came from people who never left their hotels?
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I'm in China and can get Slashdot's RSS feeds via Google Reader. Now I know why Slashdot always fails to connect if I attempt to go to the original article by clicking on the feed header! If I use the "read the original article" link, which is a direct http URL, I don't have any problems. The topic of blogs seems to make the censors a bit schizophrenic. One day a whole domain such as Typepad.com will be blocked. The next day it won't. Or it may be blocked for two-three months and then suddenly accessible again. It probably all depends on a post someone did somewhere and then how deeply it became buried in their blog archives.
"My Life" by Bill Clinton returns "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper... maybe someone should mail a copy to ex-Pres. Bill!
You seem to forget that private corporations have the right to allow whatever information in and out of their networks that they want. If it were the gov't doing the filtering, there would (and should) be an uproar, but private property is private property, even if it is being used to access what is normally publicly available information.
I'm in China right now... and I can't get to the article to read it!
I worked for a large corporation in the remote access department. I can definitely see how the basic concept of this device would be attractive to corporations with large numbers of traveling users. Our company was constantly seeking ways to eliminate laptops (support costs for laptops are astronomical) and ways to make connecting back to the office easier. Since this device eliminates the laptop and automates the process of connecting to the home office, the $10,000 server cost would be viewed as peanuts, as long as the system works properly.
Hmmm... Google News has been really hit and miss for me the past couple of weeks. I thought there was something to this story until I tried getting there for the 5th time in a row and finally made it through. Weird. Any problems for anyone else in China?
...I had a problem when using the auto-updater. But with a few quick Google searches I was able to simply delete a few profile-related files (not my profile itself) which fixed the problem (and the files were recreated automagically by FF). Overall, 1.0 has been much more stable for me than 1.0PR. When I upgraded from 0.9 to 1.0PR, I suddenly started having crashes on an average of 2-3 times a day. Since going to 1.0, I don't think I've had a single crash.
The answer to that would be no. I just tried, and I'm posting from China.
We often would have tech salesmen come in to give us demos of their products. They often would want to set up a small local network, and would either have to bring a router and string cables everywhere or else bring their own wireless hub, which would often be fairly large and clunky, and would require searching for an open electrical outlet. I see this as being quite useful for those type of salesmen. It would save a huge amount of setup time for them when coming in to do demos.
Yes, in Langfang, which is a "small town" of 500,000, the closest cyber-cafe to me costs 1.5 yuan (about $0.18) per hour. I did once use a business center at a hotel in Beijing, and the price listed for China seems to match what I paid there... perhaps the prices sent in for this map came from people who never left their hotels?