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         |  Jedi Chris
             on 2002-05-21 18:20 [#00228612] Points: 11496 Status: Lurker
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 | I have been bought a load of wireless networking kit in work, and me and a colleague have set up our Sony laptops
 this afternoon!
 
 This means I can wander about the place with my laptop and
 surf the Internet and post messages here without being
 plugged in anywhere!!! Very cool!
 
 The only drawback is that the LAN connection is only 11Mbit
 instead of 100mbit - but my laptop has built in 100Mbit
 anyway for when I want to download 'big' stuff.
 
 I can even walk down the corridor and use it, even outside
 the window and sit on the grass embankment (on sunny days
 that is!!)
 
 I'm so happy!
 
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         |  mylittlesister
             from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-21 18:24 [#00228616] Points: 8472 Status: Regular
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 | wooow, coooool Chris :-) 
 lucky you!
 
 
 
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         |  Jedi Chris
             on 2002-05-21 18:25 [#00228618] Points: 11496 Status: Lurker
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 | It's quite mad using Microsoft Messenger, and roaming freely with the laptop....quite mad!!!
 
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         |  Inverted Whale
             from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-21 18:36 [#00228625] Points: 3301 Status: Lurker
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 | Yes, this is "must-have" tech for the home. I have an Orinoco wireless broadband gateway at home and it works
 great.
 
 We even have two old laptops hooked up to speakers that we
 can use to stream our entire music collection wherever we
 want in the house.
 
 And it was about $150 for the starter kit. Cheap!
 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-22 17:20 [#00230066] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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 | roomate has a router that splits our effective T1 into his desktop and laptop.  iBook uses and airPort, so he plays
 games on the desktop, pauses to chat with friends on laptop,
 no alt-tab, and laptop can be on bed, etc.
 
 he has wireless mouse and keyboard too, i think I want that
 next time around.
 
 they are rigging the school 100% wireless around campus too,
 so you can sit on a lawn and surf
 
 seems a happy medium, get the kids outisde, even if they
 bang away on the keys
 
 my blue heaven
 
 
 
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         |  The_Funkmaster
             from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-22 17:22 [#00230069] Points: 16280 Status: Lurker
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 | that's cool... I'd love to be able to go outside, and surf the net...
 
 
 
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         |  Deathsmith
             from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-22 17:24 [#00230071] Points: 1027 Status: Regular
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 | Hmmmm or if you're bored while doing some driving on a highway by yourself or something you could have cyber sex!
 But it might be a little awkward, what with the laptop on
 your. . . lap, and all. LOL
 
 
 
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         |  The_Funkmaster
             from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-22 17:26 [#00230074] Points: 16280 Status: Lurker | Followup to Deathsmith: #00230071
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 | well, if you got a van, just get in the back seat, and put the lap top on the seat or something... then you got lots of
 room to "work"... :)
 
 
 
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         |  Deathsmith
             from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-05-22 17:26 [#00230076] Points: 1027 Status: Regular
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 | Right on, there you go! -_- 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-22 17:26 [#00230077] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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 | haha, you crash and die, the police find a computer with pr0n on it and your hands stuck in your pants
 
 film @ 11......lol
 
 
 
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         |  Inverted Whale
             from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-22 17:27 [#00230079] Points: 3301 Status: Lurker
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 | It is cool, but forget about that tan, the glare from the sun makes it impossible to see the screen in bright light.
 
 I wonder if those wearable computer goggles would work. But
 then you'd look like a right eejit.
 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-22 17:30 [#00230081] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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 | hum, didn't think of glare, LCD isn't as bad as CRT screans, but I wonder if it is even practical to bring a laptop
 outside
 
 lots of us computer kids don't like the sun when we surf
 about though.....
 we only come out at night
 
 
 
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         |  Ophecks
             from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-22 17:40 [#00230097] Points: 19190 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag
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 | My computer is in my dark, scary room... I have my eerie lamp in the corner on, and the curtains closed...
 muhahahahahahaha... I'm also as white as printer paper, but
 I can't help it because I literally can't tan anyway, I've
 tried. I just fry like a turkey in an oven.
 
 
 
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         |  BlatantEcho
             from All over (United States) on 2002-05-22 18:14 [#00230168] Points: 7210 Status: Lurker
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 | Ophecks, you're just like my roomate. 
 We both trend towards the dark, but he can't tan for his
 life.  He goes to hawaii, and sits in the hotel room afraid
 he'll fry if he steps foot outside.
 
 
 
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