MacGroup: High speed access newbie

Lee Larson wrote: >The satellite connections are forever going to be impractical for >most people, even if their prices are comparable. This is because >the latency caused by the time to get the signals to and from a >satellite orbiting 20,000 miles up is too long. Darn speed of light is just

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

> > > U-2 & SR-71 web page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1903 bytes Desc

MacGroup: WIFI question

OK, this may be a really simple question, but here it goes... I have an older Laptop (original iBook) and I have an airport card in it. Before I moved I had a wireless network set up. Right now it is connected directly through a DSL line. I know that almost all the cafe's are set up with WIFI no

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

On Jan 28, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Nelson Helm wrote: > I read that persons standing on the sidewalk below hear Big Ben, the > bell at the Houses of Parlement, after Australian listeners to the > BBC. Signal goes to Australia at speed of light, in less time than to > sidewalk at speed of sound. Be

MacGroup: TEST

Having trouble posting. B.O' | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is . | List posting address: | List Web page:

MacGroup: WIFI question

I can tell you about my experience at the Panera Bread locations with my PowerBook. I'm not sure about range, I didn't try it in the parking lot. It's basically automatic. The airport card recognizes their wifi signal, a menu opens asking you if you want to use that signal, and then you are

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

In a vacuum, light always travels at a speed of 299,792,458 meters per second, no matter how its speed is measured. ...Just in case anyone was think that m/s was miles per second! Ray White Neff Packaging Solutions 1700 Watterson Trail Louisville, KY 40299 Tel: 502-491-1820 ext.330 Fax: 502-49

MacGroup: WIFI question

I also have not had any problems with my powerbook . If I am in a hotel in Europe anywhere, when I turn the computer on it just comes up on the screen of the hotel, then you have either free service ( it depends on the hotel) or you have to buy a card, or you can pay via the internet and then c

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

Lee, This is an astounding answer, I feel like I need to go eat another box of Captain Crunch! John R. On Jan 28, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Jan 28, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Nelson Helm wrote: > >> I read that persons standing on the sidewalk below hear Big Ben, the >> bell at the Ho

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

Oh-Lee and Ray - how can you challenge an almost 80yr old woman with all that physics on a morning before she had her coffee! - Since I shall be with the Lord or in that distant land rather sooner than later I shall submit to the assertion that eternity is like a day or a second or a blink of

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

NichtsIch konnen nicht gelesen! Ray White Neff Packaging Solutions 1700 Watterson Trail Louisville, KY 40299 Tel: 502-491-1820 ext.330 Fax: 502-491-7701 www.neffpackaging.com

MacGroup: WIFI question

--- Bill Micou wrote: > I can tell you about my experience at the Panera > Bread locations with > my PowerBook. I'm not sure about range, I didn't > try it in the parking > lot. It's basically automatic. The airport card > recognizes their wifi > signal, a menu opens asking you if you want

MacGroup: WIFI question [faked-from]

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MacGroup: High speed access newbie

Motorola has a product called Canopy, that has a range of 35 miles line of sight, with speeds of up to 20 Mbps. It is pretty costly though, and you'd have to go in halfsies with someone who has broadband and is with in your line of sight. Or you could do the same thing if you build a couple of

MacGroup: WIFI question

Stuart, I am no expert on this, but before I was to send a 15"titanium powerbook up to my daughter in chicago, I put in a airport card(it uses the original one) and went up to highland coffee, knowing they had wi-fi there. When I powered up, the airport applet at top left showed the signal, I c

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

Well, you could behold the beautiful green color, and it is even bound in linen. A schoolbook in linen! those were the times before the throw-away society. And you know all that stuff anyway, you don't need to be able to read it. If it were not for a bit of sense of humor, we all would be

MacGroup: TEST

Your post on the motarola item has come thru to me 3 times in the last hour. On Jan 28, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Brian O'Neal wrote: > Having trouble posting. > > B.O' > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is . > | Li

MacGroup: WiFi spots in Louisville

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MacGroup: WIFI question [faked-from]

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MacGroup: TEST

Sorry bout that, My "TEST" post came right through. I still haven't seen any of the Motorola posts. I'll quit since it has came through. I wonder when I'll get it? B.O' On Jan 28, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Michael Robertson wrote: > Your post on the motarola item has come thru to me 3 times in the

MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes & iPod [faked-from]

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MacGroup: Gunning for iTunes & iPod [faked-from]

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MacGroup: 3 posts from another list + article on browsers from NY Times:

fox, for example, lets you select an address on one page and immediately find a map of that location. Some are fun. One called Gnusto lets you play games in Firefox. And some cannot be classified. If you want to track the current color of the threat level announced by the Department of Homeland Security, one extension for Firefox will monitor the announcements and display an icon in the margins. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050128/4c6661fb/attachment.html

MacGroup: WIFI question

You didn't mention if you were running OS X or not on the iBook. If you're still running OS 9.x on it, you'll have to make some networking changes to connect via Airport. 1. Under Control Panels, open TCP/IP. 2. In the TCP/IP settings, your current configuration is probably set up to use Ethern