Actually a bunch of us met (Toronto Junk Buyers Social Club) a couple of months ago in Toronto - and one of the guys brought his notebook. The gym across the street had an open wireless internet access and was able to post messages on SI. A new life for phone booths? They already own the land - just have to add some WIFI access..
My Russian neighbor mentioned he had wireless router and said I could share the internet and pay half. I currently am not wireless (no point for me yet). Not into sharing my internet. So critical I have both cable and DSL feeds.
Yet when I asked both of my neighbors (we live in townhouse) to share the cable and get onboard with satellite, they balked at the thought "don't watch enough TV" they claimed. The goal was simple - I would get Satellite, they would have cable. I would get their cable feed - they would get a satellite feed - we would share the costs. The win/win for me is that every room in the house has cable - having one TV with satellite was ok - but the rest had to have TV too - hence the cable feed.
Anyways, haven't gone ahead with satellite and still waiting for a 5.8Ghz broadcaster so I can beam the video/sound/remote to other rooms and not have to rent/buy any more cable boxes.
Cable here claims "100% digital" but they don't tell you (and most fish can't see it - my brother being one) is that the term "100% digital" is mumbo jumbo talk. The catch is the COMPRESSION. e.g. they compress the US time shifting feeds really bad - so you see a lot of garbage in the picture. No different than myself giving you a picture in BMP format, then a JPG at 75% 50% or 25% of the original. At some point you DO see a difference. Or audio - a WAV to MP3 at 192 to 128 to 64.. you will hear a difference at some point.
Where was I? Oh yes French Connection is one of my all time favorites. True story, except that the chase scene was made up - but there was an actual chase scene, in the subway. I guess that is where "Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" took up the story.
Crazy stuff.
Well enjoy your new toy nonetheless.
B
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
Tuco (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
"An umbrella with holes is better than no umbrella at all."
Dr. Alexander Elder on using stops.
