> > > .. who cares about sunshine when you're in the middle of a discussion of
> > > the future of the world ?
> >
> > Boy are you in need of a life..........
> >
> > :-)
>
> Have you heard of Ricochet modems? They are HOT out here, and provide a
> solution to the dilemma posed above. Ricochet makes a wireless modem that
> lets you, in most of the SF Bay Area, connect to the Net from wherever you
> are. So you can juggle in the sunshine in Golden Gate Park, then take a
> break by answering Greg, then go back to rollerblading.
Yup. Looked at 'em. they're okay, I guess. Although compared to the TAL
routers (http://tetherless.com) they're crap.
The ricochet systems run at less than a 28.8k modem. the TAL routers run at
110k, and they'll be running at 440k in four weeks. TAL are setting up a
network across Melbourne at the moment, and we're going to use them to
provide connectivity to our clients.
Ultimately, we'll follow their network across Australia, setting up local
ISP's as we go.
Compared to them, the ricochet modems aren't worth the bother, really. They
have a 30 kilometre range, they're spread spectrum, they're ROUTERS, not
modems, they're excellent. We'll be testing them over the course of the
next week or two. We're thinking of using them to wire up parts of Bosnia,
too. Rah rah rah.
> I went to a
> daytime rave yesterday, at which folks would take time out from dancing to
> send in messages to he rave list urging others to come out for music and
> BarBQ, posting directions on how to get there, etc.
Heh. I'd like to do something similar. We're planning on doing streamworks
or realaudio plus cu-seeme from raves soonish. Should be fun.
> However, Greg's retreat may point to another future issue: do we at
> times need to go cold turkey from the Net -- just leave it behind
> altogether? I think so. I took a week vacation at Lake Tahoe, and found
> that the interval gave me some new perspectives on the Net, and in
> general gave me a week to sloooow doooooown.
I've had far too much time away from the net recently. After 5 years full
time I had 4 months of no access at all. Erk. It hurt. But it is good to
have a break occasionally.
> However, I had to deal with 900+ messages when I returned. :<p
Yar. I still shudder when I remember falling in love, not logging in for 5
weeks, and returning to 27,000-odd messages. Yowch.
> Still, I think that the idea of a media fast is a good thing: a period
> of time without ANY media input whatsoever: no Net, no TV, no radio, no
> newspapers. Just raw reality.
The net is about the only media I see. We don't have a TV (haven't had a TV
for 8 years), although living in the middle of the city means that we
probably couldn't get TV even if we wanted to, I sometimes read newspapers,
and we can't get radio either (walls are too thick). So I get the newspaper
once a week, sometimes on other days, and very very occasionally watch the
news at someone else's house.
I suspect I'm not going to miss the olympics hype.
Dwayne.
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