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Comment: Get an AP with "Guest Network" capability (Score 1) 332

by tji (#38714610) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Setting Up a Wireless Catch-and-Release

Get a new wireless access point. Many new models include what you're looking for. They appear as if they are multiple Access Points. Make two networks:

ChurchBusiness: WPA2 security, user accounts or strong password; full access to internal network
ChurchGuest: Security either as WPA2 password, or no wireless encryption and web redirect to authentication page; has only access to Internet, no church net access.

Many new routers under $200 have the ability to do the above. The Apple Airport Extreme can do the above, as can various Netgear or Linksys. Pick one up at a local retailer, give it a try.

Comment: Not likely (Score 1) 232

by tji (#38504684) Attached to: DigiTimes Lends Credence To Apple-Branded TVs For 2012

Apple is not going to enter a market that is already in an aggressive price reduction war. Just look back at their same reasoning for not messing with Netbooks. If they can come in with a way to redefine the market, they would do that. But, not a "me too" television. Many/most other TVs have competitors to TV + Apple TV. Most suck, but they are still close enough to not allow Apple to price the TVs how they want, meaning they won't get in the market.

In the past, I thought they might do a next-gen Apple TV with integrated HD DVR. But, that's another fully saturated market bundled with cable/satellite services. Tivo has been unsuccessful in exploiting that market, so Apple will probably not go there. They could do iOS integrations, like auto-converting content to iPod/iPad/Mac friendly format. But, that would compete with iTMS purchased content. So, it's a no-go.

So, I think that this, like most Apple rumors, is rubbish. It's just someone's "how can I drive traffic to my www site? I'll make up the next possible step for existing apple technology."

Comment: Re:Live demo of the definition of insanity (Score 1) 495

by tji (#37469134) Attached to: Mozilla Contemplating Five Week Release Cycle

Mozilla gets money from advertisement, a well documented example of this is the $$ from google searches via Mozilla's search bar.

So, it's like TV advertisement. It's only worth money if you get a lot of eyeballs. Keep pissing off your users, and they will go elsewhere. As your market share decreases, advertisers willingness to pay you goes with it.

Comment: Re:Asus RT-N16 (Score 1) 398

by tji (#37443320) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Good Gigabit 802.11N Home Router?

I also use the RT-16. It was at the top of the list in terms of CPU Speed, RAM size, and Flash size when I bought it. It has a gigabit switch, which not all the devices in this class do. It also has 2 USB ports, for storage, printer, etc.

The one drawback was that it only does N at 2.4GHz, no 5GHz support. But, I already had a 5GHz N WAP, so I was just looking for a new switch/router.

Comment: PBS Nova analysis seemed quite accurate? (Score 1) 449

by tji (#36274370) Attached to: Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded

Nova had a program on Flight 447, which I watched several months ago. I am not a pilot, and I'm going from memory.. but what I recall seems quite close to the new black box data. Their theory focused on the Pitots freezing up, making the computer unable to fly the plane.

A difference from most comments here: I believe they said the Pitots were heated (wouldn't ALL pitots have to be? It's always freezing at altitude), but there was a super-cooling possibility with very pure water which could surpass the heating ability. The comments here sound like the pitots were not heated and/or known bad.

They also put a pilot in a flight simulator in that scenario -- lost air speed data, stall warnings -- and he had no problem controlling the aircraft and maintaining level flight.

Comment: Re:Don't stop with laptops! (Score 1) 365

by tji (#32821136) Attached to: Working Toward a Universal Power Brick For Laptops

Even simpler, use a silver Sharpie.

But, I have two other issues:

- I have devices I am no longer using because the P/S failed and I cannot get replacements. Some have odd currents/voltages, and are impossible to find. If the device is not being made any more, it's really hard to find replacements.

- Too many wall warts. A universal Power Supply with configurable tips & voltage/current that could power multiple devices would simplify many things.

Comment: Best device for VPN support? (Score 1) 344

by tji (#31971180) Attached to: Open Source Router To Replace WRT54GL?

I had a WRV54G, which I always hoped would get DD-WRT support. There were some attempts, but it never really got off the ground. The WRV54G had hardware IPSec support in the Broadcom chip it was based on.

I've never located another home wifi router which supported Linux and some form of VPN. IPSec or SSL-VPN would be nice. Anyone know of devices that can do this?

Comment: Don't use this.You'll get "Very Long Wait" on DVDs (Score 1) 171

by tji (#31621674) Attached to: Netflix Streaming Arrives For the Wii

Netflix seems to count streaming views similarly to physical disc rentals, so they de-prioritize your disc rentals the same way as many have reported for people who run through a lot of discs.

I picked up a Samsung Blu-Ray player which supports Netflix streaming. I found the selection to be fairly poor, but because of the easy access I ended up sampling a lot of material. After digging a lot, I turned up some good options, like some Showtime series, and PBS Frontline episodes.

During this time I had actually decreased the amount of the Netflix mailed discs I was watching. Partly due to having the streaming, but mostly just form being too busy. Despite the low usage of discs, all the top 15 movies in my queue were in the "Very Long Wait" state. Comparing my queue to co-workers queues showed that theirs did not have anywhere near the same delays shown.

I've completely stopped using streaming. It's okay as filler material if it's a "free" service. But, it's definitely not worth it if it means no access to decent movies.

If iTMS gets a little better selection, I will gladly stop my Netflix subscription. I'm sick of the gaming of the queue.

Comment: Re:That Explains The Updated SDK (Score 1) 1010

by tji (#31276010) Attached to: iPad Will Beat Netbooks With "Magic"

"Magic" is a stupid way of phrasing it. But, all he's really saying is that a touch interface is a fundamentally different way of interacting with the device. Apple is hoping that this will be enough to get it to catch on.

I am among the skeptics on whether it will really be a better way to work. I think it will be a fantastic device for frequent travelers (not as a laptop replacement, but as a compact email/music/video/browsing/etc. device for use while in-transit). But, I don't know if it will be very useful outside that realm. My laptop serves me fine in most cases, my phone is great for others, I'm not sure the gap between is big enough to need filling.

But, I am totally onboard with Apple on the iPad being better than netbooks. These have always seemed like junk to me. Other than being cheap, they don't offer much. Poor performance, poor screen, poor keyboard. No thanks. If I want a laptop, I'll stick with a real laptop.

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