08-05-2010, 04:17 AM | #61 |
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It most certainly is! it has a Freescale microprocessor running at 200 MHz, various memory ports and runs Linux. The only difference between it and a very low powered laptop is that the program it runs at start up only allows you to read ebooks.
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08-05-2010, 04:58 AM | #62 |
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Yep, so now it boils down to semantics and careful wordings.
I think it would be much easier to just cycle wifi passwords or auto-kick people using their MAC addresses after every X minutes, 15-20 being the idea case. |
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08-05-2010, 12:41 PM | #63 |
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If those stores offer free wifi at all then they should just switch it off completely during their peak hours.
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08-05-2010, 01:06 PM | #64 |
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I think Crowl has the best option. A little sign to the effect that "In order to ensure table space for all patrons during peak hours, we are unable to offer WiFi between noon and 3 pm" would explain the situation. It might not help with the smartphones and other 3G devices, but at least it would stifle the laptop telecommuters.
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08-05-2010, 04:07 PM | #65 | |
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There's a difference between a battleship and a rowboat, y'know, even if they are both vessels. But of course, a Dope Rule will regard them as the same thing. |
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08-05-2010, 04:18 PM | #66 |
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Yep, Dope rules such as a Screen and a Battery make things seem like non-sense. What about old calculators? Would those get you throw out of the shop as well? How about my LCD photo keychain, same thing?
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08-05-2010, 04:28 PM | #67 |
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Don't take that photo keychain thing to the airport! There's a Dope Rule against it. You could...uh...um...strangle someone with the chain part & take over the plane, so it will be confiscated...
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08-05-2010, 04:39 PM | #68 | |
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My dad had the same issue with a camera-pen with 2GB memory, 'twas confiscated for some lame 'security' protocol while EXITING the airport. Dope Rule Airports. |
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08-06-2010, 05:21 AM | #69 | |
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... but I'm curious, by your definition, if I used my PC purely to read ebooks would it then become an ereader? Amazon are also about to open an app store for the kindle so does that now make my ereader a computer? I believe Pocketbook and Bebook can bring up a Linux command prompt making it no different to my work computer. PS I do agree with you on "Dope Rules" though - the rules seem to have been put in place to simply stop officials from needing to think. I had a pair of nail clippers (about the size of my thumb) removed off me before boarding a plane - I couldn't work out whether they thought I might bring down the plane or kill an attendant with them - any terrorists out there must be laughing their heads off. I also believe ereaders should be allowed in coffee shops. |
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08-06-2010, 06:21 AM | #70 | |
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08-06-2010, 07:14 PM | #71 |
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08-06-2010, 08:21 PM | #72 |
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Things like conversation, reading, etc., tend to be self-limiting. If you go to the cafe on your lunch break, you've got to get back to the office in a fairly short period of time or you may as well stay there and read the Help Wanted ads. The people with the computers, on the other hand, are (or at least can put up a sufficiently strong case to their bosses that they are) working. So they stay there -- sometimes for hours on end. In effect, they're using the place for an office, rent-free. While this is great if you're the computer user in question, especially if it's saving you from the assault and battery charge you'd face if the guy in the next cubicle had to go to the proctologist to get that annoying toy of his back, it's not really fair to the people who just want to drink their coffee, eat their muffin, and, maybe ... enjoy some conversation.
Civilized people, of course, see the place is busy, eat their food, and free up the space for someone else. Sadly, in a society where everyone focuses on their rights and ignores their responsibilities, the civilized people are trampled by the barbarians who are already inside the gates, because we grew them ourselves. So where the customs of polite behavior once managed interactions between people with a minimum of friction and fuss, now there have to be "dope rules" and inflexible laws to keep the barbarians in check. Personally, I liked it the other way. |
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My mock sign fits the bill for the same underlying problem at far more restaurants and the like than the rule of topic does. |
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08-06-2010, 11:02 PM | #74 |
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They could install trap doors under the seats. Maybe ejection seats. Or seats that will give you an electric jolt if you overstay.
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08-06-2010, 11:46 PM | #75 |
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