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From: Paul Sture on 30 Jun 2010 11:47 In article <michelle-7191A2.16532729062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <i0dvob$n57$3(a)news.albasani.net>, > Jason Bourne <kane(a)treadstone71.net> wrote: > > > > In other words, you want to cheat the hotel out of its fees. The > > > solution is to find hotels that offer ethernet in the rooms, or that > > > offer free WiFi in the rooms. > > > > No, I think he's trying not to get gouged. None of us mind a reasonable > > access charge-- but many of us do resent getting ripped off... > > $15/day is gouging? $50/day is gouging. At that price I definitely did find another hotel. -- Paul Sture
From: Paul Sture on 30 Jun 2010 11:51 In article <00A9FB5E.B0481CC4(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article <4c2a9969$0$9825$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei > <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> writes: > >VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > > > >> My wife and I recently stayed in a hotel suite. > > > > > >And what did both of you do in this hotel suite ? :-) > > Partied with bands all night long, watched two Russian girls pole dance > on the canopy bed, drank up 3 kegs of Guinness, listened to music, had > one hell of a great time, and wished it wouldn't end. This time out, I > don't think there were any Swedish bands trying to down as much alcohol > (Tequila) as possible because alcohol is in ration in their homeland. > And, believe it or not, the suite was left in fine order when we finally > checked out; albiet, the canopy was wobbly. > > You asked. I once met a Swedish lass on holiday and she told me that in Sweden the cheapest way to buy whisky was to register as an alcoholic and buy it in a pharmacy. This was in the early 1980s. -- Paul Sture
From: Justin on 30 Jun 2010 12:20 On 06/30/2010 09:33 AM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article<i0fbvn$p6s$6(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> writes: >> On 06/30/2010 07:59 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote: >>> In article<i0ei9u$64s$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>> Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>> it will do the reverse too, joining a wireless network and >>>>>>>>> bridging it to ethernet. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Which is unfortunately not what I need. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Plug your mac into the wired port and let your mac do the sharing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Grrr... People, listen to me. I don't always HAVE an ethernet port. >>>>>> Look at your ethernet port. Pretend it isn't there. Sometimes that >>>>>> is what we have. Wi-fi only. >>>>> >>>>> What Mac doesn't have an ethernet port? (The MacBook Air doesn't, but >>>>> does have an ethernet adaptor, so with the adaptor it has an ethernet >>>>> port.) >>>> >>>> The *hotel room* may not have an ethernet port.... >>> >>> In that case, you have a reading-comprehension problem. The suggestion was >>> to use an Airport Express to connect to the hotel's WiFi, then connect the >>> Airport Express to your Mac with ethernet, and use the Mac's ad-hoc WiFi to >>> connect to the other computers. >>> >> >> Two laptops? Are you crazy? Awful solution, if it would even work. > > I travel with 2 17" laptops. My MacBookPro and a Toshiba with Linux. Both > fit nicely (thanks to the beautiful thin design of the 17" MBP) into this: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834997043 > as well as my full sides Apple aluminium keyboard, Sprint EVDO card, some > cables, Cradelpoint CTR500, and a Compact Flash card/ExpressCard34 reader. > I have modified an iGo charger that can be used to power both laptops from > wall/car/Airpower in my luggage and the Cradlepoint's wall wart. In other > words, traveling with 2 laptops is NOT unheard of. > > Actually that's not bad - I like that case. I wonder if it comes in silver. I carry a Macbook Pro 15.4" and a recent addition is a Dell D430 with Ubuntu Lucid. The Dell is when I'm on the field and wouldn't mind (as much) if I dropped it in the lake or it gets eaten by something unexpected. Right now I am using the Dell.
From: VAXman- on 30 Jun 2010 12:22 In article <paul.nospam-64E00B.17514530062010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> writes: >In article <00A9FB5E.B0481CC4(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>, > VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > >> In article <4c2a9969$0$9825$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei >> <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> writes: >> >VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: >> > >> >> My wife and I recently stayed in a hotel suite. >> > >> > >> >And what did both of you do in this hotel suite ? :-) >> >> Partied with bands all night long, watched two Russian girls pole dance >> on the canopy bed, drank up 3 kegs of Guinness, listened to music, had >> one hell of a great time, and wished it wouldn't end. This time out, I >> don't think there were any Swedish bands trying to down as much alcohol >> (Tequila) as possible because alcohol is in ration in their homeland. >> And, believe it or not, the suite was left in fine order when we finally >> checked out; albiet, the canopy was wobbly. >> >> You asked. > >I once met a Swedish lass on holiday and she told me that in Sweden the >cheapest way to buy whisky was to register as an alcoholic and buy it in >a pharmacy. This was in the early 1980s. LOL! Registered alcoholics... what will they think of next. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day. All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.
From: nospam on 30 Jun 2010 12:39
In article <michelle-FBE987.05263830062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In that case, you have a reading-comprehension problem. The suggestion > > > was > > > to use an Airport Express to connect to the hotel's WiFi, then connect the > > > Airport Express to your Mac with ethernet, and use the Mac's ad-hoc WiFi > > > to > > > connect to the other computers. > > > > Two laptops? Are you crazy? Awful solution, if it would even work. > > One laptop and an Airport Express. And it will work. it's much easier to get two routers, one of which an airport express since it can join an existing wifi network (most can't). connect the two via ethernet and instant wifi hotspot. that's what the linksys is supposed to do in one router but his apparently has problems (mine works fine). |