...that we won the Cold War.
Otherwise, what's now happening over in supposedly post-Soviet Russia, as reported to Glenn Fleishman at Wi-Fi Networking News, could well be happening over here.
Looks like some of the party apparatchiks that were rendered superfluous by communism's collapse still haven't managed to find meaningful work.
Here's a suggestion, Mr. Putin. Line them all up, hand them shovels, and then re-enact the ditch-digging scene from "Cool Hand Luke."
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
'Tain't no Usenet bein' used roun' here.
Stopped in at a Kansas City Public Library branch to vote this afternoon and stuck around a bit afterward to check out a report that KCPL has taken to blocking port 119 (Usenet) on its wireless. Sad to say it appears to be true.
The informant has a question in to the library's administration via the comment feature on its website. We'll fill you in on their explanation when and if they respond. So let's hold off on any further discussion for the time being.
The informant has a question in to the library's administration via the comment feature on its website. We'll fill you in on their explanation when and if they respond. So let's hold off on any further discussion for the time being.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
No April Fool's joke, this.
Benetti's Coffee Experience
6109 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Raytown
802.11g
SSID: Benettis_WiFi
If your battery's low, your only options are two or three tables towards the back next to power outlets. That's just as well if you come late in the day, given the big unshaded windows at the front of the west-facing building. The ones facing east and north in the rear are unshaded as well, which probably wouldn't help during an early morning visit.
And since those rear windows and the outdoor deck beyond them are within sight of the stadium lights at Raytown High School, you've got to expect this place to attract a predominately young clientele. My tests, however, didn't clearly detect the presence of filtering, which means either that it isn't there or if it is, you shouldn't need to worry about overblocks.
One slight quibble, however, is signal strength. I'm seeing about 60 per cent right now, and it's causing a bit of a drag on performance. (Memo to the management: Try moving to another channel; it looks like you're taking a hit from a nearby closed AP that's also broadcasting on 6.)
Oh, by the way-I'd love to tell you the SSID of the closed 802.11N network owned by a nearby business that my finder detected out in the parking lot, but if I did, you'd think I was making an April Fool's joke. You'll have to come and see for yourself.
6109 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Raytown
802.11g
SSID: Benettis_WiFi
If your battery's low, your only options are two or three tables towards the back next to power outlets. That's just as well if you come late in the day, given the big unshaded windows at the front of the west-facing building. The ones facing east and north in the rear are unshaded as well, which probably wouldn't help during an early morning visit.
And since those rear windows and the outdoor deck beyond them are within sight of the stadium lights at Raytown High School, you've got to expect this place to attract a predominately young clientele. My tests, however, didn't clearly detect the presence of filtering, which means either that it isn't there or if it is, you shouldn't need to worry about overblocks.
One slight quibble, however, is signal strength. I'm seeing about 60 per cent right now, and it's causing a bit of a drag on performance. (Memo to the management: Try moving to another channel; it looks like you're taking a hit from a nearby closed AP that's also broadcasting on 6.)
Oh, by the way-I'd love to tell you the SSID of the closed 802.11N network owned by a nearby business that my finder detected out in the parking lot, but if I did, you'd think I was making an April Fool's joke. You'll have to come and see for yourself.
Oh, I feel so wicked and unclean...
Had to stop at a Mid-Continent Public Library branch to get directions somewhere, and-hide the screen from your kids, everyone-I succumbed to the siren call of Ma Bell, who-in case you haven't heard-now lets practically everyone that buys their DSL from her onto her Wi-Fi hotspots for no extra charge.
Why the guilt, you ask? Simple-even though it isn't costing me anything extra, this really isn't what a public library is supposed to be all about. There are taxpayers supporting MCPL who, perhaps, buy their broadband from their cable TV provider-or may still be limping along on dialup for that matter. Doesn't their money spend just as well as mine? Why should they have to fork over $8 to use an amenity offered in a publicly owned and operated facility when I don't have to, just because I happen to patronize the private company whose advertising sticker now adorns the front door of said facility?
Just one more reason MCPL really ought to end this dance with the devil and either unwire on its own or not.
Why the guilt, you ask? Simple-even though it isn't costing me anything extra, this really isn't what a public library is supposed to be all about. There are taxpayers supporting MCPL who, perhaps, buy their broadband from their cable TV provider-or may still be limping along on dialup for that matter. Doesn't their money spend just as well as mine? Why should they have to fork over $8 to use an amenity offered in a publicly owned and operated facility when I don't have to, just because I happen to patronize the private company whose advertising sticker now adorns the front door of said facility?
Just one more reason MCPL really ought to end this dance with the devil and either unwire on its own or not.
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