That's cool, Robert! I'm especially impressed by the price - I was worried you were going to say, "And all it cost was the pinky on my left hand!"
> All that's missing now is longer battery life or power outlets. Huh - my brother's iPad lasts 10 hours on his cross-country flights. No problems at all with the battery. :) Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "In the 20C we may be said to be living a largely abstract life; and we suffer concretely from it when for lack of a classifying number on a piece of cardboard, our desires are balked, our rights denied, our identity doubted. Your declaration and even your presence have become worthless as proof under the reign of abstraction." ---Jacques Barzun's From Dawn To Decadence (2000), pg. 214 On Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > Hello all, > > Today marks the first time I have been able to connect to wifi on a > plane. Results: fantastic. I can check e-mail, surf the web > (tracking my flight -- someplace over Western Pennsylvania right now), > even make phone calls via Google Voice. > > Of course , I'm using my EeePC netbook with Ubuntu 10.04, but any wifi > device should work. And it was only $5 for the whole flight. > > All that's missing now is longer battery life or power outlets. I'm > betting all future mobile devices will be powered over USB (or > similar) and that planes will provide those plugs in the arm rest. No > more DC to AC to DC converters. > > Just thought I'd share. > > Regards, > - Robert > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > To subscribe: [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
