Does your airport WiFi?

"Jay Masino" wrote

That's ridiculous. There's a significant difference between car/car
interaction vs motorcycle/car. Motorcycles are regularly ignored by car
drivers. Everyone who's ridden any amount of time has had cars cut in
front of them or change lanes into the motorcycle's path.


You all are missing the point. They want to be a thorn in your side. They
want to **** you off; to get a reaction. They often even point them up, so
they blare right in your face.

Most of all, they want attention. Everyone should see and hear them, and
their long hair, and tattoos.
--
Jim in NC

Jay Masino wrote:

Frank wrote:
I don't get it either. The really ironic part is that most of these guys
are well to do types (that's about the only kind that can afford Harleys
nowadays), hardly "rebels". A friends neighbor is a wealthy business
owner with a Ferrari and a Mercedes SL in his 6 car garage, yet the bike
has straight pipes.

"Rebels" aren't defined by their salaries.

Certainly not. But it is hard to take seriously a guy who's all "corporate"
Monday thru Friday and dons biker's garb on the weekends. "Big hat, no
cattle" I believe is the expression.


The reasoning they use is louder=safer. We all know that car drivers
tend
to ignore motorcyclists. If your bike is loud, it give the drivers
another clue that you might be in their blind spot.

Then we should all take the mufflers off our cars too, after all, I want
to be safer too.....

That's ridiculous. There's a significant difference between car/car
interaction vs motorcycle/car. Motorcycles are regularly ignored by car
drivers. Everyone who's ridden any amount of time has had cars cut in
front of them or change lanes into the motorcycle's path.

I have spent considerable time on a bike. I find I get cut off just as often
in the car as the bike.

It's a bit surprised to learn that anyone really takes the "loud pipes save
lives" thing seriously. It's a joke.

If you actually believe it to be true then you'll have to explain why the
straight pipe crowd is pretty much limited to Harleys. Surely the riders of
other makes would want to be equally "safe".

All my toys (bike, plane, sporty car) are street legal, and that's all I ask
of anyone else. There are noise limits for a reason. If the Harley crowd
want exemptions based on "safety" they should obtain them legally,
hopefully by supplying supporting evidence.

Loud pipes annoy neighbors.

If they're not paying attention then noise isn't going to matter. Around
here anyway there are so many bikes the noise doesn't make them stand
out.

You would think that would be the case, but in practice, every additional
thing you can do to make the cars notice you makes you safer.

How about really bright, flashing lights? Air horns going off every 5
seconds or so? Strobe lights?

--
Frank....H

Hi Martin!

I have been away for a while, just catching up with this late
post...

Nope, as a following post indicates, Rogers is a major ISP
in Canada.

Great service and bilstering fast connections....

And their customers include the usual crop of spamers...

They are trying to close them down, but it's a cat & mouse
game, same as other ISP's

Cheers!

Dave

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:29:20 +0200, Martin Hotze
wrote:

Dave wrote:

Very, very true!

Dave



as we are already off topic ... it seems that you are running your own
newsserver (news.rogers.com?) how about a peering?

see http://service.hotze.com/usenet/peering.htm for details.


#m


The city is ringed with "dark fiber" , so now it is easy...

the costly part is to light the fiber and keep it lit.

#m

Does your cell phone get a digital signal there? I just plug my laptop into
my cellphone/modem and I get pretty good internet speeds through that. Much
less hassle than trying to find a hotspot anywhere.

"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1114609193.690100@sj-nntpcache-3...

On a related note: there was a thread here earlier about wireless access
at Oshkosh. IIRC the sad conclusion was that there was no access very
nearby.

I wonder whether anyone has contacted EAA and requested that they get on
the stick and provide WiFi on the North 40.

Is there any chance EAA would do something like that?

Any idea how to approach EAA or whom to contact about it?

How about some entrepreneur/vendor/display booth setting up an access
point on the grounds, either for a fee or as a public service for the
advertising value?

Dave

John Doe wrote:

Does your cell phone get a digital signal there? I just plug my laptop into
my cellphone/modem and I get pretty good internet speeds through that. Much
less hassle than trying to find a hotspot anywhere.

On a related issue I recently upgraded my phone to a Treo 600. I am a
Verizon customer. This phone is digital only, no analog service. I
flew to the Twin Cities and back in the last week. Eastbound I was at
7500 MSL about half the way and then about 3500 MSL the rest of the way.
Westbound I was at about 1500 AGL all the way to keep my tailwind. I
haven't received my adapter yet for my Cellset so I didn't make any
phone calls. I checked my email about 25 times in each direction. If I
had three or more bars the phone would connect and send or receive
email. If I had two it was hit or miss. Never with one bar. Until I
get my connector for my cellset I will assume a phone call will work the
same as a data call.

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:09:40 GMT, "John Doe" wrote:

Does your cell phone get a digital signal there? I just plug my laptop into
my cellphone/modem and I get pretty good internet speeds through that. Much
less hassle than trying to find a hotspot anywhere.


If you and 100 others are tying to use a hot spot I think the cell
phone would be a better way to go. :-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1114609193.690100@sj-nntpcache-3...

On a related note: there was a thread here earlier about wireless access
at Oshkosh. IIRC the sad conclusion was that there was no access very
nearby.

I wonder whether anyone has contacted EAA and requested that they get on
the stick and provide WiFi on the North 40.

Is there any chance EAA would do something like that?

Any idea how to approach EAA or whom to contact about it?

How about some entrepreneur/vendor/display booth setting up an access
point on the grounds, either for a fee or as a public service for the
advertising value?

Dave

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:04:17 -0600, Newps wrote:



John Doe wrote:

Does your cell phone get a digital signal there? I just plug my laptop into
my cellphone/modem and I get pretty good internet speeds through that. Much
less hassle than trying to find a hotspot anywhere.

On a related issue I recently upgraded my phone to a Treo 600. I am a
Verizon customer. This phone is digital only, no analog service. I
flew to the Twin Cities and back in the last week. Eastbound I was at
7500 MSL about half the way and then about 3500 MSL the rest of the way.
Westbound I was at about 1500 AGL all the way to keep my tailwind. I
haven't received my adapter yet for my Cellset so I didn't make any
phone calls. I checked my email about 25 times in each direction. If I
had three or more bars the phone would connect and send or receive
email. If I had two it was hit or miss. Never with one bar. Until I
get my connector for my cellset I will assume a phone call will work the
same as a data call.

My phone has always worked at Oshkosh any where on the field with a
full scale signal and that goes way back into the early 90's.

OTOH I've had guys wanting to borrow mine because theirs didn't find a
signal.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

My experience (Treo 600 Sprint) has been that SMS messaging and email
work but voice calls rarely work above 2-3K. And that's independent of
the number of bars - 1 or better seems make txt messages work.

I would be interested in hearing about your voice experienc

Newps wrote:


On a related issue I recently upgraded my phone to a Treo 600. I am a
Verizon customer. This phone is digital only, no analog service. I
flew to the Twin Cities and back in the last week. Eastbound I was at
7500 MSL about half the way and then about 3500 MSL the rest of the way.
Westbound I was at about 1500 AGL all the way to keep my tailwind. I
haven't received my adapter yet for my Cellset so I didn't make any
phone calls. I checked my email about 25 times in each direction. If I
had three or more bars the phone would connect and send or receive
email. If I had two it was hit or miss. Never with one bar. Until I
get my connector for my cellset I will assume a phone call will work the
same as a data call.

Maule Driver wrote:

My experience (Treo 600 Sprint) has been that SMS messaging and email
work but voice calls rarely work above 2-3K. And that's independent of
the number of bars - 1 or better seems make txt messages work.

I would be interested in hearing about your voice experienc

When I get the adapter I'll try it out.