Re: NM tidbits

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Antony J Mee wrote:

> I also find it difficult to make a strong argument for the wireless only 
> enable.
> I imagine it should be possible to independently disable all interfaces
> (future additions too), eg. auto-dialed PPP/GPRS connections or some such
> ie. it may need working into a more general framework at a later date, but
> please at least keep it for now!
>
> Let's see if I can dream up some use cases as support. Dan's gonna love 
> these. Perhaps:
> [...]
> And one for the road (wait for it Dan... wait for it):
>  4) I am somekind of  long-haired, peace-loving, tree-hugging laptop user 
> (yet somehow don't have
>      a Mac) and would like to use a wired connection but do not wish to add 
> to the electromagnetic
>      radiation that bounces round the room playing with my electrons and 
> those of nearby friends,
>      colleagues, trees and indeed everything (except dark matter?)!

4a) I'm on battery and I have a wired connection available.  In the 
interest of conserving every bit of battery power, I turn my screen 
brightness way down, park my hard drive, and turn off my wireless 
transmitter.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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