> Yep....Letting the mainframe do all the heavy lifting is an old idea, much
> as I'd like to take credit for it...(c;]

****.. my old IPAQ doesn't have Bluetooth.

However I did try the same thing using a laptop (connected to my 3G phone)
and it worked fine. Setup a free account at dyndns.org and within 30 minutes
I was in.

Many thanks because I have been mulling this over for days.

Cheers

Phil

> Yep....Letting the mainframe do all the heavy lifting is an old idea, much
> as I'd like to take credit for it...(c;]

****.. my old IPAQ doesn't have Bluetooth.

However I did try the same thing using a laptop (connected to my 3G phone)
and it worked fine. Setup a free account at dyndns.org and within 30 minutes
I was in.

Many thanks because I have been mulling this over for days.

Cheers

Phil

"Phil Latio" <phil.latio@f-in-stupid.co.uk> wrote in
news:zlhyl.231847$RD2.31778@fe08.news.easynews.com :

>> Yep....Letting the mainframe do all the heavy lifting is an old idea,
>> much as I'd like to take credit for it...(c;]
>
> ****.. my old IPAQ doesn't have Bluetooth.
>
> However I did try the same thing using a laptop (connected to my 3G
> phone) and it worked fine. Setup a free account at dyndns.org and
> within 30 minutes I was in.
>
> Many thanks because I have been mulling this over for days.
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil
>
>
>

I don't waste my mobile resources doing things in duplicate with my
mainframes. For instance, there is no reason to "sync" email, calendars,
todo lists, etc., on the mobile device when you can simply access the ONE
source for these resources over remote desktop. rdesktop or remote desktop
to my new netbook require none of the tablet or netbook resources, except
during access. It just makes more sense.

If Apple had any brains, iPhones would simply be an extension of the Mac on
your desk or the Macbook in your car....letting them do all the heavy
lifting iPhone is incapable of doing. It just makes better
sense.....unless, of course, you're more interested in SELLING some
nonsense to the iPhone it doesn't need.

Data service is plenty fast for all but video rendering via these desktop
services. For that, we now have vast space left on the mobile devices....

"Phil Latio" <phil.latio@f-in-stupid.co.uk> wrote in
news:zlhyl.231847$RD2.31778@fe08.news.easynews.com :

>> Yep....Letting the mainframe do all the heavy lifting is an old idea,
>> much as I'd like to take credit for it...(c;]
>
> ****.. my old IPAQ doesn't have Bluetooth.
>
> However I did try the same thing using a laptop (connected to my 3G
> phone) and it worked fine. Setup a free account at dyndns.org and
> within 30 minutes I was in.
>
> Many thanks because I have been mulling this over for days.
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil
>
>
>

I don't waste my mobile resources doing things in duplicate with my
mainframes. For instance, there is no reason to "sync" email, calendars,
todo lists, etc., on the mobile device when you can simply access the ONE
source for these resources over remote desktop. rdesktop or remote desktop
to my new netbook require none of the tablet or netbook resources, except
during access. It just makes more sense.

If Apple had any brains, iPhones would simply be an extension of the Mac on
your desk or the Macbook in your car....letting them do all the heavy
lifting iPhone is incapable of doing. It just makes better
sense.....unless, of course, you're more interested in SELLING some
nonsense to the iPhone it doesn't need.

Data service is plenty fast for all but video rendering via these desktop
services. For that, we now have vast space left on the mobile devices....

Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>For instance, there is no reason to "sync" email, calendars,
>todo lists, etc., on the mobile device when you can simply access the ONE
>source for these resources over remote desktop.

One reason to sync important information is in case you are in an area
with no cloud and your mobile device can't call home... (Might be
especially embarrassing in a well shielded customer's office.)

Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>For instance, there is no reason to "sync" email, calendars,
>todo lists, etc., on the mobile device when you can simply access the ONE
>source for these resources over remote desktop.

One reason to sync important information is in case you are in an area
with no cloud and your mobile device can't call home... (Might be
especially embarrassing in a well shielded customer's office.)

In news:Xns9BD8D8CA9E667noonehomecom@74.209.131.13,
Larry typed on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:18:39 +0000:
> Yep....Letting the mainframe do all the heavy lifting is an old idea,
> much as I'd like to take credit for it...(c;]

I used to do things this way too Larry. That is until the newness wore
out. Then it was pain to always have another computer running when all I
really need is just one. Besides remote desktops are slow to update.
Makes me feel like I am using a Timex Sinclair from the early 1980's.

Nowadays I just keep things I need on 16GB SD cards. Grab one and a
netbook and I am good to go. Heck I don't even use desktops anymore. As
I rather use one of my netbooks anyway.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

In news:Xns9BD8D8CA9E667noonehomecom@74.209.131.13,
Larry typed on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:18:39 +0000:
> Yep....Letting the mainframe do all the heavy lifting is an old idea,
> much as I'd like to take credit for it...(c;]

I used to do things this way too Larry. That is until the newness wore
out. Then it was pain to always have another computer running when all I
really need is just one. Besides remote desktops are slow to update.
Makes me feel like I am using a Timex Sinclair from the early 1980's.

Nowadays I just keep things I need on 16GB SD cards. Grab one and a
netbook and I am good to go. Heck I don't even use desktops anymore. As
I rather use one of my netbooks anyway.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:

>Nowadays I just keep things I need on 16GB SD cards. Grab one and a
>netbook and I am good to go.

Netbooks are just too big and bulky. I prefer my Palm TX, it fits in
my pocket better... ;)

(Lotsa free hotspots here in the big city so no fee surfing, email,
ect.)

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:

>Nowadays I just keep things I need on 16GB SD cards. Grab one and a
>netbook and I am good to go.

Netbooks are just too big and bulky. I prefer my Palm TX, it fits in
my pocket better... ;)

(Lotsa free hotspots here in the big city so no fee surfing, email,
ect.)

Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>AJL <1@fakeaddress.com> wrote in news:orups49h5chucd7i550u9keoaev4ojo1e1@
>4ax.com:
>
>> While I can't even write a sentence on one, just watch the kids these
>> days. They can text books of information in seconds (slight
>> exaggeration but not much...) while not even looking at the keyboard
>> (or screen). Their thumbs are a blur...
>>
>>
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQaXjqfAgkQ
>
>Those two kids text messaging are supposed to be the fastest from some kind
>of organization or other...

The video didn't say where the texter kids came from and I doubt they
are the fastest. I'll bet my grandkids could beat them easily... ;)
But that wasn't the point. You said: "They're [phone keyboards]
useless if any kind if "input" from you over a sentence long...". And
I think the video even shows that phone keyboards are far from
useless.

The ham sending the code in the video was only going about 25 WPM.
Had they gotten a real CW op for the demonstration, they could have
really embarrassed the texter.

>73 DE W4CSC

BTW for those who want to see how Larry looks just plug his ham call
w4csc into the search box at the ham site www.qrz.com to see his
photo. Then plug his address given on qrz.com into the search box of
Google Maps and pick the Street View to see photos of where he lives.
Interesting Larry, not at all how I pictured you or your QTH. But then
it usually never is, is it... ;)

Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>AJL <1@fakeaddress.com> wrote in news:orups49h5chucd7i550u9keoaev4ojo1e1@
>4ax.com:
>
>> While I can't even write a sentence on one, just watch the kids these
>> days. They can text books of information in seconds (slight
>> exaggeration but not much...) while not even looking at the keyboard
>> (or screen). Their thumbs are a blur...
>>
>>
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQaXjqfAgkQ
>
>Those two kids text messaging are supposed to be the fastest from some kind
>of organization or other...

The video didn't say where the texter kids came from and I doubt they
are the fastest. I'll bet my grandkids could beat them easily... ;)
But that wasn't the point. You said: "They're [phone keyboards]
useless if any kind if "input" from you over a sentence long...". And
I think the video even shows that phone keyboards are far from
useless.

The ham sending the code in the video was only going about 25 WPM.
Had they gotten a real CW op for the demonstration, they could have
really embarrassed the texter.

>73 DE W4CSC

BTW for those who want to see how Larry looks just plug his ham call
w4csc into the search box at the ham site www.qrz.com to see his
photo. Then plug his address given on qrz.com into the search box of
Google Maps and pick the Street View to see photos of where he lives.
Interesting Larry, not at all how I pictured you or your QTH. But then
it usually never is, is it... ;)

AJL <1@fakeaddress.com> wrote in news:jriqs4d7fu5mn68npg4us3j2j4afrtiu1u@
4ax.com:

> BTW for those who want to see how Larry looks just plug his ham call
> w4csc into the search box at the ham site www.qrz.com to see his
> photo. Then plug his address given on qrz.com into the search box of
> Google Maps and pick the Street View to see photos of where he lives.
> Interesting Larry, not at all how I pictured you or your QTH. But then
> it usually never is, is it... ;)
>
>

The insulator in my hand exploded over my head. It was feeding 70KW of HF
power through the deck of an old Canadian fishing trawler to a T antenna
above decks. Unfortunately, it was only rated for 310KV and NOT in a salt
air environment in the bilge of a small ship. The boat belonged to a crazy
cultist Rev RG Stair, Overcomer Ministries of Canadys, SC. Rev Stair likes
young girls on his ranch, according to the local Sheriff and doesn't like
to tell the local coroner when one of his flock dies mysteriously.

The boat was supposed to be anchored in international waters off Belize to
broadcast his brand of Christianity on shortwave...without paying normal
stations for it. It wasn't going to work even before the FCC confiscated
everything. The heavy RF current going into the seawater was EATING the
steel hull and they couldn't stop it!

Just before it exploded, all of us in the fish hold glowed a really pretty
blue and tingled all over from the RF exposure. Think about that next time
some bureaucrat tells you how dangerous your .3 watt sellphone is to your
health....(c;]

As is self evident by my picture, high RF power just makes you ugly....

AJL <1@fakeaddress.com> wrote in news:jriqs4d7fu5mn68npg4us3j2j4afrtiu1u@
4ax.com:

> BTW for those who want to see how Larry looks just plug his ham call
> w4csc into the search box at the ham site www.qrz.com to see his
> photo. Then plug his address given on qrz.com into the search box of
> Google Maps and pick the Street View to see photos of where he lives.
> Interesting Larry, not at all how I pictured you or your QTH. But then
> it usually never is, is it... ;)
>
>

The insulator in my hand exploded over my head. It was feeding 70KW of HF
power through the deck of an old Canadian fishing trawler to a T antenna
above decks. Unfortunately, it was only rated for 310KV and NOT in a salt
air environment in the bilge of a small ship. The boat belonged to a crazy
cultist Rev RG Stair, Overcomer Ministries of Canadys, SC. Rev Stair likes
young girls on his ranch, according to the local Sheriff and doesn't like
to tell the local coroner when one of his flock dies mysteriously.

The boat was supposed to be anchored in international waters off Belize to
broadcast his brand of Christianity on shortwave...without paying normal
stations for it. It wasn't going to work even before the FCC confiscated
everything. The heavy RF current going into the seawater was EATING the
steel hull and they couldn't stop it!

Just before it exploded, all of us in the fish hold glowed a really pretty
blue and tingled all over from the RF exposure. Think about that next time
some bureaucrat tells you how dangerous your .3 watt sellphone is to your
health....(c;]

As is self evident by my picture, high RF power just makes you ugly....

In news:jriqs4d7fu5mn68npg4us3j2j4afrtiu1u@4ax.com,
AJL typed on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:34:23 -0700:
> Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
>
>> AJL <1@fakeaddress.com> wrote in
>> news:orups49h5chucd7i550u9keoaev4ojo1e1@ 4ax.com:
>>
>>> While I can't even write a sentence on one, just watch the kids
>>> these days. They can text books of information in seconds (slight
>>> exaggeration but not much...) while not even looking at the keyboard
>>> (or screen). Their thumbs are a blur...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQaXjqfAgkQ
>>
>> Those two kids text messaging are supposed to be the fastest from
>> some kind of organization or other...
>
> The video didn't say where the texter kids came from and I doubt they
> are the fastest. I'll bet my grandkids could beat them easily... ;)
> But that wasn't the point. You said: "They're [phone keyboards]
> useless if any kind if "input" from you over a sentence long...". And
> I think the video even shows that phone keyboards are far from
> useless.
>
> The ham sending the code in the video was only going about 25 WPM.
> Had they gotten a real CW op for the demonstration, they could have
> really embarrassed the texter.

Well the fastest SMS that I can find was 32.5 WPM. Which is supposed to
be the Guinness World Record. And those who does morse code can do this
and faster. So I don't know? The guy or kid on the street probably can't
even do morse code, and most people I don't think could do 10 WPM with
SMS. I know I can't.

> BTW for those who want to see...

I don't believe there is any reason to get personal, do you? Btw, I have
a lot of respect for both of you btw. <grin>

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2