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On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:08:26 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > The Mi-Fi is self powered, so the laptop's power requirements are |
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> > exactly the same as when using any other wifi connection. |
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> but more than when just using 3G with you're wifi off I bet... Not that |
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> I know how much power my wireless card uses. |
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The difference is minimal, either way. Cellular devices vary their power |
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requirements depending on signal strength, so it drains more in poor |
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signal areas. I know the Nokia N900 battery lasts longer when using wifi |
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than with 3G. |
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> > It also has the |
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> > advantage that you can connect more than one computer through it. |
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> and the disadvantage that it's open to hackers... don't get me wrong - I |
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> looked at the mifi and it looks pretty cool ("about the size of eight |
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> stacked credit cards") I'm just saying... |
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Yes, but no more than any other access point using WPA. Less so really |
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because the range is much shorter that a normal AP. |
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> > You can send dbus messages from the command line you just need to know |
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> > what to send to put Evolution offline. Not using Evolution, I |
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> > wouldn't know, but you may not need dbus. At least with Claws, I can |
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> > just run "claws-mail --offline" to put the running instance in |
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> > offline mode. |
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> unfortunately "evolution --offline" opens a new instance of evolution |
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> and puts _that_ in offline mode... |
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:( |
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> Time to look at the source. |
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Or file a feature request. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Don't judge a book by its movie. |
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