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On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 09:15 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:51:18 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > > True, it's been on todo for a while. It's no longer an issue for me |
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> > > now as I use a Mi-Fi 3G modem, which connects to the computer via WiFi |
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> > > instead of having a dongle sticking out the side waiting to be knocked |
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> > > off. |
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> > And how do you power it on the road? Much more hungry to have 2x |
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> > wifi going than one usb 3G modem (imho) |
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> The Mi-Fi is self powered, so the laptop's power requirements are exactly |
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> 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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> 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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> 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 just |
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> run "claws-mail --offline" to put the running instance in 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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Time to look at the source. |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. |
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