[Rhodes22-list] Another Computer Question

[Slim]

> Forgetabout it, 
> MJM 

Now THAT'S the answer I'm looking for!  I love this man!

Slim


> 
> --- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sheeeesh!  Now I'm all confused.  What does a
>> firewall block that I might
>> not want it to?
>> 
>> Sorry so dumb,
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 9/12/05 2:02 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> My neighbor has a Mac.  The firewalls sometimes
>> block out things people
>>> want to come in, so they take them down.
>>> 
>>> Bill Effros
>>> 
>>> Slim wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Bill,
>>>> 
>>>> I take it that your neighbor does not have a
>> firewall.  I think all the
>>>> newish Macs come with firewalls if I'm not
>> mistaken.
>>>> 
>>>> Slim
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/12/05 12:19 PM, "Bill Effros"
>> <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>> Slim,
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can use any open hot spot.  Some you have to
>> pay for, others you
>>>>> don't.  Your computer will tell you when you've
>> got one.  There are
>>>>> little hand held detectors that also work.  My
>> wife has discovered she
>>>>> gets a better signal from our neighbor's wifi
>> than she gets from ours,
>>>>> and frequently she goes out over their system.
>> They don't know.  I have
>>>>> the ability to screw around with their computer,
>> should I ever choose to
>>>>> do so--this is one of the dangers of WiFi.  You
>> must protect your own
>>>>> system.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Next new word:  "Firewall" -- Definition to come
>> from others.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>> 
>>>>> Slim wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>    
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks to all for your help.  For WiFi, I take
>> it I need to be in a "hot
>>>>>> spot" like a Starbucks or something.  Do they
>> (Starbucks) charge for that?
>>>>>> Are most airports and hotels (including Canada)
>> in hot spots?  How about my
>>>>>> home in Minneapolis?  How does one go about
>> finding these hot spots?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Slim
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 9/11/05 12:41 PM, "Jim Bunnell"
>> <jbunnell at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>      
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Slim
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> No one has asked your travel plans. If you
>> stay mainly in the States
>>>>>>> at motels and hotels, I think you'll find
>> broadband internet access
>>>>>>> common, and more often than not, wireless. It
>> doesn't matter at all
>>>>>>> if you are Apple or Windows; wireless
>> standards are the same for
>>>>>>> both. I travel with a Powerbook, and normally
>> I just open it and it
>>>>>>> asks if I want to connect to the hotel
>> network. If it is wired, then
>>>>>>> it is more work, I have to plug in the
>> ethernet wire first. :) I
>>>>>>> would stay with the platform you are familiar
>> with - and besides, it
>>>>>>> seems that most of the "Windows first"
>> programs I hear about are
>>>>>>> viruses or other malware.
>>>>>>> On Sep 10, 2005, at 9:52 PM, Slim wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>        
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I have a question too.  (Slim raising his
>> hand.)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I expect to be traveling more in the near
>> future and I figger I
>>>>>>>> oughtta get
>>>>>>>> me one of them there whachacall laptops.
>> First of all, I'm
>>>>>>>> strictly a Mac
>>>>>>>> guy.  But I don't know anything about Wi Fi
>> or whatever it's
>>>>>>>> called.  Or Air
>>>>>>>> Port.  Or is it easier to just plug in
>> somewhere.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Can somebody explain this to me using small
>> words?  What are my
>>>>>>>> options/limitations, costs, etc.?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Slim
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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