Friday, March 18, 2005

I have one thing to say about St. Patrick's Day

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

16 comments:

Caleb said...

St. Paddy's day is my holiday! I'm irish and I get to hang out in pubs,even though I don't really drink. But yes, your post is true.

Brent said...

Chi-Lan I hope you maintained control!!! I haven't been to a large gathering like that in quite a while... but then again, in 42.

When you are young you enjoy parties and crowds (sometimes).

My younger sister lives out that way in San Diego... she was a popular DJ on the radio, and loves all the action... she also lived in New York City and Florida. To her Memphis is boring.

If you want action move to Jakarta... 15 million people.

yam said...

"I see dumb people everywhere...

...and they don't know that they're dumb!"

Brent said...

Good one Yam.. ha ha

Unknown said...

I tend to stay away from large groups of people for exactly that reason.

-xobd

Brent said...

So....um Michael you like Chi-Toes. or is that Cheetos... ha ha

You should name your blog... Techtoes you could have "toes of the tech shows"

lol

Brent said...

Ok lets talk tech instead of Toes... Chi Lan this is for you since you are the tech gal here... I think the only gal here..

Anyway I am looking for wireless access to the net for my Laptop... it is a new powerbook and has 802.11g built in. Talking to the people in the cell stores here is useless because they barely know the product.

My idea would be a cell phone which would offer these features.
1: 3g data rates of 1.5 mbs
2: 802.11 access for making VoIP calls in hotspots
3: 802.11 broadcast ability to wirelessly allow you to surf from your laptop. If you are not in a hotspot.
4: Bluetooth 2 to transmit phonebook info and back itself up to your computer. Also transmitting photos.
5: If the unit was the size of a treo you could allow it to use the new bluetooth GPS antenna for your car.

Let me know.

Caleb said...

Do we have a foot fetish there Michael?

123-I-Love-You said...

It's fun to use the word "underestimate" around stupid people. Often they don't know hat it means.

Brent said...

Actually Thaman.... my laptop has bluetooth and Wi-fi... This would be a phone which you could use if you were not in a HotSpot. It would be a phone with fast graphics and the ability to receive video streams. However it would double as a wireless 802.11 router, allowing you to surf in places without a hotspot.

It would have a megapixl camera and bluetooth to help sync the phonebook and pictures... or better yet it could ftp the pictures to your computer.

Michael I have a good idea a miniature toe-cam for taking spytoe pictures.. Toshiba or ToeShiba could make it and it would be call the "Incogni-toe"

I'm teasing!!!!!!!!

Walt Disney World could have a new attraction.. "Mr Toes Wild Ride"

:P

Brent said...

Ok Trent... actually this is not too much in a cell phone... Sprint already offers high speed internet in a PC Card. My friend can surf anywhere in Memphis at high speed. Japan offers quite a few 3g (Third Generation) phones. Right now you can link those phones to your PC or Mac with a USB adapter. If it where a router you wouldn't need to do that... or even take the phone out of it's holster. Bluetooth is already built into many phones... This would be an expensive phone $500+ but it would be for a business person. I often go to restaurants to do work. I am at a deli with wi-fi right now. I unfortunately need to go places with free wi-fi since I am not going to pay $30 per month for a T-Mobile hotspot card.

Brent said...

blackberry is a small phone/email device for typing short text based emails out...

If I work with a real computer I need the real internet.

Soon Vonage will have phone which sport both Cell and Wi-fi ability so you can use them free in hotspots, thus saving cellular minutes. Also bandwidth is bigger over a broadband connection so you sound better than cell.

3G is popular in Asia where lots of people are on trains for their commute to work, thus being able to have decent internet. It is just now catching on here.

Ok lets talk about Chi's Toes.. ha ha

Brent said...

Thanks Trent...

That is an ultra-light portable. Mine would be a normal cellphone in size but would hook to my existing 15" powerbook using 802.11 acting as a wireless access point. Right now the only way to get on the net with a normal laptop is:

1: Telephone hookup
2: Ethernet Lan
3: 802.11g wireless

The phone would provide broadband speeds using the 3g protocol. They have those phones in major U.S. cities but you have to connect them with a cable to the laptop.

In my idea the phone would act like a Linksys wireless router allowing untethered operation of a normal laptop.

Thanks for your effort.

xéo said...

you think drunk people in large number try beingg in vegas where everybody drunk and you not wearing green

Mike "Mooch" said...

What is it about shamrocks, leprechauns and green beer that transforms people into drunken hate-mongering parade goers?

Maybe folks would be happier if there was ACTUALLY a pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow.
Friggin' lousy, lying leprechauns. Always with the "Follow the rainbow to me pot o' gold!" or "This way to me pot o' gold!". Little rat bastards.

I need me a green beer......

Mike "Mooch" said...

Padded room I got.

Padded underpants...now THERE'S the challenge.