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From: "Carl Gehr" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:53:58 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Terminology

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:47:44 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>
>Yes the T60 and T61 both have this switch - stupid idea in my opinion.

Quite the contrary...

1)  When I boot my system on an airplane:
    a)  Saves the battery because the radio is off.
    b)  Unlikely to create havoc with the airplane systems.

2)  If I'm just sitting in a pubic place [airport, restaurant
    that does not have a hotspot,...] but have no need for a
    WiFi connection, it protects my system from any possibility
    of snooping.  [Certainly more of an issue for Windoze users
    that OS/2 users, but of course, that's the system that came
    on the T60.]

While I understand potential issues if the switch is accidently off, I
personally like having the switch.  [BTW, I was burned in the very
early days of my T60s, over a year ago.  OTOH, it turned out that the
switch was not the problem, GenMac was still not properly supporting
the NICs.]  Just like it is too easy to get used to the automatic
switch for the headlights on my car when a parking lot attendant does
not understand and turns the lights off, I end up driving down the
street in pure darkness.  I've now learned to check the switch on the
car and on the T60.

To each his own, I guess... :-)

Happy New Year to all!

Carl


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