Saturday, June 23, 2007

you know you are in 2007 when...

i came across this bitter truth in one of the websites about how much we are controlled by technologies and how funny our lives have been in this digital era...



the story goes on this this...i ve also given the link to the origila post on thoughtmechanics.com

you know you are in 2007 when..



1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2. You haven’t played Solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t#9 on this list


AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

YOU REALLY KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 WHEN …
1. you try to change the TV channel using your cell phone keypad;

2. you feel your belt or purse vibrate even when someone else’s phone is ringing;

3. you trust your car GPS route finder more than what you can see through the windscreen;

4. you choose your friends according to the size of their MP3 music collection, and of course whether they are prepared to share them with you;

5. you try to warm up your take-out meal in your hotel room’s electronic safe;

6. you wish you could put your mother in law in hibernate mode, or yourself in log-off mode;

7. you try and press ‘page down’ when turning the page of the novel you are reading, and are surprised when it does not work;

8. with hundreds of zooty ring tones available, everyone selects the antique one;

9. your laptop picks up twenty wi-fi networks in an airport but none of them is free;

10. you have three mice on your desk and are not sure which machine they link to;

11. you spend more time obeying what your computer and emails tell you to do, than listening to what your manager tells you to do;

12. when there is a power outage there is no option but to go home, and even the home experience is limited;

13. you are really really sick and tired of messages ending my telling you to pass them on to your friends, but you obey anyway…

PS: Enjoy! But pls do consider that our lives dont be as miserable as it is projected....Use your HEAD!

Thursday, June 14, 2007

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Wireless Mesh Networks

If you wonder about technology as a boon or a bane, then you must not forget to take configuring the same into account. Well it takes a a helluva lot of a time to get something up and running. and dont even talk about wifi products, which for advanced installations need site planning channel management and stuff like that...



So where does this leaves us. How do i manage my community network...how do i extend the range of it. how do i get good throughput at all places.. how do i do this ...how do i do that...



the answer is simple...wireless mesh networks...just buy a few of these mesh access points..put them up strategically and connect one of them to the backbone internet.power them up and do very basic config...and lo! you have your entire neighbourhood unwired...



Mesh network is based on the 802.11s standard. its still evolving..the primary motivation is to have a self-configuring , self-healing network that takes care of itself. The addition of new mesh poinys is effortless..just plug them up and they also become a part of the network and extend the range..if one mesh point is down ( for power failure or something) the others intelligently learn about that and they reconfigure the network effectively...



over all its fantastic...i will describe some products later (insha allah)...watch out..





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