Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:37:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: "Henry F. Marquardt" <hank@yerpso.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Jason Kasper <j_dot_kasper@www.usa.net> Subject: RE: Irda support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008031636240.33747-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <NCBBKPEFMKOJPIMNAGPAAEKKEJAA.hank@yerpso.net>
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Henry F. Marquardt wrote: >I agree, this is a 'lost' technology, a solution in search of a problem. >Even the palm crowd doesn't use it much that I've seen - I remember some of >the early marketing hype there with people swapping IR business cards - I >don't think I've ever seen anyone do that and I don't think I could figure >out how in any reasonable amount of time with mine - it'd be quicker to >scribble on a napkin. The only cool use I've seen for it yet is the ability to control a furby with your palmtop. It's really quite amusing to send someone into a room with a furby they don't know you're controlling. I wouldn't mind the ability to do this from my FreeBSD laptop. I can't find any serious use for IrDA though. Brandon D. Valentine -- bandix at looksharp.net | bandix at structbio.vanderbilt.edu "Truth suffers from too much analysis." -- Ancient Fremen Saying To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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