Primitive future - part 2
One of my colleagues, has this book, The XP Files: Windows’ Hidden Tools for Secure Sharing, Communication, and Collaboration. I had 5 minutes to waste, so I took a look. The title is not the most inspired, since talking about NetMeeting has nothing to do with the new tools in Windows XP, but more likely involves bragging around about its missing shortcut. But anyway, writing about NetMeeting brings the underlining of its unique capabilities and observing that Internet Connection Sharing doesn’t work on one-way satellite connections is the starting point for an interesting discussion about the internet connections available in USA (e.g., I had no idea that there are contractual clauses between satellite connected users and ISP’s that asks you to not use your full bandwidth).
A funny outdated detail made me smile: Europeans are using some different kind of ISDN "in the hope of getting the euro to catch up with the dollar in value". Oh, gone are the days when Internet Explorer 5 was the standard… Our savings are in $ and each morning I wake up a few $ poorer.