FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster

[Gregory Nowak]

Yeah, but you'd need to line up the ports, so there goes the idea of having the notebook under the seat.
Greg


On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 11:40:05AM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote:
> They would likely not see a thing but your notebook in it's carrying case
> and your braille page which they don't need to know about what comprises its
> connectivity methodology.
> 
> For me, the  infrared is already built-into my notebook and that is not
> obvious to the human eye.  Same could exist inside of the braille display.
> 
> 
> Amanda Lee
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:46 AM
> Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a
> page from Napster
> 
> 
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Amanda Lee wrote:
> 
> > Not entirely true as if it is infrared it would probably be acceptible.
> But
> > couldn't use any wireless technology operating on either the 900MHZ or
> > 2.4Ghz bands.
> 
> Perhaps, but can you imagine trying to explain to the attendants that it
> doesn't run on those frequencies?  I mean, like they'll believe you,
> hahaha.  In fact, if you're really lucky, a fellow passenger might even
> think it were a controller for a bomb or something. *smile*
> 
> Cheers.
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