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In my apartment building we all share one wireless internet connection. Does this count as a LAN or a PAN?
I would have just jumped on LAN before this video, but now I’m thinking it might be a PAN since I don’t share any of my files with them—and I’m not sure that if I wanted to I could. It’s the same sort of thing at McDonald’s or Starbucks I guess—you’re all sharing the internet connection, but can you be said to be on a LAN?
Wikipedia: Networks
What advantages and disadvantages does a university the size of Pitt see in LAN
WAN? Are the considerations different for universities the size of say CalU (California University of Pennsylvania) or IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) than for Pitt?
Wikipedia: LANs
I can’t believe the first LAN was set up in 1974! Do you think Harvard and Yale were very angry indeed that Cambridge did it first? I shouldn’t be surprised if Oxford is still ticked off—can you imagine not being able to invite them over for tea and crumpets (a most scrumptious delight)
for decades over this business?
“Netware dominated[8] the personal computer LAN business from early after its introduction in 1983 until the mid 1990s when Microsoft introduced Windows NT Advanced Server and Windows for Workgroups.” Wait—what’s netware? What’s it got to do with LANs? Confused=me.
RFIDs
Is it just me, or is anybody else reminded of those chips they implant in dogs to identify them if they run away when the author describes the radio frequency, electromagnetic field, having so much information, and not having to be seen to be read of RFIDs?
I really like the author’s points that RFIDs are multitasking (doing both security and circulation) and money-saving in comparison to their use by the retail sector.
In my apartment building we all share one wireless internet connection. Does this count as a LAN or a PAN?
I would have just jumped on LAN before this video, but now I’m thinking it might be a PAN since I don’t share any of my files with them—and I’m not sure that if I wanted to I could. It’s the same sort of thing at McDonald’s or Starbucks I guess—you’re all sharing the internet connection, but can you be said to be on a LAN?Wikipedia: Networks
What advantages and disadvantages does a university the size of Pitt see in LAN
WAN? Are the considerations different for universities the size of say CalU (California University of Pennsylvania) or IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) than for Pitt?Wikipedia: LANs
I can’t believe the first LAN was set up in 1974! Do you think Harvard and Yale were very angry indeed that Cambridge did it first? I shouldn’t be surprised if Oxford is still ticked off—can you imagine not being able to invite them over for tea and crumpets (a most scrumptious delight)
for decades over this business?“Netware dominated[8] the personal computer LAN business from early after its introduction in 1983 until the mid 1990s when Microsoft introduced Windows NT Advanced Server and Windows for Workgroups.” Wait—what’s netware? What’s it got to do with LANs? Confused=me.
RFIDs
Is it just me, or is anybody else reminded of those chips they implant in dogs to identify them if they run away when the author describes the radio frequency, electromagnetic field, having so much information, and not having to be seen to be read of RFIDs?
I really like the author’s points that RFIDs are multitasking (doing both security and circulation) and money-saving in comparison to their use by the retail sector.
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I think those chips they put in dogs could be RFIDs. I know as I was reading it I was thinking of all the places I had used one and not even known, such as the ezpass on the highway, my key that buzzed me into my old job, those new credit cards where you just wave it over the machine. Those all must be RFIDs. I never even knew I was using them.
Similar thoughts came to my mind when I was reading about the RFID, and the microchips they put in pets. And I must say, that your blog was very entertaining to read with all of the cleverly chosen images!
Thanks Lauren, in the words of the eternal Cyndi Lauper: girls just wanna have fun. :) (relive the magic here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwFeQpy_Us])
I also was astounded to see that LAN's were established before I was born. I had no idea that there were interconnections prior to the Internet being established. On a side note, I am especially happy to see they explained that Internet is to begin with a capital "I" because it is a proper noun! Now I have proof to show my kids.
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