So like, internet cafes.

[cosmicpanda]

This one does $1 an hour. That's pretty good.

[Alaksuleiel]

that's what, 50 cents Australian?

[Barmacral]

77 cents actually, and 72 cents Canadian, and 69 cents american.

[Alaksuleiel]

that's pretty cheap!

[LilyElizabeth]

Personally, I think I'd use the free wifi at McDonald's if I was needing that.

 

[cosmicpanda]

Heh, I don't think maccas does wifi but Starbucks does. Unfortunately then I'd need to purchase a drink from them which adds up to being more than $1 NZD, and they'd probably kick me out after half an hour.  :-\

[Alaksuleiel]

Pandy check this out: http://www.wififreespot.com/aus.html

scroll down for the NZ spots :D

[cosmicpanda]

ooh, I should go to Nuie

[Ashaman DeRouge]

If you go to starbucks you can get me some of those little iced espresso cans they do. I got addicted to them in Vegas.

[Alaksuleiel]

I'm addicted to V, bottles only though. It's a pricey habit.

[Krakalakachkn]

69 american.

 

That's what she said

[Haxorsist]

Nice one!

[mmeeshal]

So is your FACE!

 

No?  Wait, what?

 

Did someone say something?

 

>.>

 

Our library has free wi-fi, it's really nice, so as long as you have your own computer you can stay there as long as you want (until it closes).

 

Though I bought a wireless router so I don't even have to worry about it anymore.

[Ashaman DeRouge]

It always amazes me that information is streaming into my computer through the air, from a box upstairs at a ridiculously fast rate.

 

If you think about it, that's pretty damn cool.

[Krakalakachkn]

are you kidding?  I still can't get over hard drives or cds or memory boards. I mean, how do they get programming information onto a plastic disc!?  I don't understand!!!

[ed2funy]

*smothers Krak*

 

Shhh...it's best not to know.

Call the tech guys if you need help.

 

*thinks about Azrael's Tech Saga*

[Guest BaLefireP]

are you kidding?  I still can't get over hard drives or cds or memory boards. I mean, how do they get programming information onto a plastic disc!?  I don't understand!!!

 

::) ::)

From How CDs Work, you learn that a normal CD uses microscopic bumps to store data. The surface of the CD is a mirror, and the bumps disrupt the mirror's perfect surface. The laser that reads the CD can detect the difference between a perfect mirror and an imperfection caused by a bump because of the difference in reflectivity. By interpreting "perfect mirror" as a "1," and "bump" as a "0," it is easy to store digital information on a CD. The bumps on a CD are molded into the plastic when it is manufactured, so they are permanent.

 

To create a writeable CD (CD-R), you need to modify the surface of a CD so you can burn data onto it, turning it into a CD-R. There are no bumps on a CD-R. A clear dye layer covers the CD's mirror. A write laser heats up the dye layer enough to make it opaque. The read laser in a CD player senses the difference between clear dye and opaque dye the same way it senses bumps -- it picks up on the difference in reflectivity.

 

To create a rewriteable CD (CD-RW), you need a dye layer that can be changed back and forth between opaque and transparent. This page discusses the special material that CD-RW's use. The material has the property that it can change its transparency depending on temperature. Heated to one temperature, the material cools to a transparent state; heated to another temperature, it cools to a cloudy state. By changing the power (and therefore the temperature) of the writing laser, the data on the CD can be changed, or "rewritten."

 

A CD-R can be read by just about any CD player. CD-RW discs are not so versatile -- lots of older CD players cannot read them.

[aemonkristen]

My first pc was a commador 64. Anybody out there remember that one? I played Wizard of Wor for hours on end.

[Alaksuleiel]

our school had microbees, i learnt how to type and play frogger on those.