Mcdonalds now has Wifi

[Mick]

they dont mix with keyboards as well
i once went to sort staggeringmans pc out in the stag and the amout of curry in his keyboard a lot of the keys where stuck with the stuff

[onlyme]

Theres a big wireless initiative going on at the moment with the government and Bt (i believe) bringing in wireless cities and then broadening further.

[WillowTheWhisp]

A friend of mine used to eat Chinese pork ribs when she was on her PC. The keys were stuck with what she referred to as "porky rib juice". She use to periodically WASH it!

[entwisi]

plus companies like The cloud

Wifimax is a initiative to get broadband out there without needing cables. People like 3 are doing well in this space in fact for £10 a month you can have broadband from them via a usb dongle. Once their network is HSPDA enabled across teh counrty the need for a physical line will have gone.

[entwisi]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

A friend of mine used to eat Chinese pork ribs when she was on her PC. The keys were stuck with what she referred to as "porky rib juice". She use to periodically WASH it!

Best way to clean a keyboard (not laptop or powereed wireless ones please! ) is to chuck it in the shower. dry it slowly in an airing cupboard befor plugging it back in and it will be fine

[WillowTheWhisp]

She used to dunk hers in a washing up bowl and then dry it in the airing cupboard.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by entwisi

plus companies like The cloud

I think MacDonalds are using The Cloud

[Lilly]

I wouldn't feel comfortable getting my laptop out in Accy McDonalds. I'd be too scared that someone would run off with it.

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Best way to clean a keyboard (not laptop or powereed wireless ones please! ) is to chuck it in the shower. dry it slowly in an airing cupboard befor plugging it back in and it will be fine

i would never of dream`t of that.......the ones at work will need a good dunking then.

[blazey]

I eat allsorts at mine with having to do most of my studying on the laptop. The keyboard has a few crumbs down it, but its the screen that gets really filthy. I've had it a year and I've typed so much on it that the surface of the keys is wearing off and they're looking like normal 'untextured' plastic. Funnily enough the actual letters aren't wearing off.

I forgot about PSP's, though I thought phones mainly used GPS rather than wifi.

[andrewb]

Originally Posted by blazey

I went through the drive-thru the other day and say that mcdonalds now has wifi. Can you imagine pulling out your laptop in mcdonalds? You wouldn't get one foot out the door without being mugged!

Doubt anyone will risk it to be honest, but what are your views on it.

I use the wifi in mcdonalds on my iphone whenever I'm in or around. Infact I used it tonight whilst going through the drive through

[blazey]

Originally Posted by Cyfr

I use the wifi in mcdonalds on my iphone whenever I'm in or around. Infact I used it tonight whilst going through the drive through

I'm guessing its not a secure network then?

[andrewb]

Originally Posted by blazey

I'm guessing its not a secure network then?

What do you mean by that? Its free wifi so no its not got WEP encryption or anything. The login page appears when you try and access a webpage while connected to the wireless network and all you have to do is put your information into it. Which is just name+email+postcode (all of which you can just put false ones for if you don't wish to hand them over).

[entwisi]

Originally Posted by blazey

I forgot about PSP's, though I thought phones mainly used GPS rather than wifi.

Phones can have GPS (which is global positioning system) e.g. N95 , you might be thinking of GPRS which is data transfer which is a bit slower than 3G.


The N80 was the first mobile with wifi which is why I got it. I use it all the time.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by blazey

I'm guessing its not a secure network then?

What would be the point of that?