[174487] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Book / Literature Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith Medcalf)
Wed Sep 17 00:25:17 2014
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:07:27 -0600
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From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf@dessus.com>
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Tuesday, 16 September, 2014, 19:28, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> =
said:
>On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net> wrote:
>> I think of this "paperless" idiocy every time I write "20 reams of
>>rinter paper" on the grocery list.
>While it should be mandatory that things like operational
>plans/procedures and contact lists should be printed out Just In Case,
>the ability to have a near-infinite number of books and other references
>in my mobile phone, which has a 9,000mAh battery which doesn't need to be
>charged more than once every 3 or 4 days (as well as a spare battery of
>the same capacity), makes it a lot easier to a) have ready access to
>reference materials I know in advance I need and b) quickly locate and
>download any additional references I may need, but hadn't anticipated
>needing ahead of time.
>
>This capability has been of great utility on several occasions involving
>significant sturm und drang.
I bought super extended batteries for my Galaxy III and its great -- lasts =
about 84 hours with all functions turned on. Most phones these days, howev=
er, ship with teeny weenie batteries that can barely keep the device workin=
g for a few hours at a time, let alone be actually useful for anything (unl=
ess you carry four or five fully charges spares with you at all times). Th=
e manufacturer provided battery would last about 6 hours with all functions=
turned on, provided you never used the phone or turned on the display. So=
me manufacturers even specialize in manufacturing non-serviceable devices i=
n which you cannot put a real battery if you wanted.
Now if only there was a way to get them to not use that bloody awful super-=
glare glass (or get it replaced with a matte non-glare glass) so that you d=
idn't have to go stand in a dark closet to use the phone ...
