[geeks] Every server room needs one of these...

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: wa2egp at att.net
>Date: 2006/08/13 Sun AM 10:19:53 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Every server room needs one of these...

> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: "Mike Hebel" <nimitz at nimitzbrood.com>
>> Thus spake Lionel Peterson:
>> 
>> > As noted on the page, they will work in a power outage, since they don't
>> > require any local power supplies. ALso mentioned, portable rotary phones
>> > (cellular guts in a desktop phone:
>> >
>> > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php?cPath=96
>> >
>> > I may need a rotary black desk phone for my office...
>> 
>> I'd love to have one of those that does a digital Internet connection for
>> my Powerbook.
>> 
>> Sit down at $restaurant, plug laptop into ancient looking phone, surf at
>> high speed. (0)
>> 
>> ;-)
>> 
>> Mike
>> (0) Yes I know GSM cellular isn't high speed but it would still be cool.
>
>Have a friend video the looks on other people.  Another winner on AFV?

Don't forget the acoustic coupler ;^)

Sit down, pull phone out of bag, put it on the table, pull out acoustic coupler, put handset in the coupler and start working.

Almost performace art ;^)

I think it would be fun to have the phone in your bag, have a friend call you, pull the phone out of the bag (ringing), put it on the table, and answer it...

Lionel