Why Home Wifi is Stupid and Dumb

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[–]hydr0lyze 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's why I've set up a 10 gigabit network that is about 20 times faster than most WiFi APs available.

[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If WIFI was a "stupid and dumb" technology then it wouldn't be so commonly used. It's not perfect but then neither is the alternative in all cases. OP is stupid and dumb.

[–]la_cues 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah yeah like asbestos and lead paint and chemotherapy.

[–]rik_1088 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

As the page says, computers will stay wired. But nothing else will. Phones, tablets, etc were and will stay wireless. It's not like anyone would trade usability for a gigabit link on a portable device, there is no need for it.

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Phones, tablets, etc. So 2 things and an etc? Who could imagine a world where a phone is plugged into a wall? That's crazy, nobody could use that? Or a tablet you cant use on a toilet, and doesn't have it's camera hooked up to an unsecured network? Why I've got to pretend I'm always working, and can't sit still.

Nonsense, utter nonsense to pretend this is for your benefit.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Who could imagine a world where a phone is plugged into a wall? That's crazy, nobody could use that?

It was annoying to be stuck to one public area during phone calls where everyone else in your home could often hear you, speaking to another person in a similar situation. You needed to find a pay phone that actually worked if you wanted to talk to someone away from your phone, and remember everyone's numbers.

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes. Being a child is rough. But adding pointless tech, and radiation to your home is costly and counter productive.

Also placing limitations on phone access for children has it's purpose. But kids can send each dick pics over the phone now. Is that an improvement? I think not.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not just being a child, there was one room in the home with the phone usually, maybe a second phone on the same line, but everyone could hear your conversation in that family. Short of being a single person alone your conversations were not particularly private.

And just personally I fidget a lot, being stuck to one place is maddening. That's a pet peeve but I'm not the only one.

radiation to your home

That I totally agree with, also the granite trend -- not sure if that's still going on, but adding radon to your home makes no sense for aesthetics. And these wireless signals, even non-wifi every day electronics, ain't great for us.

[–]rik_1088 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So, what is your alternative? Ethernet cables, otg adapters, and ethernet adapters? Not sure where you come from, but copper line phones are obsolete now.

tablet you cant use on a toilet

Because the only other room in a house is the toilet, right.

and doesn't have it's camera hooked up to an unsecured network?

Typical saidit paranoia.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So, what is your alternative? Ethernet cables, otg adapters, and Ethernet adapters? Not sure where you come from, but copper line phones are obsolete now.

Right so the lan connections with higher bandwidth and reliable connections are obsolete because you say so? Because as you have stated, copper wire is obsolete. That's absurd, you are absurd. Possibly incompetent even.

Because the only other room in a house is the toilet, right.

I don't have to mention every room in the house for my point to be valid. You're not doing anything with this tech that requires you to dance about the room like a comical character in an add for this nonsensical tech.

Again, do I need to list out every room of a house to validate my point? Do you need a full sentence built from each of those rooms, or will a straight list do?

Typical saidit paranoia.

Your front door has a lock. Your windows have curtains. But it's paranoid to have a secure network? Have you ever considered the fact that things are typical, because they are common practice? Do you even understand the words you use? Attribution bias is a common symptom of paranoia. I'm not saying that you are paranoid, but you are projecting, and showing tendency to judge motivations based on stereotyping others.

In conclusions: #sand

[–]thefirststone 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

bathrooms are still predominantly plumbed. For more or less the same reason, computers will stay wired.

While he was certainly correct in spirit

Wrong. Water is not information. Even with a dry toilet and local septic tank, you need water to wash with. Either plumbed or hauled in manually.

Information theory was 50 years old by the 90s. Wireless transmission was 100 years old. There's no excuse for Metcalfe's statement in the first place. There must have been an ulterior motive.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Both require a series of tubes to safely and conveniently deliver their product in sufficient quantities.

[–]FlyingPillows21 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This is why I'm a chad and red pilled LiFi user

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

First two are correct however "WiFi is potentially dangerous" is right up there with the sky is falling or turning lead into gold.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Idjit.