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Subject: Re: Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows over WiFi?
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 09:50:53 +0100
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On 12/31/2015 07:48 PM, crankypuss wrote:
> NY wrote:
> 
>> "J G Miller" <miller@yoyo.ORG> wrote in message
>> news:n638sr$qqa$1@dont-email.me...
>>> On Thursday, December 31st, 2015, at 10:43:09h +0000, NY noted:
>>>
>>>> As you say, wireless is fine for almost all purposes
>>>
>>> Never attempt firmware upgrades on devices connected by WiFi
>>> and not ethernet.
>>
>> Quite. And ideally, only update firmware if you have a fully-charged
>> battery or else are running off UPS-backed mains.
>>
>> And we all follow that rule slavishly, don't we, children? :-)
> 
> I happen to follow it because there's really no choice; all of my 
> electricity is battery-backed, even when I'm running off generator 
> instead of solar.  The wifi imprecation, not so much; wifi is about the 
> best connection I get unless I'm staying in a hotel that provides an 
> ethernet cable,

Thought of ethernet over powerline?

 *AND* I'm using my old Acer 32-bit machine that actually
> *HAS* an ethernet port to attach the cable to.  Newer laptops, as you 
> might have noticed, seem to have fewer ports overall, so they can beat 
> their chests about how slim their device is. <snort>

The wast majority of thin laptops do still have ethernet, tables is a
different question even if they may be thicker than the laptop.

-- 

 //Aho