10th May 2005, 10:32 PM
I just don't see what the problem is. Say what you will, it's an exxageration of the situation. They didn't exclude JACK, well, okay they LITERALLY excluded people using ethernet jacks... But, you get what I mean, it's not a relevant exclusion. It's roughly like complaining that current day DVD players don't support laser disks. Okay, that's an exxageration too, but my point is this. Using actual wires is "out". Pretty much everyone I know that has more than one machine hooked up to their broadband is using a wireless router now. The exclusions you complain about are silly to complain about. And, as GR pointed out, yes, if they put the actual port in the DS, it would increase the size, for no good reason.
On another note, well, wired internet is actually more secure based on simple physics alone. Assuming equally good encription (easily doable), a wire PHYSICALLY blocks people a lot more than data being broadcasted to everyone within the hotspot radius. I would still use a wired connection for SUPER secure stuff like between two super computers in the pentagon. At least there you have to actually sneak IN the place to get a hack going. Of course, I don't care. I have nothing on my machine I fear someone stealing.
Back on topic, look at it this way. The DS is a portable. The hookups would increase DS size and cost. Wireless is closing in on becoming the norm. All together, it adds up to it being NOT a mistake to not bother with an ethernet jack on the device. Seriously, it was NOT a bad move! It wasn't!
Perhaps a better analogy than my above one is this... When cell phones came around, did anyone complain that they didn't have phone jacks so you could also use them on a normal phone line?
On another note, well, wired internet is actually more secure based on simple physics alone. Assuming equally good encription (easily doable), a wire PHYSICALLY blocks people a lot more than data being broadcasted to everyone within the hotspot radius. I would still use a wired connection for SUPER secure stuff like between two super computers in the pentagon. At least there you have to actually sneak IN the place to get a hack going. Of course, I don't care. I have nothing on my machine I fear someone stealing.
Back on topic, look at it this way. The DS is a portable. The hookups would increase DS size and cost. Wireless is closing in on becoming the norm. All together, it adds up to it being NOT a mistake to not bother with an ethernet jack on the device. Seriously, it was NOT a bad move! It wasn't!
Perhaps a better analogy than my above one is this... When cell phones came around, did anyone complain that they didn't have phone jacks so you could also use them on a normal phone line?
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