Just had to post because this is so frickin’ cool. I’m returning to NYC from Japan, after a visit to the wife’s family. $29 USD gets flight-long Internet, so I just IM’d with a buddy of mine, and am catching the end of the Giants/Colts game (sort of) via ESPN Gamecast.
Skype has connected, so I could theoretically try a voice call, but A) I’d have to use the integrated mic/speakers on the laptop and would supremely annoy my seat-neighbors, and B) I suspect latency would knock the quality to hell. Still, gives me another way to pass the time instead of watching DaVinci Code on the in-flight movie.
Wonder if I should try a Company of Heroes multiplayer match…
Dude. 13 hour flight. I wouldn’t bother on a domestic US flight. You can also pay something like $15 bucks for two hours. I’ve got 3 extended life laptop batteries, so I’m curious how long I can keep things rolling.
Marcus: I don’t have WoW, only the CoH and DoW: Dark Crusade demos, but using the 3D card will seriously knock out my battereis in no-time. If I had a 1st class seat with a power outlet…
Remember when all of this was just crazy science fiction?
And now someone could hypothetically be having a video conference with you while flying 25,000 ft in the air somewhere over the Pacific (do they fly over the Pacific from Tokyo to NYC? or do they go over the Atlantic?). For $30.
I love being alive at this point in history. Wheee!
I asked and she gave me another bottle of water, so I think there was perhaps a bit of miscommnication. Nonetheless, just so I can feel creepy about posting this sans permission:
