@konrad RTFM, dear consumer. RTFM
// @sumudu @larand @indigo @kdfrawg @hybotics
@kdfrawg Even if they can't get wireless working, they can easily fire up vim and edit /etc/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 and add a static IP temporarily.
Microsoft and Apple have made people so lazy.
// @sumudu @larand @indigo @konrad @hybotics
@kdfrawg Consumers are just lazy. There's no reason why they can't occasionally drop to the prompt and adjust wpa_supplicant one in a while.
// @sumudu @larand @indigo @konrad @hybotics
@larand Imagine standing there though. In your pastel colored tee shirt, slowly dying of boredom and diabetes.
// @konrad
@konrad You mean the kiosk that gets less business than the Orange Julius next to it? I feel sorry for them.
// @larand
@sumudu It's at the point where you almost need to put your devices in a faraday cage before you turn them on.
// @larand @indigo @hybotics
@larand The only recourse you have is to salt the information they leech with as much nonsense as possible.
// @sumudu @indigo @hybotics
@larand Microsoft had the same wet dream but seem to be putting it on the back burner for now. This kind of crap is what we have to look forward to in future, though.
@larand Imagine what happens when they try to lock the Mac down like they did iOS.
@larand They need to jigger their branding a lot. Google is pretty much synonymous with "nerdish". They have the sex appeal of IBM.
// @sumudu @hybotics