wahooswu (4:17:11 PM): i need to buy a wireless card for my pc
paulbui (4:17:14 PM): yeah
wahooswu (4:17:25 PM): but i don’t really know what’s going on
paulbui (4:17:36 PM): weren’t you a computer engineer?
paulbui (4:17:37 PM): hahah
wahooswu (4:17:40 PM): haha i know, it’s embarrassing
and the evidence that i’m a bad cpe ……
wahooswu (4:19:55 PM): are there any weird specs info i should know?
paulbui (4:20:06 PM): nah
paulbui (4:20:12 PM): 802.11 b/g
wahooswu (4:20:18 PM): so every card i buy will likely work with my computer & with the mit network?
wahooswu (4:20:23 PM): i’m scared
paulbui (4:20:25 PM): it should
wahooswu (4:21:16 PM): here, i’ll send you the link to the one i’m looking at
wahooswu (4:21:25 PM): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833150006
paulbui (4:21:48 PM): oh, and all this time, I thought you were buying one for your desktop
wahooswu (4:21:57 PM): i am …
wahooswu (4:22:00 PM): see? i told you i didn’t know what i was doing
wahooswu (4:22:11 PM): so the one i sent you is not for a desktop?
paulbui (4:22:25 PM): the one you sent me is a pc card
paulbui (4:22:26 PM): hahah
wahooswu (4:22:32 PM): i suck
paulbui (4:22:36 PM): it’d work if your desktop has a pc card slot
wahooswu (4:22:43 PM): hmm … it might
paulbui (4:22:44 PM): but I don’t think it does
wahooswu (4:22:47 PM): haha ok
paulbui (4:22:51 PM): PCMCIA slot
paulbui (4:22:53 PM): not PCI slot
wahooswu (4:22:59 PM): i gotcha, i need one of those that has an antenna sticking out the back
paulbui (4:23:26 PM): yeah
wahooswu (4:24:09 PM): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833150004
wahooswu (4:24:15 PM): why does that one say notebook pcmcia?
paulbui (4:24:28 PM): b/c it’s another PC card
paulbui (4:24:38 PM): PC card is short for PCMCIA card
wahooswu (4:25:03 PM): so what do i need it to say?
paulbui (4:25:13 PM): not that
paulbui (4:25:14 PM): hahah
and still more evidence……
wahooswu (4:27:11 PM): what’s wpa?
paulbui (4:27:25 PM): wpa?
paulbui (4:27:29 PM): hahah
paulbui (4:27:34 PM): where’d you see that?
wahooswu (4:27:48 PM): there are 2 linksys ones … one is 50, the other’s $60
wahooswu (4:27:54 PM): one says wpa: no, the other says wpa: yes
paulbui (4:28:09 PM): encryption I think
wahooswu (4:28:23 PM): why was that funny?
paulbui (4:28:32 PM): Wi-Fi Protected Access
paulbui (4:29:00 PM): I dunno, I thought it was funny
wahooswu (4:29:22 PM): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833122119
wahooswu (4:29:24 PM): what about that one? it’d only cost me $30 after rebate
wahooswu (4:30:06 PM): the reviews are kinda negative
paulbui (4:30:19 PM): yeah
paulbui (4:30:19 PM): hahaha
paulbui (4:30:22 PM): I was about to tell you that
wahooswu (4:31:03 PM): i feel like a pretty failured comp engineer
paulbui (4:31:38 PM): and a pretty failured engrish speaker?