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  1. Reduced bandwidth copy of the movie by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 1 · on 'Sith' Already Found Online

    I have a copy of the movie suitable for download over even a dialup line. Be gentle: Clicky Clicky[etoyoc.com]

  2. Re:This is going to get me lynched by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 1 · on Verizon Seeks To Nix Fee-Based Municipal Wireless Grids
    What kept me out of the business is quality of service. If someone is paying you for the service, they don't want to hear about weather, theft, or vandalism. They also don't want to hear that putting a potted plant in front of the reciever is going to knock out their service, as will a truck parked in front of their apartment,

    For about 2 years I shot a wireless signal from the roof of my Office to my apartment about 2 blocks away. While it worked well, when it was windy and rainy the signal kinda died. It also required a rather unsightly boom that hung out of my apartment window, and a tangle of cable that ran down to the computer. I also ran into frequent problems with loose cables, which while it was no problem for me to fix, your average Joe would be frustrated and annoyed.

    Here are some pictures of my setup. I've sinced moved, so I broke down and pay for DSL now.

  3. Re:My Thoughts by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 1 · on The Mythical Man-Month Revisited
    TCL, like most programs, is written in C.
    $ tar tvf tcl8.5a1-src.tar | grep "\.c" | wc
    174 1044 13728

    I should know. I've written extensions for it.

  4. Re:Slashdot from a Parallel Universe? by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 1 · on Analyzing the Microsoft Tablet PC
    As a matter of fact, I do use this concept "in the field" so to speak.

    I run the database at a folk festival, and I have to set up a network that runs for one weekend a year in a hayfield. I use a k6/400 server and a pair of thinkpads that I've installed a really bare bones copy of Linux on.

    Website with photos here[etoyoc.com]

    The thinkpads have enough smarts to boot the OS, load the PCMCIA drivers, start and X server, and then pound over to the server to log in. This year I plan on upgrading the kernel so they can use WIFI cards, and if I feel really fancy, set up ALSA so they can use local sound too.

    I love it because the whole network, along with my wife, tent, gear, and beer all fit in my hatchback. This year I think I'm going to either chip in for a laptop or a flatscreen. I have a kid on the way, gotta fit a car-seat and stoller into the mix...

  5. Re:Wi-Fi.. great for what it is by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 1 · on BusinessWeek on Wi-Fi
    Amen and amen.

    That said, wherever people sit and congregate with laptops they will want internet access. Wifi can provide it. The trick is to be able to make it worth someone's while to put in the wireless.

    Oh wait, that's me (shameless plug)[etoyoc.com]

  6. Re:cobalt qube by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2 · on Lightest of the Light Linux
    I managed to get RedHat 6.2 on a pair of 486 thinkpads with 12MB of ram. They just boot X and act as terminals for my server. Handy for running a network in a hay field like I do every year at the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

    The real trick was hacking the PCMCIA configuration and fooling it into treating my new DLINK PCMCIA cards like it would an older model. Not normally a problem, except you have to do it on the compressed block device on the install floppy.

  7. Like the concept, implementation needs work by Skippy+The+Great · · Score: 1 · on MySQL FS
    Actually working along those lines with a hierarchial system for arranging TCL variables. Check dat shit out:

    http://www.etoyoc.com/odie