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  1. AI music from the Amiga by maokh · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Cellular Automata and Music Using Java
    Back in the day, there was a weird program for the Amiga computer called "Algoplayer". This program used some crazy AI code to generate random MOD-like songs, based on a seed number. Of course, the genre is techno/house!

    A few years back, I brushed the dust off of my old Amiga, powered it on, and recorded a few good songs produced from this generator.

    I have posted several MP3's of sample output on this website, and some of it rivals some of the garbage coming out of the Dance Top 40 as of late.

    http://www.maokhian.com/music/

  2. Linksys Community network are a bunch of sellouts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Community Networking Made Easy
    We all know the LCWN sold their souls Saddam Hussein, so just forget it.


    Only the default community network offers Community Wireless access at speeds up to 44Mbps without messing with unratified 802.11g, our hax0red access points don't corrupt valuable RF spectrum, we sell antennas, and our FAQ doesn't suck.

  3. Re:I hate to rain on Mr Cringely's parade, but... by SiriusBlack · · Score: 1 · on Cringely's Bank Shot

    According to this article he's not "obeying all laws, rules, regulations" and his signal is not staying within the 2.4GHz band. Granted, if nobody notices the interference and complains, this is a big "so what"

  4. Re: I hate to rain on Mr Cringely's parade, but... by SiriusBlack · · Score: 1 · on Cringely's Bank Shot

    According to this article the linksys mod is "violating FCC regulations". Granted, the principle "No harm, no foul" probably applies here, meaning if nobody notices the interference, it's probably ok. But the point is that Cringely never bothered to check if it was interfering, did he?

  5. Re:I hate to rain on Mr Cringely's parade, but... by SiriusBlack · · Score: 1 · on Cringely's Bank Shot
    supernova87a is trying to make the same point I was; his choice of the term "souped up repeater" was a mistake. The only objectionable part of this scheme is the Linksys WAP11 mod, which according to this article After the "100mW Hack" was applied, we notice a drastic difference. Instead of taking a mere 22MHz, it gobbles up the entire band. Not only did this kill throughput on other AP's in our tests, it entered into the ham band on the left of the dial, and MMDS on the right of the dial. If the WAP11 was moved from channel 6 to channel 1 or 11, this would make the problem even worse. Also, nasty spurs and harmonics were detected in random locations from 1.4GHz to 2.8GHz...
    Besides violating FCC regulations, a lot of the WAP11's power is wasted when it is scattered all over the band. Idealy, we would want as much energy as possible in our main carrier.


    The point being, the modified WAP11 is walking all over the spectrum, interfering with ham and MMDS! Also, if bi-directional communication is your goal, increasing transmit power on one end accomplishes nothing! The 802.11 transmitter on the other end is still low power; it does you no good if it can receive your signal but you can't receive it's signal!

  6. Doesn't work by SiriusBlack · · Score: 4, Informative · on Cringely's Bank Shot

    Has Cringely read this article which basically says the hack he's using to increase his Linksys WAP11 power output DOES NOT WORK?