Automated Wireless File Transfers?

Posted by Cliff on Monday September 15, 2003 @02:30PM from the making-complicated-tasks-easy dept.

Maskirovka asks: "I'm in the process of designing a helicopter mounted compact flash reader/transmitter package to upload photos to a fileserver upon landing, probably using 802.11g. It needs to be idiot proof (ie, plug a flashcard into it, and it'll upload automatically as soon as it gets in range of the basestation), and should weigh less than 5 pounds so as not to affect the aircraft weight and balance. It could probably be built around a Via EPIA board using a PCI WiFi card and riser, but that almost seems overkill for the one specific task. Is there a more efficient way to do this with off the shelf hardware?"

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Jack Tripper by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-16 10:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - the father of gay sitcoms Jack Tripper was found dead in his Los Angeles appartment this morning. Janet and Chrissy were seen sobbing widly outside. There weren't any more details yet. I'm sure we'll all miss him, even if you weren't a fan of his work there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. Truly an American icon.