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New Wi-Fi Distance Record Set In Utah
cold_sake writes "Wireless guru Rob Flickenger details the known records for Wi-Fi link distances on his latest blog. Included is a new distance record for an un-amplified Wi-Fi link, set by the students of Utah's Weber State University. 82 miles was accomplished with 802.11b."
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I've never seen someone throw a laptop that far!
Is it just me or does the 'blog' hyperlink to oreillynet.com not work?
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URGENT ASSISTANCE - FROM USA
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DEAR SIR / MADAM,
I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE
YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I
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REMAINED IN CONTROL OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM RESERVES.
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HEAD OF THE HALLIBURTON OIL COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE
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They used a pair of 1.5 watt amplifiers to boost the signal to the dishes.
The strange thing (for me) is that they report a ping time of 372 ms. Anyone else find that very high? Did someone change the speed of light while I was asleep? They don't say what kind of amplifiers they used - maybe the lag is from the amp?
Umm, yeah, I pointed out exactly this in This Comment in reply to your comment on the other thread.
The problem is that the church only denounces polygamy for practical reasons: it's illegal.
They still teach that in heaven it is righteous and indeed desirable to have multiple wives, and that the natural order (baring laws of man) is polygamy.
Ask any mormon if they believe in polygamy in heaven, or if polygamy would be reinstated were it not illegal & controversial in our society.
The LDS are great people, but they follow a dogma with a lot of uncomfortable baggage.
The church has greatly toned down the extreme aspects of mormonism (read the church history and accounts by Dr. Michael Quinn)
And I posted saying this was cool in a thread based on the idea.
I am a viral sig. Please copy me and help me spread. Thank you.
They still teach that in heaven it is righteous and indeed desirable
to have multiple wives, and that the natural order (baring laws of
man) is polygamy.
They have never taught that.
Ask any mormon if they believe in polygamy in heaven, or if polygamy
would be reinstated were it not illegal & controversial in our
society.
NO.
obviously you don't have a background in mormanisn, because you don't know the doctrine in polygamy. So don't even bother talking about it.
I got my physics degree at Weber State. This is almost as good as beating North Carolina in 1999.
So is UniSys so until recently WSU wouldn't have been able to create a .gif image of their work (just don't transfer the images outside of the U.S. where the patent still stands for several more months)
YOU'RE WINNER !
Another lame blog
Hi Roger Wilco
are you a lawyer for SCO?
..and the Award for the most annoying advertisement of the year goes to...
seriously did anyone else try clicking the link at the bottom of the article? What the HELL was that?! The stupid ad took up the whole page AND the little X button was a trick! COME ON... the damn thing NEVER went away... it would fade out and just as soon as you move your mouse it faded back in!@#$%!%# If thats what the WWW is coming to, count me out.. I'll just stick to the trollgroups and the HARDCORE IRC!
You're nothing; like me.
They have never taught that.
You need to learn more LDS church history and doctrine (it will be an eye opener for you, I promise).
to quote brigham young: "If we could make every man upon the earth get him a wife, live righteously and serve God, we would not be under the necessity, perhaps, of taking more than one wife. But they will not do this; the people of God, therefore, have been commanded to take more wives."
And regarding the reinstatement of polygamy:
Mormon Doctrine, p. 578: "Obviously the holy practice will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and the ushering in of the millenium.(Isa. 4)"
A male member of the LDS church can have multiple wives "sealed" to him in the temple, and all will be his wives in the celestial kingdom (heaven).
Note that a woman can never be sealed to more than one man! This has caused many a hardship for young widows in the church to cannot find a mate because they want a wife they can "keep" in heaven.
Oh that's great. Quote Mormon Doctrine. Sorry bud, but that is not an authoritative work.
As far as a woman being sealed to more than one man, you are technically correct, but actually wrong. Young widows are free to remarry, and though they cannot be "sealed", it is believed that such arrangements will be straightened out after this life.
As for myself, I find this doubly amusing, because you are overlooking the fact that it is possible for a sealing to be cancelled (most common equivalent would be annullment in Catholic doctrine). I know this because my wife was previously sealed to a loser husband. She had this sealing cancelled, and we are now sealed. I suppose that under the right conditions, a young widow could have her sealing to her first husband cancelled if she wanted (though I am not certain).
I have known many men who have married young widows, without being sealed. They do so under the belief that it will all be straightened out later.
As for "Mormon Doctrine", again, it is not considered authoritative, though some inside the church make the mistake of using it that way--and it annoys me to no end. Bruce R. McKonkie (sp?) was a very intelligent man, but he was not commissioned by the church to write that book, nor has it ever been officially sanctioned. Compare that to, say Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage, and you will find quite a difference in how it is handled. Church leaders rarely, if ever, quote McKonkie on doctrine. Talmage's work, however, is frequently quoted (and is was commissioned by the Church president at the time).
I hate to tell you, but I've heard all the arguments against the church (numerous times). Yes, polygamy is a difficult spot, since as you say a man may be sealed to multiple wives, but not at the same time. A man may not, at this time, be sealed to more than one living woman. Period. If she is dead, then what do you care?
If you aren't a believer, then our doctrine of sealing and eternal families shouldn't bother you, since you don't believe that anyone is married to anyone after death. The LDS church is the ONLY church that teaches the doctrine of continued marriage after death. Personally, I find the idea to be very wonderful. I love my wife, and to be able to spend eternity with her would be a blessing beyond measure.
As a side note, don't post AC, even on these topics. It really hampers responsibility. I try to avoid it at all costs, even when it means saying something that might hurt me, or cause me to be labeled as a troll.
"We don't know what we are doing, but we are doing it very carefully,..." Wherry, R.J. Personnel Psychology (1995)
dum, dum, dum, dum, dum..
Sorry bud, but that is not an authoritative work.
What do you consider authoritative? If you want to restrict me to D&C, PgGP and BOM then I will find references there. This is well known and well documented, from Mormon Doctrine, to the LDS Church History volumes, to directives in the Doctrin and Covenants. How about you show me unequivocally where a prophet has denounced the concept of polygamy in heaven and during the millenium after christ returns
The church doesn't tell things like this to new members. They expect you to grow spiritually until you are ready to receive such knowledge without prejudice and in the proper context.
Young widows are free to remarry, and though they cannot be "sealed", it is believed that such arrangements will be straightened out after this life.
Yes, this is a "common" marriage, not an "eternal" mariage. All those returning missionaries want an eternal spouse they can be sealed to in the temple. Can you see why this would slight young widows / divorcee's? I never said they could not remarry, just that it was difficult for many of them to do so because of this.
I suppose that under the right conditions, a young widow could have her sealing to her first husband cancelled if she wanted (though I am not certain).
Under special circumstances, like divorce, this is possible. Once the husband dies, it becomes much harder / impossible.
The LDS church is the ONLY church that teaches the doctrine of continued marriage after death.
This is not true.
Personally, I find the idea to be very wonderful. I love my wife, and to be able to spend eternity with her would be a blessing beyond measure.
Agreed. LDS members are hands down the nicest and most helpful people I have met (as a demographic). I don't mean this as an attack against the membership in any form, but rather an attempt to discuss things the chruch leadership wronly tries to silence and control.
When was the last time you got into a discussion with someone about polygamy (in the past and future) _at church_ ? It is just one of those things the leadership doesn't want to discuss.
This also applies to the endowment cerimony, however, the sacred nature of the service is usually cited as the reason this is kept secret.
In related news, Pringles today announced ultra-Pringles-bulk-super-can for sale at Price Club and other bulk outlet stores, this 82 mile tall can...
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
Can't remember the last time, but it does happen. It's just not something that I worry about.
"We don't know what we are doing, but we are doing it very carefully,..." Wherry, R.J. Personnel Psychology (1995)
heheh thats what they get for not posting my story instead.
Well, can you?
is bigger than yours... :-)
the students have settled with the RIAA for illegally transferring an mp3. :)
See, you can relate anything to an evil corporation
Rohan