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A Wireless Network for a 4-Story Apt. Building?
zzzreyes asks: "I live in a 4 storey building, and pretty much everyone in this building is into gaming and computers. I have just received, through the death of a great aunt, about $7,000. I want to know how and what I should buy, to provide wireless access through out the whole building, so we can all share one connection. There are 6 double-room apartments on each side, and we only have four floors. I'll hopefully have access to the elevator shaft, in case I need it. Will $7,000 be enough?" How cheaply could you do something like this, assuming you had access to much of the building? What would be the best way to set up the access points to guarantee the best coverage for the whole building?
You're gonna blow your $7K will on a network for your building? Invest it, man, then from your profits implement such a network. A big waste, IMHO.
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I was recently looking into buying a house, but in this area anyway (Central PA), the market was strongly in favor of sellers. Even at the current interest rates (and fixing them for 15 to 30 years), the prices were so inflated from the market that buying wasn't really as good an option as it first seemed. With the slow appreciation of houses (2-3% tops) in this area, I determined that it may be smarter to play my odds on the market bottoming out and favoring buyers.
While I do agree that with $7k the smart thing to do would be to invest it into something long term, I just thought I'd relate that little tidbit. Buying in this current market - depending on area - could be a bad idea even thought it looks like a good one on the surface. I agree wholeheartedly, however, that s/he should invest in something that will show value down the road. I'm sure you COULD do wireless access for the whole building @ $7k or less, but it's just not a smart thing to do...
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Agreed. I just bought my first house last summer (June). It was a FHA loan that required 3% down. The purchase price of the house was 115,900. The seller arranged to pay closing costs up to $3000. I cut a check for $3600 and change at closing. My mortgage (sp?) payment including taxes, insurance and everything is less than $900 a month. To rent a comparable house would cost $1100+ in the same area.
If you don't mind staying in one place for a couple of years, that is definitely the way to go. Not to mention, after that you still have over $3000 to set up something wireless....
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For $7000, you could have a week with a hooker like Julia Roberts and still have some change left over for some coke! It's what your aunt would have wanted, respect her with some good old-fashioned sex-for-cash.
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Even if you buy a house for $XK and resell it for $XK (*just* making your money back), you've still lived rent free for those years. Compare even a significant loss against the cost of rent and you're better off buying.
Dude, I think I can see my house from here.
A cool 2 million for a studio in one of Trump's towers.
Or you could get a dictionary.
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Americans have been misspelling so many words for so long
I've got a favorite phrase for times like these, and it goes like this: a dictionary describes a language; it does not define a language. A dictionary is a list of all the words its editors could think of, not a list of rules you must follow in order to communicate. In short, just because the dictionary says so doesn't mean it is so.
To say that something is misspelt requires the mutual adoption of a commonly agreed code which you are violating. The code used in the United States is different than the one used in Britain. They are very similar, so we are still able to communicate with limited confusion, but neither is more "right" than the other any more than Italian is a better than French.
For a historical perspective, most of the "American" variations came from the time when English orthography was not very well defined within England itself. Many words had several different variants, and the British settlers of America were used to certain variants that ultimately lost out back home. When they left, their variants were just as common as any other, and neither could be called a misspelling, even then.
Personally, I don't understand the comma between 'arms' and 'shall' at all.
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I believe the part you're curious about, however, is the
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
part. Of course, writing the entire sentence is both gramatically and politically awkward.
I like how sometimes people post anonymously, and then respond to a reply to their post, this time with their nick.