"or at least a way for the Pi to turn the TV on so you're not burning 70W all night long for the backlight to heat up a black screen."
Funny, my 32" LCD burns 7 watts for the LED backlight, buy a more modern TV for the project if power is a high concern.
The other problem is that it would be a giant night light. even at the lowest setting and a black scene it drops more light in the room than a typical nightlight.
Finally, why the TV? Gut a PSone screen for the composite out and use that in a all in one cool device.
Or just get a Chumby and hack it to save time and money.
Paypal did not replace tokens for free. I'm still running with my old token as they have not responded with my question as to when they will be replacing it.
Honestly V24 should have been released last year. BrainSlayer is more interested in his side project that is the "paid" releases that you haveto subscribe to.
Whereas OpenWRT has not chosen to take the leave it in beta with no real releases for 2 years model.
How about FIX the problem by requiring all scrap yards to hold scrap cable for 7 days before payout and require a real drivers license or ID. the scrapyard then posts the cable turned in to a police website so the cops can cross reference a theft with a scrap drop off, and then wait for t he guy to show up to collect his payout.
but no, we cant do that. Just like how we cant require this to happen at pawn shops.
This is normal for the USA. WE are currently riding 25% unemployment and most of the republican assholes have done away with any kind of poor assistance in many states as well as the federal level.
So you have 1/4 of the population having to scrounge to survive. Lawlessness breeds in that environment.
Yes they are reporting "9%" unemployment, but that is their new way of counting them. Anyone that has been unemployed for more than 6 months is NOT COUNTED.
Most power cables are NOT copper. Even the low power 220V ones coming to my house are only copper clad aluminum. they connect to a copper whip that goes from my meter to the masthead where the cable from the street goes.
From wikipedia and personal experience.....
"Aluminum conductors reinforced with steel (known as ACSR) are primarily used for medium and high voltage lines and may also be used for overhead services to individual customers. Aluminum cable is used because it has about half the weight of a comparable resistance copper cable (though larger diameter due to lower fundamental conductivity), as well as being cheaper.[1] Some copper cable is still used, especially at lower voltages and for grounding."
Dont use DD-WRT, that project is dead. Last BETA release was 2 years ago. Use OpwnWRT that has many packages for this and is still actively maintained.
No matter what he IS going to have to spend at least 2 weeks learning this stuff, or buy a commercial setup maintained by a It professional.
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Arduino+GSM shield with Gps = what you want that is easier to build and far more efficient.
Been there, done that. I still have the T-shirt. Based it on one of the projects that balooning people posted.
"or at least a way for the Pi to turn the TV on so you're not burning 70W all night long for the backlight to heat up a black screen."
Funny, my 32" LCD burns 7 watts for the LED backlight, buy a more modern TV for the project if power is a high concern.
The other problem is that it would be a giant night light. even at the lowest setting and a black scene it drops more light in the room than a typical nightlight.
Finally, why the TV? Gut a PSone screen for the composite out and use that in a all in one cool device.
Or just get a Chumby and hack it to save time and money.
You can solder BGA chips? then you are better than 99% of all home electronics people.
"So, this is basically an Ardino competitor?"
This thing will kick the arduinos ass to the moon and back and then curb stomp it so hard it's not funny.
Arduino is a 3rd graders toy compared to this.
If you think someone will hand solder them you are nuts.
Those boards are machine placed, paste solder globs placed and then oven reflow baked to make the BGA processor stick to the board.
The only part that is hand assembled is putting the boards in a box after placing in the testing jig.
Paypal did not replace tokens for free. I'm still running with my old token as they have not responded with my question as to when they will be replacing it.
"Because the scrapyards won't actually do it."
They will if slapped with a $10,000 fine for not doing it.
"and yes, tomorrow it all starts all over again.
but we'll deal with that tomorrow."
It's already started. PIPA and STOP are both SOPA renamed. They are not "enjoying the moment", they are 2 steps ahead of us already.
Then why did it have the support of MOST of the republicans?
Hell even many of the current republican presidential candidates have voiced their support for SOPA.
And those are linked to the front page?
no you had to dig deep in the forums to get them.
Honestly V24 should have been released last year. BrainSlayer is more interested in his side project that is the "paid" releases that you haveto subscribe to.
Whereas OpenWRT has not chosen to take the leave it in beta with no real releases for 2 years model.
and those are NOT copper. Not unless they are more than 30 years old.
I worked as a journeyman electrician in the late 80's and even then no copper was used from the pole to the home.
The CEO of enron got a job at another company, so I'm guessing that hiring thieves is not a problem with most places.
How about FIX the problem by requiring all scrap yards to hold scrap cable for 7 days before payout and require a real drivers license or ID. the scrapyard then posts the cable turned in to a police website so the cops can cross reference a theft with a scrap drop off, and then wait for t he guy to show up to collect his payout.
but no, we cant do that. Just like how we cant require this to happen at pawn shops.
"Or it doesn't matter. Opportunistic thieves come from all classes."
Yup, I knew of a Director at a previous job that would steal reams of paper from work to take home for his kids to use.
You can make 6 figures and still be a dirty thief.
You guys should build a wall...
Oh wait, that did not turn out so well last time.
This is normal for the USA. WE are currently riding 25% unemployment and most of the republican assholes have done away with any kind of poor assistance in many states as well as the federal level.
So you have 1/4 of the population having to scrounge to survive. Lawlessness breeds in that environment.
Yes they are reporting "9%" unemployment, but that is their new way of counting them. Anyone that has been unemployed for more than 6 months is NOT COUNTED.
Most power cables are NOT copper. Even the low power 220V ones coming to my house are only copper clad aluminum. they connect to a copper whip that goes from my meter to the masthead where the cable from the street goes.
From wikipedia and personal experience.....
"Aluminum conductors reinforced with steel (known as ACSR) are primarily used for medium and high voltage lines and may also be used for overhead services to individual customers. Aluminum cable is used because it has about half the weight of a comparable resistance copper cable (though larger diameter due to lower fundamental conductivity), as well as being cheaper.[1] Some copper cable is still used, especially at lower voltages and for grounding."
Except for the big white letters embossed into the jacket that say "FIBER OPTIC"
http://coova.org/
NOT the Dead DD-WRT project.
DD-WRT has not had a release even for their beta for over 2 years now.
Dont use DD-WRT, that project is dead. Last BETA release was 2 years ago. Use OpwnWRT that has many packages for this and is still actively maintained.
No matter what he IS going to have to spend at least 2 weeks learning this stuff, or buy a commercial setup maintained by a It professional.
No it did not. Stop with that lying FUD.
if he vetoed it you actually think the military would stop instantly? That is the single most stupid comment anyone could think.
If he vetoed it, Congress would have been FORCED to get off their asses and come up with a honest bill.
Yes, which proves that they lie as bad as the republicans.
No problem. they have have their mega million damages. as long as they are taxed based on their claims.
that one B movie downloaded was worth $20,000,000? We need to tax you at $20,000,00 X 500,000 copies sold.
We have plenty of already effective laws on the books, anyone supporting MORE laws are plain old nuts.
Sorry, I will NOT support more draconian zero effort laws to protect I.P.
http://www.icecast.org/
It's been around forever, start reading the server docs.