I upgraded my soda vending machine to take "Susie" sized dollar coins (not the larger silver dollars) with about 20 minutes and a Dremel grinder. My experience is that most of the coin mechs inside take dollars just fine (and escrow them correctly and issue appropriate change); the slot in the front of the vender for dropping them into is just a little too small to allow the diameter.
This is a 10 column single price unit from around 1990, with a Coinco mech (sorry, I don't recall the model). Never had a bill acceptor fitted, and I didn't feel like spending a few hundred bucks to buy one.
There is a vending company that maintains other vending machines in the building - they all accept dollar coins already.
If you didn't want to go and enlarge the slot in your own vending machine, you could just buy a replacement part - that was an option, but I felt like hacking the existing stuff.
The $30 antennae linked are omnidirectional, which isn't ideal in this situation.
A directional antenna is a better solution in this case - neither side of the RF link is going to move (much). Directional antennae are also linked, but they're $80. (In my opinion, that's right on the edge of the make vs buy tipping point.)
The easiest antenna to construct will simply be a reflector for the existing antenna. The easiest way to do that is probably to put a piece of sheetmetal near the antenna, opposite the direction where the tower is, and put it 7.75inches away from the antenna. Twiddle (err, tune the assembly) for maximum signal.
Remember that we're geeks, and this should be automated.
A THUM Temperature Monitor (or similar) would do that, plus allow you to get notifications if your temperature is high, plus allow you to graph temperature vs time for a long time.
They make anti-static vacuum cleaners for field service. They may be over budget, until the justification that "a cheaper one makes static that destroys the expensive computers" is heard.
Indeed. Bent ears get taken back to the sheet metal shop and straightened in a vice, or clamped into the brake for straightening. A vise-grip is a good choice (better than a hammer) for server rooms without a manufacturing plant attached.
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Film cameras existed, but audio capture would have been separate at that time. Filming a speech just gives you a silent talking head with the common technology of the time.
Multi-pass overwrite may not be necessary to comply with your policies, but if the boss thinks he heard something once that it's better and insists it be done, we do it.
The problem isn't destroying the data. The problem is demonstrating that you've destroyed the data.
If you hand over all the media that the data is on for shredding, and it gets cataloged and then shredded, any bean counter can look and say "see? here's the certificate that says it was destroyed."
If you erase it and promise "I erased it! I swear! Honest!", there's not much to look at when they do their audit.
Yeah, but OP said that there's still internet access available - just not at home.
OP can consciously decide to go out for internet, while still not keeping any firewater in the house.
Most people get lunch breaks; can do some quick internet shopping or government-service-requesting or friend-touching then, while focusing on better time management.
OP isn't giving up internet; OP is choosing to make internet more expensive (in terms of time and convenience), so it becomes a deliberate action to internet rather than a reflexive "I'm bored, I'll surf the tubes for an indefinite while" at home.
As an aside: my effectiveness went up dramatically when I edited my DNS to map *.youtube.com to 127.0.0.1 , so I get OP's point. (Yes, it's easily bypassed, but it's a reminder that I have better things to do, in general.)
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I can't think of any processors that don't have a JUMP or equivalent. So, assembly/machine code.
Intercal has COME FROM, which is basically the same thing.
I upgraded my soda vending machine to take "Susie" sized dollar coins (not the larger silver dollars) with about 20 minutes and a Dremel grinder. My experience is that most of the coin mechs inside take dollars just fine (and escrow them correctly and issue appropriate change); the slot in the front of the vender for dropping them into is just a little too small to allow the diameter.
This is a 10 column single price unit from around 1990, with a Coinco mech (sorry, I don't recall the model). Never had a bill acceptor fitted, and I didn't feel like spending a few hundred bucks to buy one.
There is a vending company that maintains other vending machines in the building - they all accept dollar coins already.
If you didn't want to go and enlarge the slot in your own vending machine, you could just buy a replacement part - that was an option, but I felt like hacking the existing stuff.
The $30 antennae linked are omnidirectional, which isn't ideal in this situation.
A directional antenna is a better solution in this case - neither side of the RF link is going to move (much). Directional antennae are also linked, but they're $80. (In my opinion, that's right on the edge of the make vs buy tipping point.)
The easiest antenna to construct will simply be a reflector for the existing antenna. The easiest way to do that is probably to put a piece of sheetmetal near the antenna, opposite the direction where the tower is, and put it 7.75inches away from the antenna. Twiddle (err, tune the assembly) for maximum signal.
Remember that we're geeks, and this should be automated.
A THUM Temperature Monitor (or similar) would do that, plus allow you to get notifications if your temperature is high, plus allow you to graph temperature vs time for a long time.
You need to talk to sourcing and make sure they get the good warranty next purchasing cycle.
They make anti-static vacuum cleaners for field service. They may be over budget, until the justification that "a cheaper one makes static that destroys the expensive computers" is heard.
Indeed. Bent ears get taken back to the sheet metal shop and straightened in a vice, or clamped into the brake for straightening. A vise-grip is a good choice (better than a hammer) for server rooms without a manufacturing plant attached.
This is very interesting. Sadly, no mod points today.
Pretty sure that's not the same as an access point software update - full duplex RF requires some hardware changes as well.
Given the name, I speculate that this software does a barrel roll periodically.
I don't understand why the 47% feel entitled to free internets.
Forget that. I want to download Summer Glau.
Film cameras existed, but audio capture would have been separate at that time. Filming a speech just gives you a silent talking head with the common technology of the time.
I use them; pretty good (aside from some minor initial issues that were resolved reasonably quickly).
Multi-pass overwrite may not be necessary to comply with your policies, but if the boss thinks he heard something once that it's better and insists it be done, we do it.
Mod parent up.
Exactly. (I'm suggesting that they destroy the media per contract, not try to find some cute way around it to save a dollar.)
If the contract in future can be negotiated to have the drives wiped instead of shredded, blessings.
The problem isn't destroying the data. The problem is demonstrating that you've destroyed the data. If you hand over all the media that the data is on for shredding, and it gets cataloged and then shredded, any bean counter can look and say "see? here's the certificate that says it was destroyed." If you erase it and promise "I erased it! I swear! Honest!", there's not much to look at when they do their audit.
If a person realizes after that he drove drunk he should realize the problem was not the driving, it was the drinking.
No, the problem was the combination of the two.
Eliminating either breaks the combination.
Yeah, but OP said that there's still internet access available - just not at home.
OP can consciously decide to go out for internet, while still not keeping any firewater in the house.
Most people get lunch breaks; can do some quick internet shopping or government-service-requesting or friend-touching then, while focusing on better time management.
OP isn't giving up internet; OP is choosing to make internet more expensive (in terms of time and convenience), so it becomes a deliberate action to internet rather than a reflexive "I'm bored, I'll surf the tubes for an indefinite while" at home.
As an aside: my effectiveness went up dramatically when I edited my DNS to map *.youtube.com to 127.0.0.1 , so I get OP's point. (Yes, it's easily bypassed, but it's a reminder that I have better things to do, in general.)
Also relevant: The Map.
With technology like this, who needs a girlfriend?
Probably stream to chatroulette.
At which point he's got permission, and shouldn't get in trouble.
I expect this case is one where permission > forgiveness.
If you live in a state that does not collect sales tax, why would your previously untaxed purchase now be taxed?