Why not use one of the existing 802.11 wireless-to-ether bridges that exist and hide it all in something watertight like one of those sprinkler controller boxes? Then all you need to run outside is power and a cat5 line. There are numerous products that do this. Check out: Proxim's ethernet bridge WebGear Aviator Pro Access Point
You could probably throw together a PC-based solution for the same cost as one of these items. On the other hand, these dissipate little heat (no trouble sinking heat from the enclosure) and have no moving parts (operational temp range is most likely much higher). And since they're turn key products, you don't have to worry about adminning another box.
As a side note: I bought myself a pair of WebGear Aviator 2.4 wireless cards from CompUSA for $139.99 with a $40 rebate. They kick all ass. I can get a connection to my desktop from my notebook from anywhere in the house. Range and coverage are excellent. They do full IEEE 802.11 and there's Linux drivers (read SUPPORTED.CARDS in the root of pcmcia_cs sources) that work pretty well. Couch surfing for everyone!
You know, I do have one of the older WinCE palm-clone doodads that I got at a closeout sale. I put new batteries (2xAA)in when I got it, haven't used it for the last two months, and last I checked (last night?) the batteries were dead. Conversely, my Palm's 2xAAA batteries usually last ~1.5mo, while I've been on the same 3 AAA cells on my HP48 calc for the last two years. And I do use both often.
I have only seen Pokemon once (ok, half an episode; I was about to go into convulsions), but I understand there's something about them needing to suck energy from something or other.
I couldn't help but think while watching this X-files about the obvious Sluggy Freelance / Goats parallels as of late. Compare: Cannibals Anonymous and brains4zombies.com.
This got me thinking... Macrovision filters aren't illegal, right? (where Macrovision is a copy protection method used in videotapes and other NTSC-based stuff) So what makes DeCSS special?
As a sysadmin for Univ. of Texas' Electrical Engineering department, I have to say that it serves them right. Our university computer services agreement says, more or less, that any use of unlicensed copyrighted material on university computers is unlawful and that the university reserves the right to put the smack down. In addition, the policy for our labs, which users sign when receiving accounts, states that our computers are to be used primarily for educational use.
Why be a hardass? Because these policies require me, as an admin, to uphold our end of these agreements. We run the possibility of being the unlucky winners of a software audit if someone higher up believes that we're not in compliance. This is just as painful as the IRS equivalent. As a result, we have sent students to SJS (the UT system's Council of Doom) for trial for doing these fool things.
I admit, I have my collection of MP3s. But I don't draw attention to the fact by serving them publicly and I definitely don't keep them on the University's network.
Yes,yes,yes! I saw this film over a year ago; a two-generation old copy of a Chinese VCD bootleg of the Japanese release with English sub over the Chinese one. I was awe-struck. No film I have seen since (well, maybe American Beauty) comes close in plot, character development, and my overall enjoyment. Anyway, I got to see the English dubbed Miramax version in Austin TX about two weeks ago. Neil showed up to boot (and mentioned the new book too). Despite the movie itself, this has to have been the most flawless dub I have ever seen. The lip synch was executed flawlessly. The characters seem like they really are speaking English. Even a small glitch in the audio after a scene cut was preserved.
Anyway, see it. On the 29th. If you can.
ObSlashdot: I'm typing this from this 'get2net' terminal in LaGuardia while waiting for a plane. They give you 15 mins browsing for free when you sign up. Fun!
Not to refute your point, but Quake 3 (q3test) is better (IMHO) than any other Linux game that has come along, will have a simultaneous Linux release, and probably has a larger user base than Unreal.
Not necessarily, they mention multimedia hardware programming info, which I assume to be all bits of ATI cards/chips that are not specifically 2D framebuffer or 3D related. This pretty much leaves the video capture stuff.
Good for them. They finally came to their senses. My work computer has an ATI Rage Mumble Mumble (ever notice that there are a MILLION fscking varieties of that chip!) soldered onto the mobo. No AGP slot either. This is a good thing.
Hmm... Barton Fink and Throw Momma from the Train come to mind...
So Barton Fink is about writing a screenplay. Same difference.
An accurate depiction of programming is not necessarily the trouble here. Personally, I think that even bit parts (NPI) by computers have been foolishly represented. For example, Jurassic Park with its "Oooh! UNIX! Pretty!" computer scene.
When one of the characters gets angry at the "fax" machine, he shouts "PC Load Letter? What the hell does that mean?!". The POS HP LaserJet 4M printers around here all spout "PC Load Letter" to the display when it's out of paper. I believe it stands for Paper Cartridge Load Letter (size paper). Not particularly the most realistic portrayal of computers, IMHO, but at least something was gleaned from the Real World(tm).
With all this research into the beneficial nature of caffeine, I'm surprised that the vitamin nuts haven't gone all bozo. Every time someone announces a study that shows that some off-the-shelf drug store quackery is good at something-or-other, about 50 people write full length novels on the wonders of the stuff, GNC turns a tidy profit, and Michael Jordan does TV spots hawking the extra-overpriced blister pack'd brand.
I'm glad this hasn't been the fate of caffeine. It keeps me awake and that's all I ask. But it doesn't stop there. Through the magik of Slashdot, I found out that not only does it increase my tolerance to ionizing radiation, but it makes me smarter.
Good timing, guys. I have an exam at 4pm and I'm cramming now. To the coffee stand for a double latte!
Ok, Hostess cupcakes, maybe. But you're not gonna convince me that Twinkies aren't made from pure industrial waste chemicals. Nuh-uh. And try to explain away Snowballs. And to think that we were worried whether blue M&M's can give you cancer!
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Good for NASA! Now they need to release a few pictures to the media to convince the world that their streak of bad luck is over.
I'm just glad I don't need to do a spacewalk to upgrade the machines I admin!
Why not use one of the existing 802.11 wireless-to-ether bridges that exist and hide it all in something watertight like one of those sprinkler controller boxes? Then all you need to run outside is power and a cat5 line.
There are numerous products that do this. Check out:
Proxim's ethernet bridge
WebGear Aviator Pro Access Point
You could probably throw together a PC-based solution for the same cost as one of these items. On the other hand, these dissipate little heat (no trouble sinking heat from the enclosure) and have no moving parts (operational temp range is most likely much higher). And since they're turn key products, you don't have to worry about adminning another box.
As a side note: I bought myself a pair of WebGear Aviator 2.4 wireless cards from CompUSA for $139.99 with a $40 rebate. They kick all ass. I can get a connection to my desktop from my notebook from anywhere in the house. Range and coverage are excellent. They do full IEEE 802.11 and there's Linux drivers (read SUPPORTED.CARDS in the root of pcmcia_cs sources) that work pretty well. Couch surfing for everyone!
I trust my eye chip to Linux, as well as my ass chip.
I have only seen Pokemon once (ok, half an episode; I was about to go into convulsions), but I understand there's something about them needing to suck energy from something or other.
See, the analogy does indeed work.
Gotta crash 'em all!
Now all of us German-impaired Slashdotters can
read the c't articles.
I couldn't help but think while watching this X-files about the obvious Sluggy Freelance / Goats parallels as of late. Compare: Cannibals Anonymous and brains4zombies.com.
Hmm... 8pm... Y2K movie, or new X-Files? I think
the choice is clear.
So is that why the demo for Linux was delayed another day?
This got me thinking... Macrovision filters aren't
illegal, right? (where Macrovision is a copy
protection method used in videotapes and other
NTSC-based stuff) So what makes DeCSS special?
As a sysadmin for Univ. of Texas' Electrical Engineering department, I have to say that it serves them right. Our university computer services agreement says, more or less, that any use of unlicensed copyrighted material on university computers is unlawful and that the university reserves the right to put the smack down. In addition, the policy for our labs, which users sign when receiving accounts, states that our computers are to be used primarily for educational use.
Why be a hardass? Because these policies require me, as an admin, to uphold our end of these agreements. We run the possibility of being the unlucky winners of a software audit if someone higher up believes that we're not in compliance. This is just as painful as the IRS equivalent. As a result, we have sent students to SJS (the UT system's Council of Doom) for trial for doing these fool things.
I admit, I have my collection of MP3s. But I don't draw attention to the fact by serving them publicly and I definitely don't keep them on the University's network.
Yes,yes,yes! I saw this film over a year ago; a two-generation old copy of a Chinese VCD bootleg of the Japanese release with English sub over the Chinese one. I was awe-struck. No film I have seen since (well, maybe American Beauty) comes close in plot, character development, and my overall enjoyment. Anyway, I got to see the English dubbed Miramax version in Austin TX about two weeks ago. Neil showed up to boot (and mentioned the new book too). Despite the movie itself, this has to have been the most flawless dub I have ever seen. The lip synch was executed flawlessly. The characters seem like they really are speaking English. Even a small glitch in the audio after a scene cut was preserved.
Anyway, see it. On the 29th. If you can.
ObSlashdot: I'm typing this from this 'get2net' terminal in LaGuardia while waiting for a plane. They give you 15 mins browsing for free when you sign up. Fun!
Not to refute your point, but Quake 3 (q3test) is better (IMHO) than any other Linux game that has come along, will have a simultaneous Linux release, and probably has a larger user base than Unreal.
See http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~litt/work.html. So I was bored.
Not necessarily, they mention multimedia hardware programming info, which I assume to be all bits of ATI cards/chips that are not specifically 2D framebuffer or 3D related. This pretty much leaves the video capture stuff.
Good for them. They finally came to their senses. My work computer has an ATI Rage Mumble Mumble (ever notice that there are a MILLION fscking varieties of that chip!) soldered onto the mobo. No AGP slot either. This is a good thing.
$ if [ `echo coding | grep code` ] ; then echo Yes ; else echo No ; fi ;
No
Nice try though.
However:
$ if [ `echo codeine | grep code` ] ; then echo Yes ; else echo No ; fi ;
Yes
Makes you think.
Hmm... Barton Fink and Throw Momma from the Train come to mind...
So Barton Fink is about writing a screenplay. Same difference.
An accurate depiction of programming is not necessarily the trouble here. Personally, I think that even bit parts (NPI) by computers have been foolishly represented. For example, Jurassic Park with its "Oooh! UNIX! Pretty!" computer scene.
When one of the characters gets angry at the "fax" machine, he shouts "PC Load Letter? What the hell does that mean?!". The POS HP LaserJet 4M printers around here all spout "PC Load Letter" to the display when it's out of paper. I believe it stands for Paper Cartridge Load Letter (size paper). Not particularly the most realistic portrayal of computers, IMHO, but at least something was gleaned from the Real World(tm).
Wow! That's my current coding/adminning lineup for the moment. With the exception of lotsa Man... or Astroman? thrown in somewhere.
I want. Though it would be nice if IBM would announce a general price range.
And to think those big honkin' 4.3g disks in the RAID at work cost only $1200 a pop five years ago.
It's not the sediment that does it, it's the Brownian motion.
With all this research into the beneficial nature of caffeine, I'm surprised that the vitamin nuts haven't gone all bozo. Every time someone announces a study that shows that some off-the-shelf drug store quackery is good at something-or-other, about 50 people write full length novels on the wonders of the stuff, GNC turns a tidy profit, and Michael Jordan does TV spots hawking the extra-overpriced blister pack'd brand.
I'm glad this hasn't been the fate of caffeine. It keeps me awake and that's all I ask. But it doesn't stop there. Through the magik of Slashdot, I found out that not only does it increase my tolerance to ionizing radiation, but it makes me smarter.
Good timing, guys. I have an exam at 4pm and I'm cramming now. To the coffee stand for a double latte!
Ok, Hostess cupcakes, maybe. But you're not gonna convince me that Twinkies aren't made from pure industrial waste chemicals. Nuh-uh. And try to explain away Snowballs. And to think that we were worried whether blue M&M's can give you cancer!
Maybe I can convince the University to move our campus backbone to this. Sure would improve the pr0n^h^h^hq3test^h^h^hmail server.