Take apart some bad hard drives. The magnet that moves the read/write head is a powerful "rare earth" type magnet. I usually put a zip tie through one of the holes so I can get it off of the fridge. They also look good stuck to the cube wall (I usually hang a floppy labeled Important Data for the humorous touch.)
Johnny Mnemonic: No dice? Homeland Security: No. But I can get it out Johnny Mnemonic: How? Homeland Security: A general anesthetic, a cranial drill and a pair of forceps. Johnny Mnemonic: I could die, right? Homeland Security: It's gonna kill you anyway.If I take it out, you'll probably survive but lose some fine motor skills.You might not remember anything for more than three minutes.
Time to head to the 24 hour Walmart and stock up on ammo and bottled water. I think I hear the 4 horsemen of the apocolypse mounting up. I'll keep the mutants off my land.
Turn off all the ringers on you phones. Build an Interactive Voice Response system. Spend plenty of time on an extensive menuing system as deep as you can imagine (and add a few more layers). Ensure that the only live person reachable through your rig is a pizza place in New Delhi. I am sure that you no longer will be bothered by pesky callers again. If you get a second phone line for people you actually want to talk to, be sure it is unlisted.
The radio issue is what will kill you. In a thousand years, our descendents will communicate with mind waves. Take two largish chunks of plutonium and separate them with a membrane that will last 1000 years. Once the membrane fails, the resulting explosion should be hard to miss.
Rather than an ATX PSU that require special wiring to keep it alive, bust out your old 486 and steal the AT powersupply. It has a real power switch and enough kick to run plenty of 12v cameras and DAs (from experience). Smaller supplies can be lifted from old external HDD cases. I have one from a 20meg Mac SCSI drive that I use all the time (it is not an open frame unit).
Since alcohol kills liver cells, does this mean my robot won't fetch my beer? Maybe we need a "Zeroth Law" like "the needs of my brain outweight the needs of my liver". Unfortunatly once we have one 'extra' law we'll end up with a bunch "Don't get grease on the carpet";"Only you can prevent forest fires" & "Cover their eyes to protect them from unpaid RIAA content". By then you might as well load Windows 2027 on them for as much as they'll crash.
I have my family connect their Windows machines directly to the Internet and to not bother with those pesky security updates. Within an hour, the internet installs all the remote access tools I need. Ftp servers, irc bots and keystroke loggers are just some of the handy tools that come through this way. I have to go, I just got an email about Snow White and I can't wait to check out the attachment.
Here is me new patent pending idea WikiDNS. No more lock in with registrations. Create an entry for you favorite web site and add an IP address. Think you have a better slashdot than slashdot? Update the DB and let the world be the judge. Develop a mesh query policy and dump the root servers. The DNS DB could live all over the net rather than in some sealed bunker somewhere. Power to the people.
You could hook up one of these fancy balanced power systems. The National Electrical Code has the basic details. Unfortunatly, thesearenotcheap. The bargain solution is to get some nice incandescent table or floor lamps and use them when you record.
Johnny Mnemonic: I'm a dead man if I don't get this out of my head! Spider: I can get it out. Johnny Mnemonic: How? Spider: A cranial drill and a pair of forceps. Wave link for the visualy challenged
It sums up my experiences with spyware rather nicely I think. To bad my customers become upset when I secure their machines by drilling a hole in the hard drive and install a padlock through the platters.
Here is a Video over Cat5 device that should work. Or add keyboard and mouse for a few more bucks. Or you could try this 100' VGA cable. I have used their 50' cable to a video projector with great success.
You just need a 1500 watt power inverter. You could go mobile with the beam gun, this inverter and a couple of deep cycle batteries. Strap them to an old backpack frame, kind of like the ghostbusters.
Remove the magnetron from and old school 1500 wattmicrowave. Mount it in focal point of an old Primestar (or other satellite dish). Install a pistol grip and a trigger and you are good to go. Get a nice long extension cord and sweep the entire dorm with cleansing 2.4ghz waves. As long as you shield you AP before you begin you should be the only one left on the 2.4ghz frequency. Save your rig, it makes a nifty hot dog cooker. One warning, line you shorts with lead before you start so as not to cook your own frank and beans.
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Jack Lint:
It's not my fault that Buttle's heart condition didn't appear on Tuttle's file!
It's Brazil! all over again...
Serenity is the best name for the module, but Colbert still deserves something. I propose:
The Stephen Colbert BioWaste Recycling Module
Both are cranky, only work for a half hour at a time, and run on waste products. A perfect match.
SD
Here is the IP required to assemble a Wendy's oldfashioned hamburger. Use it wisely.
Bun
Mayonaise
Ketchup
Pickle
Onion
Tomato
Lettuce
Mustard
Cheese
Meat
Bun
If you can source square 1/4lb 'beef' patties that are about 35% fat your are in business.
SD
Take apart some bad hard drives. The magnet that moves the read/write head is a powerful "rare earth" type magnet. I usually put a zip tie through one of the holes so I can get it off of the fridge. They also look good stuck to the cube wall (I usually hang a floppy labeled Important Data for the humorous touch.)
SD
Of course, by accelerating a Vista box to near the speed of light, boot times become much more managable. Relativly speaking...
Overheard at the airport:
Johnny Mnemonic: No dice?
Homeland Security: No. But I can get it out
Johnny Mnemonic: How?
Homeland Security: A general anesthetic, a cranial drill and a pair of forceps.
Johnny Mnemonic: I could die, right?
Homeland Security: It's gonna kill you anyway.If I take it out, you'll probably survive but lose some fine motor skills.You might not remember anything for more than three minutes.
Time to head to the 24 hour Walmart and stock up on ammo and bottled water. I think I hear the 4 horsemen of the apocolypse mounting up. I'll keep the mutants off my land.
SD
I zip all my files and name it "Naked pictures of (insert star name here)". Then I publish the torrent. Cheap distributed offsite backup.
SD
Turn off all the ringers on you phones. Build an Interactive Voice Response system. Spend plenty of time on an extensive menuing system as deep as you can imagine (and add a few more layers). Ensure that the only live person reachable through your rig is a pizza place in New Delhi. I am sure that you no longer will be bothered by pesky callers again. If you get a second phone line for people you actually want to talk to, be sure it is unlisted.
SD
Ameritrade "has every reason to believe" that the tape has either been destroyed or is being held by the shipper.
The have surely been destroyed by UPS.
SD
The radio issue is what will kill you. In a thousand years, our descendents will communicate with mind waves. Take two largish chunks of plutonium and separate them with a membrane that will last 1000 years. Once the membrane fails, the resulting explosion should be hard to miss.
SD
Here is a top secret beta of the new linux business icon for Slashdot.
SD
Show them how to write a BitTorrent client in LOGO. All the kids are doing it.
SD
Spend a few dollars now to take care of our electronic children as they race off into space and maybe they'll be a little less pissed off when they return.
SD
I know people don't hire older programmers, and being 27 this is something that's hainting me.
This is news to me since I'm a programmer in my 50's and considered a youngster on my project.
Yes but COBOL programming doesn't count.
SD
Rather than an ATX PSU that require special wiring to keep it alive, bust out your old 486 and steal the AT powersupply. It has a real power switch and enough kick to run plenty of 12v cameras and DAs (from experience). Smaller supplies can be lifted from old external HDD cases. I have one from a 20meg Mac SCSI drive that I use all the time (it is not an open frame unit).
SD
Since alcohol kills liver cells, does this mean my robot won't fetch my beer? Maybe we need a "Zeroth Law" like "the needs of my brain outweight the needs of my liver". Unfortunatly once we have one 'extra' law we'll end up with a bunch "Don't get grease on the carpet";"Only you can prevent forest fires" & "Cover their eyes to protect them from unpaid RIAA content". By then you might as well load Windows 2027 on them for as much as they'll crash.
SD
I have my family connect their Windows machines directly to the Internet and to not bother with those pesky security updates. Within an hour, the internet installs all the remote access tools I need. Ftp servers, irc bots and keystroke loggers are just some of the handy tools that come through this way. I have to go, I just got an email about Snow White and I can't wait to check out the attachment.
SD
Here is me new patent pending idea Wiki DNS. No more lock in with registrations. Create an entry for you favorite web site and add an IP address. Think you have a better slashdot than slashdot? Update the DB and let the world be the judge. Develop a mesh query policy and dump the root servers. The DNS DB could live all over the net rather than in some sealed bunker somewhere. Power to the people.
SD
You could hook up one of these fancy balanced power systems. The National Electrical Code has the basic details. Unfortunatly, these are not cheap. The bargain solution is to get some nice incandescent table or floor lamps and use them when you record.
This makes me think of Johnny Mnemonic .
Johnny Mnemonic: I'm a dead man if I don't get this out of my head!
Spider: I can get it out.
Johnny Mnemonic: How?
Spider: A cranial drill and a pair of forceps.
Wave link for the visualy challenged
It sums up my experiences with spyware rather nicely I think. To bad my customers become upset when I secure their machines by drilling a hole in the hard drive and install a padlock through the platters.
SD
Here is a Video over Cat5 device that should work. Or add keyboard and mouse for a few more bucks. Or you could try this 100' VGA cable. I have used their 50' cable to a video projector with great success.
SD
Your best friend Mr Google has many high bandwidth cheap short term hosts conviently listed under the search term Bullet Proof Hosting . Compared to what you normally pay for bandwidth these guys can hook you up good.
SD
You just need a 1500 watt power inverter. You could go mobile with the beam gun, this inverter and a couple of deep cycle batteries. Strap them to an old backpack frame, kind of like the ghostbusters.
SD
Remove the magnetron from and old school 1500 wattmicrowave. Mount it in focal point of an old Primestar (or other satellite dish). Install a pistol grip and a trigger and you are good to go. Get a nice long extension cord and sweep the entire dorm with cleansing 2.4ghz waves. As long as you shield you AP before you begin you should be the only one left on the 2.4ghz frequency. Save your rig, it makes a nifty hot dog cooker. One warning, line you shorts with lead before you start so as not to cook your own frank and beans.
SD
PS Don't try this anywhere, ever.