Eh, somehow I don't think this would work.
First of all, you can only get 33600bps when going from user to user (all analog); one end needs to be digital in order to get 56K speeds.
Second, how will the TiVO know it's going to be able to connect even though it got no dialtone?
The closest you might be able to get would be to set up an internal phone network and hook it up to that. And have the number it dials go to your system's modem. Of course, you'd still be limited to 33.6kbps...
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Autospy of a Furby
Posted by michael on Friday August 18, @3:43PM from the deja-vu dept.
Vladinator writes "Ever wonder what it's like to take apart a Furby? I don't, because I saw this on Slashdot two years ago, but I needed some karma so I submitted it anyway. Fawking trolls!" Those of who you started reading Slashdot this week may not have seen this page yet, so I'm re-running this classic for you three newbies.
( Read More... | 1 FIRST POST! )
Only 1 first post? I'd have expected atleast 15.:)
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Just a clarification: when referring to RDRAM, RAMBUS decided that PC800 means 800MB/sec, not 800MHz, so it isn't really running that fast.
Comparatively, if you look at www.crucial.com, they do the same thing with DDR SDRAM - 200MHz is PC1600 (1.6GB/sec), and 266MHz is PC2100 (2.1GB/sec).
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Just fixing your diagram; always remember to use in such cases. .......|...................... .......|...................... .....---------................ .............|................ .............|................ ......|......|................
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Hope this works; had to add an invisible link just to avoid setting off the lameness filter;
apparently, HTML tags (auto-converted to uppercase) count as lameness these days.:)
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Though knowing them, they'd probably both refuse to let you use the router AND refuse to take responsibility for any attacks.
Or they'd just revoke your account for disobeying their terms of service.
Again, as you said, this is very unlikely. Right now, I do something similar with a dialup account, though I use SyGate to act as the NAT/firewall rather than a hardware NAT/firewall.
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Interestingly enough, the bit you snipped from Clause 5.5 is what would probably piss off most users:
Clause 5.5: Subject to clause 5.6, you must not connect another network, such as a local area network, to the Service or allow multiple simultaneous users of the Service. You may connect only one computer to the Service at any one time etc. etc.
So you're not allowed to run ipmasq or any similar programs (i.e. SyGate if you're running Win9x/NT); you have to pay an extra $11 per month per additional IP address. And you can only get 2 additional IP addresses if you take a residential plan; residential+business plans have a limit of 7 additional users, but they have a transfer limit of 250mb or 500mb (depending on plan), after which you have to pay 18.9 cents per megabyte (until you hit 5gb, after which it drops to 17.5 cents per megabyte).
Though I don't know how they would seriously intend on enforcing that...
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Or, as suggested earlier, modify Gnutella to use a system like this:
[Client 1:Broadcast] Anyone got any mp3s from this band?
[Client 2->Client 1] Yeah.
[Client 1->Client 2] Cool. Which ones do you have?
[Client 2->Client 1] I've got this one and that one.
[Client 1->Client 2] *** Send file
Trying to spoof would have a result like this:
[Client 1:Broadcast] Anyone got any mp3s from this band?
[Spoofed Spambot->Client 1] Yeah.
[Client 1->Spoofed Spambot] Cool. Which ones do you have?
[Status] No response from Spoofed Spambot.
Of course, the spambot could just assume that you're going to query it for results and send them anyways. Which is why a 'cookie' could be included; if the reply does not contain that cookie, ignore it.
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In accordance with Murphy's Law, I am compelled to convert the above measurement of speed to the proper units: 1.8371546 * 10^-5 furlongs per fortnight.:)
Hint to any moderators reading this: this is meant to be funny, not a troll.
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It's probably been said already but I'll say it again:
Batteries, Batteries, Batteries!
Running a fast CPU takes quite a bit of energy, and nobody is going to want a calculator that uses up four AAA batteries in 4 hours.
Another reason is that those old CPUs are quite cheap AND small. Put a 68060 (32bit, much faster) instead of a 68000 in a TI-89 and it'll probably cost a bit more than $140.
Of course, those old calculators probably weren't running 0.18 micron versions of those old CPUs; if they were, they'd probably be running at 66MHz as well.
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I would recommend running Win2k over 98ME even for games.
Just as long as all of the games use DirectX for sound; anything else is likely to communicate directly with your soundcard, which will result in either a runtime error or a silent game.
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Slashdot Mirror
idiots...
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Eh, somehow I don't think this would work.
First of all, you can only get 33600bps when going from user to user (all analog); one end needs to be digital in order to get 56K speeds.
Second, how will the TiVO know it's going to be able to connect even though it got no dialtone?
The closest you might be able to get would be to set up an internal phone network and hook it up to that. And have the number it dials go to your system's modem. Of course, you'd still be limited to 33.6kbps...
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Zarn: there was an extra / at the end of the link.
Try this instead.
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Only 1 first post? I'd have expected atleast 15. :)
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Comparatively, if you look at www.crucial.com, they do the same thing with DDR SDRAM - 200MHz is PC1600 (1.6GB/sec), and 266MHz is PC2100 (2.1GB/sec).
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Just fixing your diagram; always remember to use in such cases.
.......|......................
.......|......................
.....---------................
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Hope this works; had to add an invisible link just to avoid setting off the lameness filter;
apparently, HTML tags (auto-converted to uppercase) count as lameness these days.
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The proper way to do this, of course, would be to use HTCPCP. :)
:)
Note to moderators: ":)" == attempt to be humorous, even if the joke is getting old
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I thought he claimed to have invented the Internet. :)
I could be wrong, though...
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This is very true.
Though knowing them, they'd probably both refuse to let you use the router AND refuse to take responsibility for any attacks.
Or they'd just revoke your account for disobeying their terms of service.
Again, as you said, this is very unlikely. Right now, I do something similar with a dialup account, though I use SyGate to act as the NAT/firewall rather than a hardware NAT/firewall.
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Interestingly enough, the bit you snipped from Clause 5.5 is what would probably piss off most users:
Clause 5.5: Subject to clause 5.6, you must not connect another network, such as a local area network, to the Service or allow multiple simultaneous users of the Service. You may connect only one computer to the Service at any one time etc. etc.
So you're not allowed to run ipmasq or any similar programs (i.e. SyGate if you're running Win9x/NT); you have to pay an extra $11 per month per additional IP address. And you can only get 2 additional IP addresses if you take a residential plan; residential+business plans have a limit of 7 additional users, but they have a transfer limit of 250mb or 500mb (depending on plan), after which you have to pay 18.9 cents per megabyte (until you hit 5gb, after which it drops to 17.5 cents per megabyte).
Though I don't know how they would seriously intend on enforcing that...
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Heh.. Slashdot doesn't like target=_blank, I guess.
Try this instead.
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Or, as suggested earlier, modify Gnutella to use a system like this:
[Client 1:Broadcast] Anyone got any mp3s from this band?
[Client 2->Client 1] Yeah.
[Client 1->Client 2] Cool. Which ones do you have?
[Client 2->Client 1] I've got this one and that one.
[Client 1->Client 2] *** Send file
Trying to spoof would have a result like this:
[Client 1:Broadcast] Anyone got any mp3s from this band?
[Spoofed Spambot->Client 1] Yeah.
[Client 1->Spoofed Spambot] Cool. Which ones do you have?
[Status] No response from Spoofed Spambot.
Of course, the spambot could just assume that you're going to query it for results and send them anyways. Which is why a 'cookie' could be included; if the reply does not contain that cookie, ignore it.
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Something similar has already been done here, albeit with a rather expensive non-conducting liquid and liquid nitrogen for a heat pump :)
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Bah, ignore the above post. My bad for not being smart enough to scroll down and see the post immediately below it with the fixed link.
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Fossil Fuels.
(apparently, Slashdot doesn't like extra information in an <A> tag and treats it as part of the URL)-- Sig (120 chars) --
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Heh, that beats 1152x882 (64:49) which was present in some old Matrox Millenium drivers.
It was later replaced by 1152x864 (4:3).
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Bah, multiplied instead of dividing (and vice-versa). That should be: :)
2.0741 furlongs per fortnight.
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In accordance with Murphy's Law, I am compelled to convert the above measurement of speed to the proper units: :)
1.8371546 * 10^-5 furlongs per fortnight.
Hint to any moderators reading this: this is meant to be funny, not a troll.
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Take a look at the (recently added) picture of the watch. Look closely at the screen... :)
# cat hw
Hello Watch
Nice alternate "first program"
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It's probably been said already but I'll say it again:
Batteries, Batteries, Batteries!
Running a fast CPU takes quite a bit of energy, and nobody is going to want a calculator that uses up four AAA batteries in 4 hours.
Another reason is that those old CPUs are quite cheap AND small. Put a 68060 (32bit, much faster) instead of a 68000 in a TI-89 and it'll probably cost a bit more than $140.
Of course, those old calculators probably weren't running 0.18 micron versions of those old CPUs; if they were, they'd probably be running at 66MHz as well.
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And then there's "[Mitsubishi] Pajero" in Spanish slang -> Monkey Spanker
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SCUBA is an acronym, but it isn't a word (i.e. didn't exist before it meant Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus).
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That was Simba.
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