I have had XM Radio since the day it went live on the west coast. Its amazing and I just love it. All of my friends get into my truck and are totaly jealous of me. I had to get one from my mother last christmas even, she isnt a techy, but she loves her lil delphi attached to the home stero. She doesnt even listen to her CD's or local radio any more (even though we live in the bay area and have plenty of opitions there).
I commute to and from college via my truck and couldnt live with out it. Its a three hour drive and I loose radio for maybe 10 seconds total during the trip (due to steep and many mountains).
I personally love XM a bunch more over Sirus, but if you havent gotten Xm...GET IT. Its very worth the subscription fee (heck, its cheaper than an ITunes membership).
For the fact that the entire linux community just started downloading the same 100 meg file...the server runs amazing. When 2.4 came out I think we toasted it right quick.
The major difference between hardware and software...Hardware you can return to the location your purcased it from, software you cant return. Anyone ever try to return open box software? Good Luck...cause it really doesnt happen anymore.
Everyone has to get on one of thoes nice free (or almost) VoIP sites to call them. That way the call quality to so bad they cant understand you anyways, the call is free for you. And we can mess with the Cali PUC at the same time.
Come on people, we are slashdot, we must mess with as many groups as we can at the same time.
Is where he got the chipset? I have wanted to do something like this but everything I find is either a complete ready to go unit, or a case with the chipset in it. I want just the chipset, no case or drives or anything.
Shesh, some things are sooo hard to find now-aday's.
If you are in the west coast, you have to stop by a Fry's Electronics (for some who mentioned Fry's only thinking it was not nessisary to add the electronics part, there is a chain of Supermarkets in Arizona called "Fry's").
Thats very true, but havent you knowticed, as soon as you put an "open" in front of what you are doing its ok and you are left alone for the most part.
I mean look at other project, like: Open Office Open Mosix
If you could make exceptions, like as a reciver, I would want all aproved senders not to be charged. So I could aprove all my friends and they wouldnt be taxed when they email me (or companies that I like for that matter).
Otherwise I think email should be taxed, but the question is where should the money go?
Everyone else has posted how to build the circut and what to use as a trip device. I wanted to throw in my two cents about a noise maker.
Go find a car alarm siren (from old car or kragen, autozone, etc). They are cheap and designed for twelve volts (though you dont even need this much). I have connected one of these two a 9v bat and its VERY VERY loud. Loud enough to wake the husband and neighbors husband and wife, and their neighbors, etc. (Or somewhere close).
Ok, maybe I don't. But I would like to. My 3 linux machines/servers all syncranize once an hour from 14 different time servers across the US. My other machines also syncronize everyday. My cell phone automatically gets the time from the cell service. My alarm is set by the atomic clock in Boulder, CO. Finally my wrist watch is a Timex "Internet Messagner" (It has a built in pager), it also recives the exact time from the pager service 6 times a day via "FlexTime".
Oh and my car radio clock is set by the time sent by XM Radio.
The scary part about looking over this article is that in the picture the top keyboard is the exact same keyboard I am using right now (as in typing this post with it). I like this old click-ity keyboard, they give a nice solid feel. MUSHY BAD.
Right there. Now they have changed them so that they are just a AA battery holder, taking 4 batteries. If you dont care about how it looks, goto radio shack and follow peoples sugestion about a the voltage double (or a transformer).
Ok, I really hate to say this but X10 of what ever the company is sells batteries for thoes cammers and If I remmeber they are LiOn so they last for like a couple ours. Have you looked at the site, under "Accessories" ?
Ok, thats just my opinion but from listening to the radio of the day of the vote reporters were saying that they were having a hard time finding people that were for the vote. Then again my regular newpaper showed up (front page) saying that it was a go. But we must wait and be patient they said it could take up to another week or so.
Ok, I live up in the lake tahoe area in California/Nevada. AM/FM radio here sucks horibly even the best station with 3 repeaters in the area is constantly staticy or otherwise not working. I found XM radio and got it installed in my truck as soon as I could (since I do a bunch of driving). It wonderful, no static, digital quality music, etc. I really recomend it to anyone in an area that doesnt get very good am/fm radio. Or anywhere for that matter. I have driven from Tahoe to multiple places in california including LA, San Luis Obisbo, San Fransisco, and the radio works perfectly the entire time. The radios buffer a bit of the signal so when you go under an overpass you dont loose you music. And as for mp3 players etc, They doent get you live news, talk radio, the commendy channel (xm150 which is hella ****ing funny), and anything else for that matter. Sometime I just surf the dial to stuff I nirmally don't like and see if there is something there that I might enjoy. Its really great and I hope XM stays around. -JON
I hate to tell everyone but this is old news. I have had one of these for a couple months now. I think they are rather nice little pices. They make great in car MP3 players (thats what I use mine for).
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I have had XM Radio since the day it went live on the west coast. Its amazing and I just love it. All of my friends get into my truck and are totaly jealous of me. I had to get one from my mother last christmas even, she isnt a techy, but she loves her lil delphi attached to the home stero. She doesnt even listen to her CD's or local radio any more (even though we live in the bay area and have plenty of opitions there).
I commute to and from college via my truck and couldnt live with out it. Its a three hour drive and I loose radio for maybe 10 seconds total during the trip (due to steep and many mountains).
I personally love XM a bunch more over Sirus, but if you havent gotten Xm...GET IT. Its very worth the subscription fee (heck, its cheaper than an ITunes membership).
For the fact that the entire linux community just started downloading the same 100 meg file...the server runs amazing. When 2.4 came out I think we toasted it right quick.
The major difference between hardware and software...Hardware you can return to the location your purcased it from, software you cant return. Anyone ever try to return open box software? Good Luck...cause it really doesnt happen anymore.
Everyone has to get on one of thoes nice free (or almost) VoIP sites to call them. That way the call quality to so bad they cant understand you anyways, the call is free for you. And we can mess with the Cali PUC at the same time.
Come on people, we are slashdot, we must mess with as many groups as we can at the same time.
PS..Who has the #'s for SCO?
Go Sprint. Go Sprint. Go sprint and your black trench coat (the kind that comes strait from columbine high).
Is where he got the chipset? I have wanted to do something like this but everything I find is either a complete ready to go unit, or a case with the chipset in it. I want just the chipset, no case or drives or anything.
Shesh, some things are sooo hard to find now-aday's.
If you are in the west coast, you have to stop by a Fry's Electronics (for some who mentioned Fry's only thinking it was not nessisary to add the electronics part, there is a chain of Supermarkets in Arizona called "Fry's").
And if you are in Minnesoda, you have to stop by the Soudan Under Ground Mine. Why? Because they got one cool High Energy Physics Lab down there, and they give tours too!
Thats very true, but havent you knowticed, as soon as you put an "open" in front of what you are doing its ok and you are left alone for the most part.
I mean look at other project, like:
Open Office
Open Mosix
Etc.
If you could make exceptions, like as a reciver, I would want all aproved senders not to be charged. So I could aprove all my friends and they wouldnt be taxed when they email me (or companies that I like for that matter).
Otherwise I think email should be taxed, but the question is where should the money go?
It might be an aprilfools joke, but my class bought it. hook line and sinker.
They keep complaining and whining about ICANN, why doesnt someone actually get their butt in gear and do something?
Everyone else has posted how to build the circut and what to use as a trip device. I wanted to throw in my two cents about a noise maker.
Go find a car alarm siren (from old car or kragen, autozone, etc). They are cheap and designed for twelve volts (though you dont even need this much). I have connected one of these two a 9v bat and its VERY VERY loud. Loud enough to wake the husband and neighbors husband and wife, and their neighbors, etc. (Or somewhere close).
Ok, maybe I don't. But I would like to. My 3 linux machines/servers all syncranize once an hour from 14 different time servers across the US. My other machines also syncronize everyday. My cell phone automatically gets the time from the cell service. My alarm is set by the atomic clock in Boulder, CO. Finally my wrist watch is a Timex "Internet Messagner" (It has a built in pager), it also recives the exact time from the pager service 6 times a day via "FlexTime".
Oh and my car radio clock is set by the time sent by XM Radio.
The scary part about looking over this article is that in the picture the top keyboard is the exact same keyboard I am using right now (as in typing this post with it). I like this old click-ity keyboard, they give a nice solid feel. MUSHY BAD.
http://www.x10.com/products/x10_zb10a.htm
Right there. Now they have changed them so that they are just a AA battery holder, taking 4 batteries. If you dont care about how it looks, goto radio shack and follow peoples sugestion about a the voltage double (or a transformer).
Ok, I really hate to say this but X10 of what ever the company is sells batteries for thoes cammers and If I remmeber they are LiOn so they last for like a couple ours. Have you looked at the site, under "Accessories" ?
Ok, thats just my opinion but from listening to the radio of the day of the vote reporters were saying that they were having a hard time finding people that were for the vote. Then again my regular newpaper showed up (front page) saying that it was a go. But we must wait and be patient they said it could take up to another week or so.
Re-count any one?
Does anyone know of anything else some what similar to this out there? Thanks.
I want me one of thoes. Seti at Home, Beowulf cluster, hack on perl.
Yea!!!!
Come on. Bring it to the place that counts, silicon valley and the rest of the bay area.
Ok, I live up in the lake tahoe area in California/Nevada. AM/FM radio here sucks horibly even the best station with 3 repeaters in the area is constantly staticy or otherwise not working. I found XM radio and got it installed in my truck as soon as I could (since I do a bunch of driving). It wonderful, no static, digital quality music, etc. I really recomend it to anyone in an area that doesnt get very good am/fm radio. Or anywhere for that matter. I have driven from Tahoe to multiple places in california including LA, San Luis Obisbo, San Fransisco, and the radio works perfectly the entire time. The radios buffer a bit of the signal so when you go under an overpass you dont loose you music. And as for mp3 players etc, They doent get you live news, talk radio, the commendy channel (xm150 which is hella ****ing funny), and anything else for that matter. Sometime I just surf the dial to stuff I nirmally don't like and see if there is something there that I might enjoy. Its really great and I hope XM stays around. -JON
I hate to tell everyone but this is old news. I have had one of these for a couple months now. I think they are rather nice little pices. They make great in car MP3 players (thats what I use mine for).
I was hoping they would come up with something good for a new series, this sounds promising.
Carp filters.......
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wtf is with these filters? its doesnt like my est.... Gah
The IDES... THE IDES.... Ahhhhhh..... Ok anywaise..... my guess would be.......
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