Actually, it does scale quite nicely. A 16dBi Omnidirectional antenna high up on a hill can cover a large area with usable wifi and careful positioning of cheap consumer equipment can get you impressive results.
I networked a large property and a good portion of the adjacent bay and islands using this guide: Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network:
http://owni.fr/files/2011/09/Building_a_Rural_Wireless_Mesh_Network_-_A_DIY_Guide_v0.7_65.pdf
Impressiveness is affected by time because it's subject to inflation.
I've easily connected to a ferry's access point from the top of a hill that was 5km away. That was with a cheap usb wifi card on a long usb cord dangling from my car's FM radio antenna. I have a 300 foot building to building 3 AP 802.11b/g client/repeater setup on channels 1 and 11 respectively at my cabin. This is with cheap dlinks and one wrt54G v6 which is the crappiest of the wrt54G's. And you get clear signal on a small island about 100 metres off shore. It is running right now so don't worry about inflation. Go try some of this stuff yourself; it is amazing what link distances are achievable with some planning and basic knowledge of antennas, Fresnel zones and line of sight.
We just got iPhones in my department. The purpose is to support the executives new toys. After a week of using my new 4S I have to say it is the best toy I have ever had.
It is a terrible, god awful business tool. My coworkers literally have wasted entire work days shagging the dog on their new toys. Watching Top Gear in the office is the best use I can see for an iPhone in the enterprise environment.
Try using the "GoodApp" for "secure" email on idevices... it is NOT GOOD. For communication you need something with a keyboard and a removable battery and a solid infrastructure. Apple's "fuck enterprise" attitude is very frustrating because every manager, etc. thinks they need the latest toy to keep up with the other execs.
We are rolling out iPhones in my organization and they are a support nightmare. The early adopters are already having dead batteries after a year. Apple's solution? Mail your old phone and we mail you a new one!
It is a far cry from grabbing a battery off my pile and throwing it in a user's BB. We still pry World Editions from people's hands. I can throw my BB on the concrete floor and be certain it will be fine. Hell it has flown out my car's window and down staircases.
Going away from power for a few days? No problem; I bring an extra fully charged battery and pop it in the back.
BBs are workhorses. RIM needs to capitalize on that fact and market to people who want a communication tool, not a toy.
two-thirds of mobile employees say they are working 50+ and 60+ hour weeks
Which means a third is working more hours while not doing a damn thing more.
Either that or a lot of people are lying about how much they work.
Or they were working 50+ or 60+ hours before, and now they're getting more done in the same amount of time. Or, they accomplish the same amount in the time they're working, but they spend more time working because their bosses confuse "working from home" with "always on call".
Working more hours for the same quality and quantity of work just shows poor time management on the part of the employee. If they are exceeding expectations at home then they would probably do the same in the office except now you literally have some people wanking off all day long.
You can vote with your wallet! Join ImmortalSeed or another private torrent site and donate! The private sites provide a very good service for donations.
You're just voting for "Criminals" is all. Actually, lets take a page from Reagan; Torrent users are "Freedom Fighters."
I would love to have a micropayment option for GoT or Fringe.
I would never pay for the shitty Simpsons episode that was on Sunday Night.
Maybe the system would regulate out shit? Naw, the powers that be will never let that happen.
My coworkers pay close to $150/mo with their DVR boxes, full 3 tiers and bundled phone/internet from Shaw.
I think I'll stick with my $40 a month internet bill.
I do this. Is this really impossible for most Slashdotters? A year is nothing, really. I've waited longer than that for a game to come down to the price I care to pay. I also don't have to spend $400 every so often for the latest graphics cards.
What kind of computer requires you to upgrade a graphics card to watch TV?? Damn, I use a 4 year old corporate POS Dell to watch 720p video with zero issues.
We leave a wireless "guest network" open and shut down torrents when we hit a 1.0 ratio. We have encryption and auto-updated blocklists.
We're smart geeks and we know the risks. We know it might piss someone off. Just like keeping up with highway traffic: technically we're speeding, but the chances of getting pulled over are slim to none. If we get caught and our ISP send us a nastygram, we knock it off for a while.
Nothing about that is smart in any way. For one, it breaks the fundamental idea of torrents which is a ration above 1.0 and for two do some basic research and secure your torrent client and use PeerBlock.
Sheesh. "Smart geeks" use a workaround, not turning off a torrent at 1.0. That's dumb.
And user PeerBlock!
I get an email from my ISP telling me that they detected my torrent and refuse to release my info but I really should stop doing that.
PeerBlock fixes all.
Good thing we have people like you at the helm! How many IT staff does your hospital have? Almost as many nerds as docotrs I would imagine. Unless you don't like having a working hospital.
I've had piercings my whole adult life and haven't had any infections past the first week and that was my first one I didn't take care of according to my piercist's instructions./. Has the predictable array of scared nerd comments based on ignorance and fear of anything that can lead to getting laid.
Moron. I have a BSE computer system's engineering and MSE electrical engineering degree. I studied the exact thing I did at Graphic techniologuies. Makes me hate Jews -- the irony was he didn't know how lucky he was. National Merit Scholar caliber is rare. Fucken Jews.
God says...
C:\Text\PILGRIM.TXT
tanding by it, always casting much water upon it,
to quench it; yet did the fire burn higher and hotter.
Then said Christian, What means this?
{81} The Interpreter answered, This fire is the work of grace that
is wrought in the heart; he that casts water upon it, to extinguish
and put it out, is the Devil; but in that thou seest the fire
notwithstanding burn higher and hotter, thou shalt also see the
reason of that. So he had him about to the backside of the wall,
where he saw a man with a ves
Come again?
Most of us don't speak gibberish, especially the anti Semitic dialect.
And the simple stuff is all I use it for, you would be insane to use it for anything else. I'll agree that without a wireless mouse the Citrix app is nigh unusable but once you jailbreak the iPad the mouse becomes invaluable. It runs several terminal windows concurrently plus explorer and outlook, that's all I really need. If all you're worried about doing is resetting MGCP on a gateway and then sending an email or other simple on call tasks it's perfect. Anything more and you just call someone else or drive to home/work. Plus it beats lugging the laptop on the skytrain, etc. or taking your car just to have someplace to stash the laptop. My boss would not be happy to learn that my company laptop and mobile internet stick were stolen out of the trunk.
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Actually, it does scale quite nicely. A 16dBi Omnidirectional antenna high up on a hill can cover a large area with usable wifi and careful positioning of cheap consumer equipment can get you impressive results. I networked a large property and a good portion of the adjacent bay and islands using this guide: Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network: http://owni.fr/files/2011/09/Building_a_Rural_Wireless_Mesh_Network_-_A_DIY_Guide_v0.7_65.pdf
Impressiveness is affected by time because it's subject to inflation.
I've easily connected to a ferry's access point from the top of a hill that was 5km away. That was with a cheap usb wifi card on a long usb cord dangling from my car's FM radio antenna. I have a 300 foot building to building 3 AP 802.11b/g client/repeater setup on channels 1 and 11 respectively at my cabin. This is with cheap dlinks and one wrt54G v6 which is the crappiest of the wrt54G's. And you get clear signal on a small island about 100 metres off shore. It is running right now so don't worry about inflation. Go try some of this stuff yourself; it is amazing what link distances are achievable with some planning and basic knowledge of antennas, Fresnel zones and line of sight.
Imagine a boot stamping on the face of humanity, forever.
We just got iPhones in my department. The purpose is to support the executives new toys. After a week of using my new 4S I have to say it is the best toy I have ever had. It is a terrible, god awful business tool. My coworkers literally have wasted entire work days shagging the dog on their new toys. Watching Top Gear in the office is the best use I can see for an iPhone in the enterprise environment. Try using the "GoodApp" for "secure" email on idevices... it is NOT GOOD. For communication you need something with a keyboard and a removable battery and a solid infrastructure. Apple's "fuck enterprise" attitude is very frustrating because every manager, etc. thinks they need the latest toy to keep up with the other execs. We are rolling out iPhones in my organization and they are a support nightmare. The early adopters are already having dead batteries after a year. Apple's solution? Mail your old phone and we mail you a new one! It is a far cry from grabbing a battery off my pile and throwing it in a user's BB. We still pry World Editions from people's hands. I can throw my BB on the concrete floor and be certain it will be fine. Hell it has flown out my car's window and down staircases. Going away from power for a few days? No problem; I bring an extra fully charged battery and pop it in the back. BBs are workhorses. RIM needs to capitalize on that fact and market to people who want a communication tool, not a toy.
Yes! If you get caught torrenting you're doing it wrong. PeerBlock. Seriously.
a third of workers [...] were 'more productive'
two-thirds of mobile employees say they are working 50+ and 60+ hour weeks
Which means a third is working more hours while not doing a damn thing more. Either that or a lot of people are lying about how much they work.
Or they were working 50+ or 60+ hours before, and now they're getting more done in the same amount of time. Or, they accomplish the same amount in the time they're working, but they spend more time working because their bosses confuse "working from home" with "always on call".
Working more hours for the same quality and quantity of work just shows poor time management on the part of the employee. If they are exceeding expectations at home then they would probably do the same in the office except now you literally have some people wanking off all day long.
Every show I torrent except for HBO stuff has a Canadian Network logo in the corner. True north strong and free, for now.
You can vote with your wallet! Join ImmortalSeed or another private torrent site and donate! The private sites provide a very good service for donations. You're just voting for "Criminals" is all. Actually, lets take a page from Reagan; Torrent users are "Freedom Fighters."
But then I need to buy a computer! Nope, too expensive for me.
I would love to have a micropayment option for GoT or Fringe. I would never pay for the shitty Simpsons episode that was on Sunday Night. Maybe the system would regulate out shit? Naw, the powers that be will never let that happen.
My coworkers pay close to $150/mo with their DVR boxes, full 3 tiers and bundled phone/internet from Shaw. I think I'll stick with my $40 a month internet bill.
I'm pretty sure that no monetary support from you factored in to their decision. They moved it to Friday deliberately. Just like Star Trek.
Especially now that a lot of member only torrent sites are offering 1080p versions...
Option 3 is wait a year for the DVD release.
I do this. Is this really impossible for most Slashdotters? A year is nothing, really. I've waited longer than that for a game to come down to the price I care to pay. I also don't have to spend $400 every so often for the latest graphics cards.
What kind of computer requires you to upgrade a graphics card to watch TV?? Damn, I use a 4 year old corporate POS Dell to watch 720p video with zero issues.
We leave a wireless "guest network" open and shut down torrents when we hit a 1.0 ratio. We have encryption and auto-updated blocklists.
We're smart geeks and we know the risks. We know it might piss someone off. Just like keeping up with highway traffic: technically we're speeding, but the chances of getting pulled over are slim to none. If we get caught and our ISP send us a nastygram, we knock it off for a while.
Nothing about that is smart in any way. For one, it breaks the fundamental idea of torrents which is a ration above 1.0 and for two do some basic research and secure your torrent client and use PeerBlock. Sheesh. "Smart geeks" use a workaround, not turning off a torrent at 1.0. That's dumb.
And user PeerBlock! I get an email from my ISP telling me that they detected my torrent and refuse to release my info but I really should stop doing that. PeerBlock fixes all.
The bottom feeders of the pirate world, so 99% of users. Get on a member only site or just go on usenet.
Good thing we have people like you at the helm! How many IT staff does your hospital have? Almost as many nerds as docotrs I would imagine. Unless you don't like having a working hospital.
Cool! I'm getting this done for sure. It's actually useful for work since I can trace pigtails without using the shittly fluke toner!
What do you thnk the MILLIONS of people with earrings do? Fucking /.ers.
Get a life, loser. Stop being angry on the internets
I've had piercings my whole adult life and haven't had any infections past the first week and that was my first one I didn't take care of according to my piercist's instructions. /. Has the predictable array of scared nerd comments based on ignorance and fear of anything that can lead to getting laid.
Moron. I have a BSE computer system's engineering and MSE electrical engineering degree. I studied the exact thing I did at Graphic techniologuies. Makes me hate Jews -- the irony was he didn't know how lucky he was. National Merit Scholar caliber is rare. Fucken Jews.
God says... C:\Text\PILGRIM.TXT
tanding by it, always casting much water upon it, to quench it; yet did the fire burn higher and hotter.
Then said Christian, What means this?
{81} The Interpreter answered, This fire is the work of grace that is wrought in the heart; he that casts water upon it, to extinguish and put it out, is the Devil; but in that thou seest the fire notwithstanding burn higher and hotter, thou shalt also see the reason of that. So he had him about to the backside of the wall, where he saw a man with a ves
Come again? Most of us don't speak gibberish, especially the anti Semitic dialect.
but I'm going to get it and the fact that it may screw MS makes it a bit sweeter.
And the simple stuff is all I use it for, you would be insane to use it for anything else. I'll agree that without a wireless mouse the Citrix app is nigh unusable but once you jailbreak the iPad the mouse becomes invaluable. It runs several terminal windows concurrently plus explorer and outlook, that's all I really need. If all you're worried about doing is resetting MGCP on a gateway and then sending an email or other simple on call tasks it's perfect. Anything more and you just call someone else or drive to home/work. Plus it beats lugging the laptop on the skytrain, etc. or taking your car just to have someplace to stash the laptop. My boss would not be happy to learn that my company laptop and mobile internet stick were stolen out of the trunk.