As far as finding some way to improve your reception without modifying the hardware, you're probably out of luck. Outside of building some sort of active repeater (which would be expensive, potentially illegal, and a much bigger pain to carry around than any alternative), it's hard to think of a way improve the antenna in the laptop itself.
That's not true. Linksys makes the WRE54G range expander. Simple little device that works pretty well and doesn't cost too much. Just drop it near a power outlet and you're good to go.
The professional version of Doc-O-Matic supports.Net, Java, C++, Delphi, etc. It's a grand and does the same thing Doxygen does with a nice gui and super-easy customization.
1b. When it's not on her dorm desk, it is either in her hands, on a table or in front of her, or within arms reach. No exceptions. No "I just left it for a minute".
I totally agree. Furthermore, make it EASY for her to do this. I bought an IBM X31 last year and it's a dream to carry - it suspends within just a second or two, resumes within 4 seconds or so, and is so light and compact that taking it with me "just for a minute" isn't a big deal.
My last laptop was a Dell C810. While being a great desktop replacement (15+ UXGA screen!) it absolutely SUCKED in the portability section. Lugging that behemoth around for "just a minute" and your daughter could be a professional weight-lifter.
So, in the very recent past, they WERE willing to accept a job and their skills WERE useful.
Just playing Devil's Advocate for a minute, just because someone HAD a job doesn't mean their skills were useful. Maybe they had a job because they talked nice to the employers secretary. Then, after they were hired, the employer found out that they were a worthless piece of shit that didn't deserve a paycheck because they do nothing all day.
I'm not saying that's the case for everyone, but it's frustrating to see people at work all day that really don't DO anything but collect a paycheck.
competitors in Europe and Japan face bigger social responsibitilies and higher costs of doing business, yet their companies have prospered and are taking US carmakers to the cleaners
I'm not saying you're wrong, but U.S. car companies have a large amount of overhead due to pensions that they must meet. Something like $1500 of every new car purchased from Ford or GM goes to pay for pensions. Japanese car makers do not have that burden. The Japanese government pays their employees pensions. Pensions are by far the largest cash outlay (with no return) that Ford and GM have to pay. I wouldn't call it an unfair advantage, but it would sure level the playing field if the pensions were handled elsewhere.
They aren't mutually exclusive. The problem is that the USA is a capitalistic democracy. Introducing socalistic ideas into a capitalistic democracy will only lead to more beaurocracy, which is what the US needs less of, not more.
I went looking for a new set of fonts for my workstation a year or so ago. I wound up purchasing Pragmata (fixed-width) and Sys (proportional) from FABRIZIO SCHIAVI DESIGN. These two fonts have completely replaced nearly every other font in my Windows box, including the default system fonts.
I live in Wichita, and I have an uncle that was actually a better match to BTK than Dennis Raider. He graduated from the same university 2 years earlier, lived closer to the railroad tracks, and goes by the name Buk. Buk is only one letter off from btk, btw.
The police came to his house. His wife opened the door. The police asked if they could have a swab of his DNA. He didn't resist, and the police were very polite through the whole ordeal.
Now, in this case there was no police brutality, no coersion, no force, etc. Just a simple "may we get a swab of your DNA". My uncle had the right to say no, but obviously the police would have held him under the microscope.
There are really two separate issues in play here.
First, do the police have a right to request DNA evidense from a potentical suspect. I believe they do have the right to ask. I also believe the fifth ammendment gives the right to not incriminate yourself, so you do have the right to say no. The police will still consider you a suspect, but that's the way the law works.
Second, (and more importantly) once the police have cleared your name, does the DNA evidense get thrown away or warehoused? Everything said in the local papers and news has been that the evidense will get thrown away, but it would be nice to have some confirmation of that fact. I'll tell you that if the evidense doesn't get thrown away, the DA is going to get an ear-full from some 1300 of our swabbed citizens.
Side note, I actually have a family member that works at the prision where Dennis is being held. He said that Dennis didn't like the food. <g>
Try SecureFX from VanDyke Software. I've been using their SecureCRT/SecureFX combo for a year or so now and it works great. Both are command-line scriptable as needed.
What happens when IntelliJ stops supporting your version of IDEA and you have to upgrade with money you don't have? Etc.
I've only been using IDEA for the last few months, but it seems to me that a folder with some Java source code and an Ant build file (supported NATIVELY with the default IDEA install) would be a piece of cake to build without the IDE entirely. Turn off your FUD machine. IDEA is the best IDE that I've ever used, hands down.
I'm no explosives expert, but I've done grain elevator PLC work in the past, and while dusty, they weren't NEAR as dusty as you say. This happened a few years ago to a grain elevator not unlike the ones I was in.
This sounds like a cool feature, can anyone confirm from personal experience that it really works?
We have a few of the IBM X40 notebooks and they have this little tool that displays the laptops orientation with respect to "level", and a directional accelleration indicator. You can shake the laptop and the on-screen tool shows you what's happening to it... It definitely tracks gravity realtime, so if gravity suddenly drops to zero, it will park the drive. We haven't had the need to drop a $2000 laptop to test it, but it sure does look like it will work.
You didn't shop in the right place. I installed a Nortel Compact ICS phone system in a CPA's office a few months ago. It has 4 trunk lines, up to 32 extensions (came with 5), caller ID and voice-mail. The whole system cost $2100 new in a box and I charged about $500 to install it. New phones are around $100 per phone.
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Try the TPC benchmarks.
As far as finding some way to improve your reception without modifying the hardware, you're probably out of luck. Outside of building some sort of active repeater (which would be expensive, potentially illegal, and a much bigger pain to carry around than any alternative), it's hard to think of a way improve the antenna in the laptop itself.
That's not true. Linksys makes the WRE54G range expander. Simple little device that works pretty well and doesn't cost too much. Just drop it near a power outlet and you're good to go.
Since you're probably proficient with C++, try a flowcharting solution to give you a high-level map of all the classes. Maybe that will help.
The professional version of Doc-O-Matic supports .Net, Java, C++, Delphi, etc. It's a grand and does the same thing Doxygen does with a nice gui and super-easy customization.
So who's it gonna be?
Well, they're all so good...
You have to pick one...
Hmm. Ok. I pick Ben Richards.
You can't pick him, he's a runner!
I can pick anyone I want! And I pick Ben Richards. That boy's one mean motherfucker.
1b. When it's not on her dorm desk, it is either in her hands, on a table or in front of her, or within arms reach. No exceptions. No "I just left it for a minute".
I totally agree. Furthermore, make it EASY for her to do this. I bought an IBM X31 last year and it's a dream to carry - it suspends within just a second or two, resumes within 4 seconds or so, and is so light and compact that taking it with me "just for a minute" isn't a big deal.
My last laptop was a Dell C810. While being a great desktop replacement (15+ UXGA screen!) it absolutely SUCKED in the portability section. Lugging that behemoth around for "just a minute" and your daughter could be a professional weight-lifter.
Eric
So, in the very recent past, they WERE willing to accept a job and their skills WERE useful.
Just playing Devil's Advocate for a minute, just because someone HAD a job doesn't mean their skills were useful. Maybe they had a job because they talked nice to the employers secretary. Then, after they were hired, the employer found out that they were a worthless piece of shit that didn't deserve a paycheck because they do nothing all day.
I'm not saying that's the case for everyone, but it's frustrating to see people at work all day that really don't DO anything but collect a paycheck.
Do not taunt Happy Fun Seal (TM)
competitors in Europe and Japan face bigger social responsibitilies and higher costs of doing business, yet their companies have prospered and are taking US carmakers to the cleaners
I'm not saying you're wrong, but U.S. car companies have a large amount of overhead due to pensions that they must meet. Something like $1500 of every new car purchased from Ford or GM goes to pay for pensions. Japanese car makers do not have that burden. The Japanese government pays their employees pensions. Pensions are by far the largest cash outlay (with no return) that Ford and GM have to pay. I wouldn't call it an unfair advantage, but it would sure level the playing field if the pensions were handled elsewhere.
I live in Kansas. Kansas really is flatter than a pancake.
They aren't mutually exclusive. The problem is that the USA is a capitalistic democracy. Introducing socalistic ideas into a capitalistic democracy will only lead to more beaurocracy, which is what the US needs less of, not more.
A better system would be to provide a living wage (as opposed to the welfare dirty word) to those people...
That's called socialism. This is a democracy. Be sure and understand that distinction as it leads to a government-controlled life.
I went looking for a new set of fonts for my workstation a year or so ago. I wound up purchasing Pragmata (fixed-width) and Sys (proportional) from FABRIZIO SCHIAVI DESIGN. These two fonts have completely replaced nearly every other font in my Windows box, including the default system fonts.
I live in Wichita, and I have an uncle that was actually a better match to BTK than Dennis Raider. He graduated from the same university 2 years earlier, lived closer to the railroad tracks, and goes by the name Buk. Buk is only one letter off from btk, btw.
The police came to his house. His wife opened the door. The police asked if they could have a swab of his DNA. He didn't resist, and the police were very polite through the whole ordeal.
Now, in this case there was no police brutality, no coersion, no force, etc. Just a simple "may we get a swab of your DNA". My uncle had the right to say no, but obviously the police would have held him under the microscope.
There are really two separate issues in play here.
First, do the police have a right to request DNA evidense from a potentical suspect. I believe they do have the right to ask. I also believe the fifth ammendment gives the right to not incriminate yourself, so you do have the right to say no. The police will still consider you a suspect, but that's the way the law works.
Second, (and more importantly) once the police have cleared your name, does the DNA evidense get thrown away or warehoused? Everything said in the local papers and news has been that the evidense will get thrown away, but it would be nice to have some confirmation of that fact. I'll tell you that if the evidense doesn't get thrown away, the DA is going to get an ear-full from some 1300 of our swabbed citizens.
Side note, I actually have a family member that works at the prision where Dennis is being held. He said that Dennis didn't like the food. <g>
Unless you're a chick and have to subtract 1...
Try SecureFX from VanDyke Software. I've been using their SecureCRT/SecureFX combo for a year or so now and it works great. Both are command-line scriptable as needed.
What happens when IntelliJ stops supporting your version of IDEA and you have to upgrade with money you don't have? Etc.
I've only been using IDEA for the last few months, but it seems to me that a folder with some Java source code and an Ant build file (supported NATIVELY with the default IDEA install) would be a piece of cake to build without the IDE entirely. Turn off your FUD machine. IDEA is the best IDE that I've ever used, hands down.
Waaay past 11. It goes to plaid.
The company is called Stots and the product is called the TemplateMaster. There's an pretty good writeup of the issue online, and an old Slashdot article about the Ed Foster write-up.
'cause it's been 15 years and I can't remember what I did last week... :)
The magic of nyud.net :)
I'm no explosives expert, but I've done grain elevator PLC work in the past, and while dusty, they weren't NEAR as dusty as you say. This happened a few years ago to a grain elevator not unlike the ones I was in.
This sounds like a cool feature, can anyone confirm from personal experience that it really works?
We have a few of the IBM X40 notebooks and they have this little tool that displays the laptops orientation with respect to "level", and a directional accelleration indicator. You can shake the laptop and the on-screen tool shows you what's happening to it... It definitely tracks gravity realtime, so if gravity suddenly drops to zero, it will park the drive. We haven't had the need to drop a $2000 laptop to test it, but it sure does look like it will work.
You didn't shop in the right place. I installed a Nortel Compact ICS phone system in a CPA's office a few months ago. It has 4 trunk lines, up to 32 extensions (came with 5), caller ID and voice-mail. The whole system cost $2100 new in a box and I charged about $500 to install it. New phones are around $100 per phone.
"heaven"
:)
The connection tool says "Connected to: heaven". It's a long-range connection