There is no way the gov. authorities could have prevented the problem. Business and schools let out early and created a huge traffic problem and temperatures dropped well into the 20's (F). All most all roads despite traffic became iced over. The city and state did not possess enough sand, salt to cover the affected areas besides by this time there were abandoned cars and trucks. It took my daughter 7 hours to go about 10 miles from work to home mostly due to blocked streets and jammed up traffic.
Nice specifications. Hard to justify when you can buy a really nice router from Mikrotic for under $100 though.
Hopefully the price will drop eventually and it will be competitive.
I have tried what you suggest using both Ubuntu and Debian. I used one of the AR5212/AR5213 HP pci cards however if your laptop
will work in the master mode you should be able to use it. I also have a Mikrotik router as someone else suggested. The
hostapd solution is not as good as the Mikrotik even though I both are running high power. In my case it is probably the antenna placement.
There are plenty of hostapd howto's on the net.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
I would recommend Debian and Gnome. Ubuntu has too many bells and whistles and it can be funky to
setup using bleeding edge kernels and drivers.
Another alternative is Centos 6.2. It's essentially Red Hat. The desktop is quite nice. I expect you would
learn more with Debian though.
Nascar should not have tried to suppress the video. If you look at their new website, it is obvious they don't
know much about electronic media. The website is awful. Maybe the art of web design is lost?
Surely they could have done better.
I have struggled with the same. I have put dd-wrt on a couple of clones and ending up bricking them with updates or modifications.
I have two suggestions. Mikrotik has just come out with a high power ap / router for under $100 bucks. Their routeros is linux
based and the new ap/router has a usb port also.
I have had good luck running hostapd on a linux server. I presently use one of the high power (EPI-3601S) available from Amazon or Newegg and the
latest version of Ubuntu server edition. Works great however, this card doesn't have wireless N.
Radio Shack never was a real good parts store. Olson Electronics was better. There were some local
parts stores that were much better (Delta Electronics). Most all of them have vanished.
Radio Shack did have a big store that was great (can't remember the name) but it was similar to Allied Radio. We had a local store
here in the Atlanta Area. They sold everything from cases to test equipment. Like most of their other
trial balloons (Incredible Universe, etc), they went bust.
I will go to RS for small parts (led's etc) as it is the only local venue left. We are lucky here in Atlanta to have Fry's.
They have most anything that RS would stock and much more of it.
I wonder if these are laptops? The recent changes to the imac (hard drive replacement - requires Apple part and special cable) would
make the imac very expensive to use in a business.
The last time I had a windows virus it was Alureon. Every time I clean the drive, it was fine until I reinstalled MSRT. Then it
appeared. Finally, I replaced the drive and installed Nortons and have not had another problem. I found only one tool that would
actually remove it and it was free from Kaspersky Labs (TDSSKiller).
Beck is out there for one thing. Money. That's what it's all about. He will say anything to get press and attention so he can sell his books and book his events. He is repulsive.
I have Squeeze running on a desktop and my home server. It is excellent. I have a Ubuntu desktop also. I really see no major difference except with Debian you don't have to update every two days to keep current.
The long release cycle is excellent for servers. The new version has the latest bind, php 5.3, etc. Seems really current to me. It also plays Sirus player, compiz, software-center, just like debian. 2.6.27 compiled fine and runs like a top.
I have had Sprint for a number of years. I have one android phone on my account and my only criticism is the battery life. I expect this dual screen phone will have horrible battery life.
I think Sprint really missed the mark on this one. I think most Sprint users were hoping for the iphone4 since Verizon does not have an exclusive contract on that device. Maybe Sprint is not in a position financially to introduce the Iphone.
The big intro of the Kyocera may generate enough outcry to bring some new hardware to Sprint. Hopefully the Iphone and/or some of the Motorola Droids.
I have been using Squeeze for a while now. It's a great package. I was just reading the debian/freebsd wiki. Interesting idea. I may try that in one of my kvm machines. Personally, I love Debian's long stable cycle. The current version is very up-to-date with the latest php (php-fpm via dotdeb), etc.
I did compile a 2.6.37 vanilla kernel and that works just fine however, I am using the standard kernel as I could really see no difference on my server.
Great job!!
I have never had much of a problem with multiple eth devices. Sometimes udev gets mixed up and changes the order. You can manually correct this in the udev.d rules. I suppose if you were trying to deploy large numbers of machines this could become problematic. If you knew it was all the same hardware seems you could just code the udev network rules so they would not be modified.
Google for c band satellite tv. You will find several sources of equipment and programming. I am not sure if there is free
programming. There probably is. Commercial users (cable companies and networks) us this band.
If you get your ham license, a 2 meter handheld might fit the bill. Look at the ARRL (arrl.org) repeater handbook and see if there
are 2 meter repeaters in the vicinity of where you hike. Hams like to place repeaters on the highest mountops when they can so
you may find there are signals available.
Amateur hand helds are very small and light. A technician class amateur license is easy to obain.
There are also personal emergency locater beacons (PLB's) similar to the EPIRBS carried by ships and aircraft that are available for hikers. You can't
communicate on these devices however, if you get lost or stranded you can activate it the satellite receivers relay the coordinates
of your location to air force search and rescue teams.
AT&T is a far cry from the original company (before the Carterphone Decision and the breakup). The company
was a national treasure in those days. The customer service (free phones, free replacement phones, the best in the world quality, etc).
Bell Labs was the foundation for much of what we have today.
It is sad they have disgraced the name. I get 3 to 4 solicitation calls from them each week. The people are probably contractors (they
can barely speak english). They will say anything to get you to upgrade your phone/internet, etc. What a mess.
I was wondering if that might work..ie nuke it...assuming the blast would liquefy the rock and seal the leak.
Or maybe pump a couple of tons of concrete into the area. The temperature may be too cold for concrete.
We all should hope AMD does well. I use AMD chips in about 90% of my systems. Value is the main reason. Intel makes excellent products however you invariably have to upgrade the motherboard to use a new chip. AMD has been kinder in this regard recently.
I go with a middle of the pack system anyhow and I really appreciate the value AMD provides.
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Direct TV owns plenty of spectrum. That's probably what ATT wants and probably would preclude the FCC granting such an action.
There is no way the gov. authorities could have prevented the problem. Business and schools let out early and created a huge traffic problem and temperatures dropped well into the 20's (F). All most all roads despite traffic became iced over. The city and state did not possess enough sand, salt to cover the affected areas besides by this time there were abandoned cars and trucks. It took my daughter 7 hours to go about 10 miles from work to home mostly due to blocked streets and jammed up traffic.
Nice specifications. Hard to justify when you can buy a really nice router from Mikrotic for under $100 though. Hopefully the price will drop eventually and it will be competitive.
I have tried what you suggest using both Ubuntu and Debian. I used one of the AR5212/AR5213 HP pci cards however if your laptop will work in the master mode you should be able to use it. I also have a Mikrotik router as someone else suggested. The hostapd solution is not as good as the Mikrotik even though I both are running high power. In my case it is probably the antenna placement. There are plenty of hostapd howto's on the net. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on
I would recommend Debian and Gnome. Ubuntu has too many bells and whistles and it can be funky to setup using bleeding edge kernels and drivers. Another alternative is Centos 6.2. It's essentially Red Hat. The desktop is quite nice. I expect you would learn more with Debian though.
Nascar should not have tried to suppress the video. If you look at their new website, it is obvious they don't know much about electronic media. The website is awful. Maybe the art of web design is lost? Surely they could have done better.
I have struggled with the same. I have put dd-wrt on a couple of clones and ending up bricking them with updates or modifications. I have two suggestions. Mikrotik has just come out with a high power ap / router for under $100 bucks. Their routeros is linux based and the new ap/router has a usb port also. I have had good luck running hostapd on a linux server. I presently use one of the high power (EPI-3601S) available from Amazon or Newegg and the latest version of Ubuntu server edition. Works great however, this card doesn't have wireless N.
Radio Shack never was a real good parts store. Olson Electronics was better. There were some local parts stores that were much better (Delta Electronics). Most all of them have vanished. Radio Shack did have a big store that was great (can't remember the name) but it was similar to Allied Radio. We had a local store here in the Atlanta Area. They sold everything from cases to test equipment. Like most of their other trial balloons (Incredible Universe, etc), they went bust. I will go to RS for small parts (led's etc) as it is the only local venue left. We are lucky here in Atlanta to have Fry's. They have most anything that RS would stock and much more of it.
I wonder if these are laptops? The recent changes to the imac (hard drive replacement - requires Apple part and special cable) would make the imac very expensive to use in a business.
The last time I had a windows virus it was Alureon. Every time I clean the drive, it was fine until I reinstalled MSRT. Then it appeared. Finally, I replaced the drive and installed Nortons and have not had another problem. I found only one tool that would actually remove it and it was free from Kaspersky Labs (TDSSKiller).
I still expect them to sue God over the name Apple.
Sounds like a good way to make some money!
I always wanted one too. I never actually had an Osborne however, I finally got a taste of CPM..I see why it died now!
Beck is out there for one thing. Money. That's what it's all about. He will say anything to get press and attention so he can sell his books and book his events. He is repulsive.
I have Squeeze running on a desktop and my home server. It is excellent. I have a Ubuntu desktop also. I really see no major difference except with Debian you don't have to update every two days to keep current. The long release cycle is excellent for servers. The new version has the latest bind, php 5.3, etc. Seems really current to me. It also plays Sirus player, compiz, software-center, just like debian. 2.6.27 compiled fine and runs like a top.
I have had Sprint for a number of years. I have one android phone on my account and my only criticism is the battery life. I expect this dual screen phone will have horrible battery life. I think Sprint really missed the mark on this one. I think most Sprint users were hoping for the iphone4 since Verizon does not have an exclusive contract on that device. Maybe Sprint is not in a position financially to introduce the Iphone. The big intro of the Kyocera may generate enough outcry to bring some new hardware to Sprint. Hopefully the Iphone and/or some of the Motorola Droids.
I have been using Squeeze for a while now. It's a great package. I was just reading the debian/freebsd wiki. Interesting idea. I may try that in one of my kvm machines. Personally, I love Debian's long stable cycle. The current version is very up-to-date with the latest php (php-fpm via dotdeb), etc. I did compile a 2.6.37 vanilla kernel and that works just fine however, I am using the standard kernel as I could really see no difference on my server. Great job!!
I have never had much of a problem with multiple eth devices. Sometimes udev gets mixed up and changes the order. You can manually correct this in the udev.d rules. I suppose if you were trying to deploy large numbers of machines this could become problematic. If you knew it was all the same hardware seems you could just code the udev network rules so they would not be modified.
Google for c band satellite tv. You will find several sources of equipment and programming. I am not sure if there is free programming. There probably is. Commercial users (cable companies and networks) us this band.
Pretty much proves what I thought. A cash cow!
If you get your ham license, a 2 meter handheld might fit the bill. Look at the ARRL (arrl.org) repeater handbook and see if there are 2 meter repeaters in the vicinity of where you hike. Hams like to place repeaters on the highest mountops when they can so you may find there are signals available. Amateur hand helds are very small and light. A technician class amateur license is easy to obain. There are also personal emergency locater beacons (PLB's) similar to the EPIRBS carried by ships and aircraft that are available for hikers. You can't communicate on these devices however, if you get lost or stranded you can activate it the satellite receivers relay the coordinates of your location to air force search and rescue teams.
AT&T is a far cry from the original company (before the Carterphone Decision and the breakup). The company was a national treasure in those days. The customer service (free phones, free replacement phones, the best in the world quality, etc). Bell Labs was the foundation for much of what we have today. It is sad they have disgraced the name. I get 3 to 4 solicitation calls from them each week. The people are probably contractors (they can barely speak english). They will say anything to get you to upgrade your phone/internet, etc. What a mess.
I was wondering if that might work..ie nuke it...assuming the blast would liquefy the rock and seal the leak. Or maybe pump a couple of tons of concrete into the area. The temperature may be too cold for concrete.
We all should hope AMD does well. I use AMD chips in about 90% of my systems. Value is the main reason. Intel makes excellent products however you invariably have to upgrade the motherboard to use a new chip. AMD has been kinder in this regard recently. I go with a middle of the pack system anyhow and I really appreciate the value AMD provides.
Actually it would probably work as long as the cpu had enough cores to be worth the cost. I would go for it!