When I went wireless on my Linux laptop about a year ago the only card I could get supported was the Lucen Orinoco. It's a great card. But now, many months later there is the WLAN project and many many cards are supported. The future will be the same. More support is coming. The major problem I see though is the manufaturers. They write drivers for windows. Most of them arn't about to write them for linux. Meaning that every piece of hardware will be a few months behind while a group of dedicated programers do the dirty work for the company.
It doesn't have to make logical sense to remain the law.
The sad state of things more and more often is that things don't have to make sense. Laws get struck down in court every day. Unfortunatly stupid and or non-sensical laws are being made at a far greater speed than their removal.
So how are they going to explain the legality of "normal" people versus cops. I can *almost* see banning all games where you can kill someone but only if it's cop killing? I doesn't have a leg to stand on.
I may not agree with violent games in general but what happend to free speach? Gun ownership is not banned. How can you ban something very similar? Surly someone will take this to court and it will be struck down.
For those of you doing the conversion 1000 meters^2 is only 10763.91 sqrFt. I dunno where that extra digit came from. I guess I should thought befor I wrote.
From the arical: If the Australian Computer Museum Society, based in Homebush, NSW, cannot find an angel with a spare 1000 square metres of warehouse space in the next six weeks, its computer collection may be crushed.
"If we can't find a benefactor willing to give us a home for a peppercorn rental, all this will have to go to SimsMetal," says David Hawley, president of the Australian Computer Museum Society. "And we need a new home within the next six weeks, because it is going to take us six months to move it all."
Sounds like they have way to much and 90% of it SHOULD be trashed. C'mon, that's more than 100,000 sqrFt. Can you imagine a WalMart filled with junk because thats what they are asking for.
It really all depends on the power output of the AP and people's cards. For example, I have a 17dBm AP and a 15dBm wireless card. At home I can get it to go through about 3 walls (35 feet) and still have say 25% strength. At school our walls are made out of block and have had years of paint (probably led) and I CAN'T GET MY AP TO GO THROUGH MORE THAN ONE WALL. That's right one and only one. After going through a single wall the signal is at 5-10% strength. I imagine floors and stucco walls at the Apt. Complex will have a similar problems to the walls here at school. Perhaps if the APs were running at around 30dBm (I think the maximum allowed without a license) then there would be better chances of getting through the walls. He needs to research (AKA experiment) to see what kind of signal he can get in the Apt. Complex.
Super computers are great for this sort of research. But I'm surprised that large wind tunnels aren't still needed. The space gained by scrapping the tunnels will be taken up again by climate controlled rooms to house expensive super computers. You'd think that there would be needs where only the largest wind tunnels would do. I guess not any more.
A T1 line runs at 1.544 Mb/s. High speed DSL runs at up to 1.544 Mb/s. T1 is not the solution here. T3 is approx 48 Mb/s. Even it may not be the solution for this many households. Now say, plug in an ATM backbone or a fiber link would be getting places. The problem is distance and paying for the bandwidth they need.
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I attend UCSD, about a quarter mile from the SAIC headquarters. One of my computer science professors this quarter is a senior programmer for SAIC. He is one of the most dedicated knowledgeable professors I have ever had. Not only does he hold a full time position with SAIC, but he teaches my CS class, holds the discussions (no other class I have had has the professor ever done that), holds all of his office hours, and tutors in the lab until midnight some nights. If this is a representation of the type of people that work at SAIC then I have nothing but respect for that company.
Exactly. Which shows how hypocritical the/. crowd can be. The Linux advocates come out of the woodwork (I'm one of them) and say how much better Linux is. It's hard not to get a touchy-feely answer. You hear stuff like it's different, better, more powerful, non-standard non-monopolistic. But when you attack their keyboard or offer a better alternative they go crazy. "No it's not better, QWERTY is standard. It's what I learned. The whole world learns it. Why do you have to be different?" Well most of them learned Windows first and switched. Most of them accept touchy-feely answers about their OS. Why the hell can't they embrace something that isn't theirs? If they give Dvorak a fair chance like they did with Linux they might be pleasantly surprised - I was.
It isn't an issue. I found only one program like that and then I found out how to switch that program also. I'm using a Windows and Linux setup at home, and a Solaris setup at school. Not a problem at all. Granted, I don't switch keys or any of that crap, I just load a new may logically so I don't have to worry about key contour. Having to look at the keys is a crutch for any typist, QWERTY or Dvorak.
No, you try them both and if one feels more comfortable than the other than it is. Pain is an immeasurable thing. I used to start to get a lot of strain after extended periods of typing. Once I got up to speed on the Dvorak I never thought about the strain. Out of sight out of mind, all I know now is that since I don't notice the strain anymore it must be less than when I was noticing it.
I agree with you that at first switching back and forth kills both abilities. Then it starts to get automatic and you're fast in both. The comfort of the Dvorak is substantially better than the QWERTY IMHO. Also since I do a lot of programming the;,'./- and others are far better located. Switch back and give it more time. You'll find it will be worth it.
Yeah it was terrible for the first two hours and painfully slow for the first two weeks. Then things started to pick up pace. I'm 10-15wpm faster than I was on QWERTY and my comfort is way up. I tried -- and did. I didn't pry keys, use stickers, or anything like that. I just remapped it logically and here I am, better for it. (I can easily switch back to the QWERTY and do all the time automatically when I'm working somewhere not at my computer.)
It's extremely easy and happens automatically. Basically my brain is trained to type Dvorak at my computer. When I sit down to help a friend or go into the lab to work I automatically type QWERTY without even thinking. The switch is automatic. Infact, my friend also uses Dvorak (I got her to switch (took her only two weeks -- three times faster than me to switch)) and when I got to sit at here computer I realize I can't type. I start to type QWERTY because it isn't my computer and it all comes out scrambled. Then I remember and I'm up to speed in seconds. Learning the Dvorak is a very useful thing to do. Most/. readers spend a lot of time typing and programming. The comfort increase is real. The speed increase is small, although can be substantial if you really work at it. I'd say one of the major benefits of the Dvorak is programming. All the operator keys, hyphens, quotes, semicolon -- they are all in great places and easily accessible.
That's my two cents.
I'm running as root as we speak. I learned Windows by messing things up and fixing them, and I have messed up my distro and fixed it and I will continue to run as root because when I want to try something I'm going to try it. So if I normally used userx but had to su every time I wanted to try something what would be the point. I'll learn linux by breaking it and root is letting me do that.
I can't find the link to the project webpage but I know it uses this network. Anyone find a link? I'm interested in looking into the project's current status.
Here at UCSD there is a project going on to use GPS and 802.11b access points to make all busses aware of where the others are and predict wait times and improve efficiency. We have working prototypes but not all of the kinks have been worked out. It's a promising technology though.
In 1998 I got kicked off of AOL for sending 200 emails in 5 minutes. Sure, I was a stupid kid and I deserved it. That's the only positive thing I have to say about AOL. Generally they act first and ask questions later when it comes to their TOS.
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When I went wireless on my Linux laptop about a year ago the only card I could get supported was the Lucen Orinoco. It's a great card. But now, many months later there is the WLAN project and many many cards are supported. The future will be the same. More support is coming. The major problem I see though is the manufaturers. They write drivers for windows. Most of them arn't about to write them for linux. Meaning that every piece of hardware will be a few months behind while a group of dedicated programers do the dirty work for the company.
It doesn't have to make logical sense to remain the law.
The sad state of things more and more often is that things don't have to make sense. Laws get struck down in court every day. Unfortunatly stupid and or non-sensical laws are being made at a far greater speed than their removal.
So how are they going to explain the legality of "normal" people versus cops. I can *almost* see banning all games where you can kill someone but only if it's cop killing? I doesn't have a leg to stand on.
You must have taken the blue pill. Anyone could be an agent. Duh!
I may not agree with violent games in general but what happend to free speach? Gun ownership is not banned. How can you ban something very similar? Surly someone will take this to court and it will be struck down.
For those of you doing the conversion 1000 meters^2 is only 10763.91 sqrFt. I dunno where that extra digit came from. I guess I should thought befor I wrote.
From the arical: If the Australian Computer Museum Society, based in Homebush, NSW, cannot find an angel with a spare 1000 square metres of warehouse space in the next six weeks, its computer collection may be crushed.
"If we can't find a benefactor willing to give us a home for a peppercorn rental, all this will have to go to SimsMetal," says David Hawley, president of the Australian Computer Museum Society. "And we need a new home within the next six weeks, because it is going to take us six months to move it all."
Sounds like they have way to much and 90% of it SHOULD be trashed. C'mon, that's more than 100,000 sqrFt. Can you imagine a WalMart filled with junk because thats what they are asking for.
It really all depends on the power output of the AP and people's cards. For example, I have a 17dBm AP and a 15dBm wireless card. At home I can get it to go through about 3 walls (35 feet) and still have say 25% strength. At school our walls are made out of block and have had years of paint (probably led) and I CAN'T GET MY AP TO GO THROUGH MORE THAN ONE WALL. That's right one and only one. After going through a single wall the signal is at 5-10% strength. I imagine floors and stucco walls at the Apt. Complex will have a similar problems to the walls here at school. Perhaps if the APs were running at around 30dBm (I think the maximum allowed without a license) then there would be better chances of getting through the walls. He needs to research (AKA experiment) to see what kind of signal he can get in the Apt. Complex.
Actually he did:
"Hardware used for the seven IDFs is planned to be: directional antenna (for link to omni in POP)"
Extreemly informative, thanks.
Super computers are great for this sort of research. But I'm surprised that large wind tunnels aren't still needed. The space gained by scrapping the tunnels will be taken up again by climate controlled rooms to house expensive super computers. You'd think that there would be needs where only the largest wind tunnels would do. I guess not any more.
A T1 line runs at 1.544 Mb/s. High speed DSL runs at up to 1.544 Mb/s. T1 is not the solution here. T3 is approx 48 Mb/s. Even it may not be the solution for this many households. Now say, plug in an ATM backbone or a fiber link would be getting places. The problem is distance and paying for the bandwidth they need.
I attend UCSD, about a quarter mile from the SAIC headquarters. One of my computer science professors this quarter is a senior programmer for SAIC. He is one of the most dedicated knowledgeable professors I have ever had. Not only does he hold a full time position with SAIC, but he teaches my CS class, holds the discussions (no other class I have had has the professor ever done that), holds all of his office hours, and tutors in the lab until midnight some nights. If this is a representation of the type of people that work at SAIC then I have nothing but respect for that company.
Exactly. Which shows how hypocritical the /. crowd can be. The Linux advocates come out of the woodwork (I'm one of them) and say how much better Linux is. It's hard not to get a touchy-feely answer. You hear stuff like it's different, better, more powerful, non-standard non-monopolistic. But when you attack their keyboard or offer a better alternative they go crazy. "No it's not better, QWERTY is standard. It's what I learned. The whole world learns it. Why do you have to be different?" Well most of them learned Windows first and switched. Most of them accept touchy-feely answers about their OS. Why the hell can't they embrace something that isn't theirs? If they give Dvorak a fair chance like they did with Linux they might be pleasantly surprised - I was.
It isn't an issue. I found only one program like that and then I found out how to switch that program also. I'm using a Windows and Linux setup at home, and a Solaris setup at school. Not a problem at all. Granted, I don't switch keys or any of that crap, I just load a new may logically so I don't have to worry about key contour. Having to look at the keys is a crutch for any typist, QWERTY or Dvorak.
No, you try them both and if one feels more comfortable than the other than it is. Pain is an immeasurable thing. I used to start to get a lot of strain after extended periods of typing. Once I got up to speed on the Dvorak I never thought about the strain. Out of sight out of mind, all I know now is that since I don't notice the strain anymore it must be less than when I was noticing it.
It was extremely easy for me, please try something before you speak about it. The only thing it didn't improve was my spelling.
I agree with you that at first switching back and forth kills both abilities. Then it starts to get automatic and you're fast in both. The comfort of the Dvorak is substantially better than the QWERTY IMHO. Also since I do a lot of programming the ;,'./- and others are far better located. Switch back and give it more time. You'll find it will be worth it.
Yeah it was terrible for the first two hours and painfully slow for the first two weeks. Then things started to pick up pace. I'm 10-15wpm faster than I was on QWERTY and my comfort is way up. I tried -- and did. I didn't pry keys, use stickers, or anything like that. I just remapped it logically and here I am, better for it. (I can easily switch back to the QWERTY and do all the time automatically when I'm working somewhere not at my computer.)
It's extremely easy and happens automatically. Basically my brain is trained to type Dvorak at my computer. When I sit down to help a friend or go into the lab to work I automatically type QWERTY without even thinking. The switch is automatic. Infact, my friend also uses Dvorak (I got her to switch (took her only two weeks -- three times faster than me to switch)) and when I got to sit at here computer I realize I can't type. I start to type QWERTY because it isn't my computer and it all comes out scrambled. Then I remember and I'm up to speed in seconds. Learning the Dvorak is a very useful thing to do. Most /. readers spend a lot of time typing and programming. The comfort increase is real. The speed increase is small, although can be substantial if you really work at it. I'd say one of the major benefits of the Dvorak is programming. All the operator keys, hyphens, quotes, semicolon -- they are all in great places and easily accessible.
That's my two cents.
I'm running as root as we speak. I learned Windows by messing things up and fixing them, and I have messed up my distro and fixed it and I will continue to run as root because when I want to try something I'm going to try it. So if I normally used userx but had to su every time I wanted to try something what would be the point. I'll learn linux by breaking it and root is letting me do that.
...Or someone could organize a /. party at Crazy Mels down the street.
Actually it's Cozy Mels down the street. But if you organize a party with Robertson I'll show up.
I can't find the link to the project webpage but I know it uses this network. Anyone find a link? I'm interested in looking into the project's current status.
Here at UCSD there is a project going on to use GPS and 802.11b access points to make all busses aware of where the others are and predict wait times and improve efficiency. We have working prototypes but not all of the kinks have been worked out. It's a promising technology though.
In 1998 I got kicked off of AOL for sending 200 emails in 5 minutes. Sure, I was a stupid kid and I deserved it. That's the only positive thing I have to say about AOL. Generally they act first and ask questions later when it comes to their TOS.