Correct, we used this option with Dell two years ago. We built the image, shipped it to Dell, and they shipped us 400+ systems with our image installed. Actually, they shipped us about 200 systems with a modified version of our image that was not quite the same as the one we approved. The other ~200 were also a Dell-modified version of our image, but with major configuration differences and much Dell branding.
The next 400 machines came from HP and we imaged them ourselves.
A great bargain alternative is the Dell Truemobile 2300, it runs DD-WRT perfectly, and can usually be found for less than $20 on ebay thanks to a critical vulnerability in the stock firmware that Dell chose not to address.
You could simply use one of the many wireless routers that are supported by dd-WRT. I use a $15 (eBay) Dell Truemobile 2300 for this, and I switch the 802.11 radio on only when I need it.
FWIW, RP-PPPoE works fine on my laptop with BS/ATT's ADSL, I used it frequently in the field when I did some contracting for BS.
There's already a tethered balloon (nicknamed "Fat Albert") on Cudjoe Key (about 90 miles north of Cuba) that is supposedly capable of flying at 10,000 ft, and it's done Cuban broadcast duty before. It's housed at a 60's era missile tracking site, and is said to have been used for everything from tracking smugglers to transmitting TV Marti (anti-Castro propaganda) to Cuba. The blimp famously broke loose in the early 90s and drifted north across Florida Bay into the everglades.
I still don't see it happening with standard wifi of course, you'd still need a powerful radio on the other end, and it would be simple to track users down. "Yo tengo Kismet!"
And of course see other replies to see the Holy Grail quote. Most people don't really know the sketches but can quote the Holy Grail. It frustrates me because when someone makes a Grail joke, I think they are a python fan so then I make a joke from one of the sketches and they just look at me funny. Oh well.
And they invariably quote the "Knights who say 'Ni'" which is arguably not the funniest moment in the movie. It's hard to beat Arthur "two sheds" Jackson or the RAF banter sketch- "Bunch of monkeys on the ceiling, sir! Grab your egg-and-fours and let's get the bacon delivered!"
I've been wrestling most of this semester with the powerful and mighty SunOne Studio that's installed on the workstations in my college's computer lab. Powerful and mighty as in powerfully slow, and crashes mighty easily. As an aside- yes, I know NetBeans has superseded SunOne, but try telling that to the shiftless lab admins here, I've rarely seen them leave their desk.
Enter Gel IDE, it has much of SunOne's functionality with none of the nasty behavior, and it runs happily from a USB drive. I realize it's not a new application- the GelIDE Yahoo group was started in 2002, but it dosen't seem to have received any attention around here, and it wasn't terribly easy to find via the obvious searches. On a functionality scale, it fits in somewhere between Scite and NetBeans.
I never tried cooking with the dash 60, we had the jammers' thoughtfully-placed engine engine access hatch for that (a jammer is a low-slung munitions lift truck.) You could reheat a stale flightline burger in there in two minutes.
The dash 60's exhaust stream was the launch vehicle of choice for hats, gloves, checklists, or other personal items left unattended by other member of the maintenance crew.
I left the AF in '90, you probably can't get away with this crap anymore...
The CVS drivers have rfmon built in - works perfectly for me...
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Sounds about right to me. I went there for an interview and walked out 10 minutes into the "pitch." The metal detector and X-ray belt (bought at an airline liquidation no doubt) should have been a giveway. They had a room full of applicants and some scumbag was explaining the pay scale and benefits, and I just couldn't believe the level of suckitude. It's easy to see why the employees might like a little gunplay. It would have been far less entertaining if I was hungry though...
FWIW, my current employer gets a constant stream of applicants that are former or current TAG employees, they always claim that they were in the IT department but don't have the skills to back that up.
Because a MAC address is worthless if the AP is also using WEP. At worst it could be used to launch a deauth attack, but such an attack won't allow one to associate with a WEP'd AP.
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That reminds me of the time some midshift buddies and I were killing some time by playing catch with a lacrosse ball over the FB-111 that was parked in our hangar. An errant throw hit a beam in the ceiling and the ball rocketed down and hit the radome of the plane with a huge thud. Later that week questions were raised about the half-inch deep divot in the radome, but the culprits were never revealed.
Let's not forget our old friend the USB port, USB ethernet adapters are cheap and plentiful.
I'm playing devil's advocate here, I much prefer the Deskpro EN SFF format, I've got an entire callcenter full of them, and they're tough as hell... except for those damn Fujitsu drives.
How about jamming the Via mobo into a lime green IBM selectric, and adding the guts of a daisywheel printer to spit out printed text. Oh wait, that's what Brother has been doing for ages.
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Correct, we used this option with Dell two years ago. We built the image, shipped it to Dell, and they shipped us 400+ systems with our image installed. Actually, they shipped us about 200 systems with a modified version of our image that was not quite the same as the one we approved. The other ~200 were also a Dell-modified version of our image, but with major configuration differences and much Dell branding.
The next 400 machines came from HP and we imaged them ourselves.
A great bargain alternative is the Dell Truemobile 2300, it runs DD-WRT perfectly, and can usually be found for less than $20 on ebay thanks to a critical vulnerability in the stock firmware that Dell chose not to address.
You could simply use one of the many wireless routers that are supported by dd-WRT. I use a $15 (eBay) Dell Truemobile 2300 for this, and I switch the 802.11 radio on only when I need it.
FWIW, RP-PPPoE works fine on my laptop with BS/ATT's ADSL, I used it frequently in the field when I did some contracting for BS.
There's already a tethered balloon (nicknamed "Fat Albert") on Cudjoe Key (about 90 miles north of Cuba) that is supposedly capable of flying at 10,000 ft, and it's done Cuban broadcast duty before. It's housed at a 60's era missile tracking site, and is said to have been used for everything from tracking smugglers to transmitting TV Marti (anti-Castro propaganda) to Cuba. The blimp famously broke loose in the early 90s and drifted north across Florida Bay into the everglades.
I still don't see it happening with standard wifi of course, you'd still need a powerful radio on the other end, and it would be simple to track users down. "Yo tengo Kismet!"
And they invariably quote the "Knights who say 'Ni'" which is arguably not the funniest moment in the movie. It's hard to beat Arthur "two sheds" Jackson or the RAF banter sketch- "Bunch of monkeys on the ceiling, sir! Grab your egg-and-fours and let's get the bacon delivered!"
Very lovely. It makes me wonder why Apple didn't think of slapping a big beige power button in the middle of the Mini.
No rocket launchers, but the dogs have bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you...
I've been wrestling most of this semester with the powerful and mighty SunOne Studio that's installed on the workstations in my college's computer lab. Powerful and mighty as in powerfully slow, and crashes mighty easily. As an aside- yes, I know NetBeans has superseded SunOne, but try telling that to the shiftless lab admins here, I've rarely seen them leave their desk.
Enter Gel IDE, it has much of SunOne's functionality with none of the nasty behavior, and it runs happily from a USB drive. I realize it's not a new application- the GelIDE Yahoo group was started in 2002, but it dosen't seem to have received any attention around here, and it wasn't terribly easy to find via the obvious searches. On a functionality scale, it fits in somewhere between Scite and NetBeans.
And it's not written in Java.
I never tried cooking with the dash 60, we had the jammers' thoughtfully-placed engine engine access hatch for that (a jammer is a low-slung munitions lift truck.) You could reheat a stale flightline burger in there in two minutes.
The dash 60's exhaust stream was the launch vehicle of choice for hats, gloves, checklists, or other personal items left unattended by other member of the maintenance crew.
I left the AF in '90, you probably can't get away with this crap anymore...
Maskin (a combination of the words mask and skin)
Mastotobv - a combination of the words "master of the obvious"
The only external antenna-ready Prism54 card that I'm aware of is the Compex WL54G. It has an MC connector, just like Orinoco cards.
I couldn't agree more. Surfing for porn in public does not mix well with wearing those thin nylon surf trunks.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Anybody who's played Simpson's Hit and Run will know that mysterious black photo vans are nothing new...
No, The OQO will be shipping this fall. It's still vaporware until then.
The CVS drivers have rfmon built in - works perfectly for me...
Sounds about right to me. I went there for an interview and walked out 10 minutes into the "pitch." The metal detector and X-ray belt (bought at an airline liquidation no doubt) should have been a giveway. They had a room full of applicants and some scumbag was explaining the pay scale and benefits, and I just couldn't believe the level of suckitude. It's easy to see why the employees might like a little gunplay. It would have been far less entertaining if I was hungry though...
FWIW, my current employer gets a constant stream of applicants that are former or current TAG employees, they always claim that they were in the IT department but don't have the skills to back that up.
Because a MAC address is worthless if the AP is also using WEP. At worst it could be used to launch a deauth attack, but such an attack won't allow one to associate with a WEP'd AP.
That reminds me of the time some midshift buddies and I were killing some time by playing catch with a lacrosse ball over the FB-111 that was parked in our hangar. An errant throw hit a beam in the ceiling and the ball rocketed down and hit the radome of the plane with a huge thud. Later that week questions were raised about the half-inch deep divot in the radome, but the culprits were never revealed.
He's trying hard to look like Rowan Atkinson. You'd get laid more often too if you were a Mr. Bean look-alike.
Been there. That's the reason I rarely drink Mexican beer anymore.
Let's not forget our old friend the USB port, USB ethernet adapters are cheap and plentiful.
I'm playing devil's advocate here, I much prefer the Deskpro EN SFF format, I've got an entire callcenter full of them, and they're tough as hell... except for those damn Fujitsu drives.
At least the wreckage will fall where it won't do much damage.
How about jamming the Via mobo into a lime green IBM selectric, and adding the guts of a daisywheel printer to spit out printed text. Oh wait, that's what Brother has been doing for ages.
It's not hypocritical at all when you consider the motive:
Sending millions of CDs = new subscribers = money.
Successful lawsuit = money.
Where's the conflict?