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  1. Re:Unifi on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deploy Small Office Wi-Fi SSIDs? · · Score: 2

    This is only marginally different from separate access-points, though. Their "controller" is only for management -- it doesn't do anything for helping users roam between the APs, for instance. You need actual enterprise-class equipment if you want that.

  2. Re:Wizardry for teh win! on Technology That You Loved from the 70/80/90's? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be "chmod -w"?

  3. Re:barcode scanners on CueCats vs. Common Sense Marketing · · Score: 1

    The reason you had to hang a PS/2 keyboard off of it was not because of the CueCat itself, but rather your BIOS. BIOSes almost always require a keyboard to boot, and the CueCat doesn't emulate a full keyboard. It just sends events, but does not reply to events sent by the motherboard.

  4. Re:Well .. on Laptops Outsell Desktops · · Score: 1

    Well, no, technically you were right... I have an Intel 855GM graphics card (standard for the Centrino architecture), with which I installed Linux. I have to run a special utility to get the card to "understand" 1280x800... otherwise, it only understands 4:3 (i.e. 800x600, 1024x768, etc) aspect ratios, with which, 1024x768 would be the highest possible on this hardware :-D

    However, I also know that with Windows this thing would have done 1280x1024 effortlessly :-)

  5. Re:More Like: Inductive Coupling on Mouse Uses RFID Instead of Batteries · · Score: 1

    I don't doubt for a minute that metals can become inductively powered, but the microwave test is not a way to test this! Microwaves use radio frequencies in the 2.4GHz band to heat water molecules, not inductive power! To prove my point, go find one of these mouse pads and put a hot dog on it :-)

  6. Re:Occam's Razor on What is this Strange Gadget in My Car? · · Score: 1

    Err... where is 433MHz unlicensed!? Certainly not in the FCC areas! It's in the 70cm amateur radio band!

    -MrM

  7. Re:Just do what I do on Passwords - 64 Characters, Changed Daily? · · Score: 1

    The problem with that: it requires them to store the password in plain-text format.

    -MrM

  8. Re:use the walls themselves... on Propagating a Signal Through Old Walls? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I happen to be a ham radio operator (so I have to know all about SWR and things...), and I'll say you did a fine job of explaining it... except, at 200mW, high SWR isn't likely to create enough heat to kill it... it may get hot to the touch, but I don't think that any irreversable damage will be done. But, yes, SWR will be a problem with that.

  9. Toshiba Satellite on Laptops with the Longest Battery Life? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My Toshiba Satellite A45-S121 gets 4-5 hours of battery life on dim backlight.

  10. Re:My own worst enemy on Fun With Passwords? · · Score: 1

    My Fedora Core 1 (and 2, I believe ... didn't keep 2 around long enough to try, I don't think ... upgraded to DEBIAN!) installation didn't prompt.

  11. Webmaster on Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I usually use webmaster@, and I check all of the "Email me adverts for all this shit!" boxes, too. Let that teach 'em to harvest emails for spam!

  12. Re:Be professional on Harmless Pranks During a Downsizing? · · Score: 1

    No, believe me, that's not a Windows command. I've used it on Linux systems. Basically, it's an easier-to-use cron that you can use to run a command once.

  13. No Problem Here on A Cox Internet Email Outage? · · Score: 1

    I have Cox HSI ... or so they tell me. We're getting 1Mbit cable, but that's not mentioned anywhere on the Cox.com website. But our cable TV provider is Cox! Hmm...

    Okay ... now back to the email subject. My email is perfectly fine, but I have a cox-internet.com email address, not cox.net. (Another reason I think I'm only getting pseudo-Cox internet.) That could have something to do with it.

    -MrM

  14. Re:A different option on Device for Taking Travel Notes? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    GET A 49G+!

    Here's what it has that no TI has:
    • Secure Digital memory slot: 64 megabytes of memory is only $30!
    • Infrared (standard IrDA, except it only travels like 15cm at best)
    • 75MHz ARM9 processor (yes, seventy-five megahertz!)

    -MrM
  15. Re:learning curve of the 49G... on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator · · Score: 1

    http://alpage.ath.cx/hptute/hptute.htm

  16. Re:Never have to change batteries in my... on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Post Versalog. Ooops, am I giving away my age?

    Nope, you're not. I have a slide rule (Versalog, AFAIK), and I'm only fourteen! Of course, I can't do much more than simple multiplication (since I have an hp49g+, a TI-89, and just got rid of my TI-83+), but I can still say I have it.

    -MrM

  17. Re:Well... on HP Releases New RPN Scientific Calculator · · Score: 1

    TI-83 series have no copy/paste what-so-ever.

    -MrM

  18. Re:The problem is on Improving Terrible Handwriting? · · Score: 1

    Damn, no shit!

  19. Re:This is not funny on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 1

    Haha. Nice pun.

  20. Re:The best thing about polymer... on IBM Says Polymer Memory Could Be Ready By 2005 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Neither do I.

  21. Re:Linux is dying on UserBSD vs. UserLinux - Is It Feasible? · · Score: 1

    I have just switched from Linux (Debian) to FreeBSD. I find that I can do a lot more at once than I could under Linux. Also, the installer is a lot better. The only thing I miss is being able to update my system using binary packages instead of source code (I do have to shut down now and then!). However, I'm sure it can be done; I just haven't found it yet.

    -MrM

  22. Re:Nifty on Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators · · Score: 2, Funny

    Holy shit! I've had my TI-89 for a year and still can't type more than 5-10WPM! (I did buy the external keyboard, though)

    -MrM

  23. Re:Nifty on Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators · · Score: 1

    I bought my HP49g+ because of the HP's better software too; I really like the interface better than the TI (I used an emulator, Emu48, before I bought it). I have a TI-89, a TI-83+, and an HP49g+.

    -MrM

  24. Re:Nifty on Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators · · Score: 1

    Ehm... I had to pay for an *extra* manual documenting the more advanced features of my TI-89 (e.g. programming), too! The manual that came with the HP49g+ (yes, I have one) had much more advanced topics in it than the 89 I got a year ago (don't ask why I upgraded).

    Also, I might add, that the HP49g+ is CHEAPER than the TI-89.

    -MrM

  25. WPM!? on Why is Everyone Still Stuck in QWERTY? · · Score: 1

    I get 50 WPM on a QWERTY keyboard. That's enough to type an essay every several weeks or so. That's all I need. I tried DVORAK for a few weeks, and I just couldn't grasp it. It's just too hard for a person that studied QWERTY for 5 years (in a horrendous computer class in elementary school).