An Amateur Radio Operator's License can also provide extra privliges such as:
(In Michigan, and many other areas)
Exemption from scanner laws, which means I can have a scanner permenently mounted in my truck and on.
Nearly free customized license plates (with your call sign)
Exemption from the newly enacted communication spoofing/dns legislature passed earlier this year, basically making war driving and other activities such as IP NAT illegal. (discussed on/. before)
Also keep in mind that Hamfest's are great places to find a bargin on geek equipment other than ham stuff. http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html
Also check out APRS if you are not familiar with it. web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html and findu.com
73,
Ken
KC8SWY (Kilo Charlie Eight Sierra Whiskey Yankee)
All search engines/technologies have their own purpose.
If I am looking for a companies website and it isn't companywebsite.com, I would use yahoo and enter the company name. Once in a while It works for topic searches.
If I am doing a general search, I used to use Excite or Lycos. I have moved to google as my search engine of choice for a few reasons.
1. Google searches embedded formats (PDF, MSWord, Etc.) 2. Google is fast and clean 3. Free 4. Google has cached versions of pages for when a site has been/.'ed. 5. Google's rankings are not based on keywords but rather who links to the site. 6. Picture search 7. News search 8. Usenet search 9. Preferences for setting # of results p/page
Yahoo! has a long way to go despite the extra services they offer (chat, games, auctions).
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I have a BS in CIS. I just graduated with my MBA with am emphasis on Quality & IT Forensics!
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Ken
Doesn't matter on UNIX/LINUX! The amount of fragmentation is insignificant. Unlike the Windows world...
An Amateur Radio Operator's License can also provide extra privliges such as: (In Michigan, and many other areas) Exemption from scanner laws, which means I can have a scanner permenently mounted in my truck and on. Nearly free customized license plates (with your call sign) Exemption from the newly enacted communication spoofing/dns legislature passed earlier this year, basically making war driving and other activities such as IP NAT illegal. (discussed on /. before)
Also keep in mind that Hamfest's are great places to find a bargin on geek equipment other than ham stuff. http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html
Also check out APRS if you are not familiar with it. web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html and findu.com
73,
Ken
KC8SWY (Kilo Charlie Eight Sierra Whiskey Yankee)
All search engines/technologies have their own purpose.
/.'ed.
If I am looking for a companies website and it isn't companywebsite.com, I would use yahoo and enter the company name. Once in a while It works for topic searches.
If I am doing a general search, I used to use Excite or Lycos. I have moved to google as my search engine of choice for a few reasons.
1. Google searches embedded formats (PDF, MSWord, Etc.)
2. Google is fast and clean
3. Free
4. Google has cached versions of pages for when a site has been
5. Google's rankings are not based on keywords but rather who links to the site.
6. Picture search
7. News search
8. Usenet search
9. Preferences for setting # of results p/page
Yahoo! has a long way to go despite the extra services they offer (chat, games, auctions).