I have had zero issues with rain (even *HARD* rain), but there have been issues with trees in the line-of-sight. I had to do some tree trimming to clear out the path.
Another topic of interest is the Fresnel Zone between the two endpoints. Line-of-sight is not sufficient, you have to have the "football-shaped" Fresnel zone free of obstructions. This is most critical near to the antennas.
BTW, I have a 7 mile plain old 802.11B connection that can saturate the T1 upstream connection at the access point. I use a YDI 1/2 watt amp and a 24 dBi grid-dish antenna with a direct line-of-sight path to the access point. Low loss LMR400 coax cable is used to connect to the amp and antenna. Any 802.11B card that can connect to a pigtail can be used to drive the amp and antenna. I use a wireless ISP.
Umm, most laptops are not designed nor built by the brand name manufacturer that is shown on their lid. There are actually only a few laptop manufacturers and they design/build most of the laptops made.
Virtually none of the "Name" brands manufacture their own laptops, with the only exceptions being Asus, Twinhead and Apple, and even Twinhead and Apple do not make all of their own.
All of the rest buy their laptops from what is called an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). These ODMs sell their computers to several different OEMs who then install the Hard Drive (usually an Hitachi or Toshiba), Processor and System Memory. They then put their label on it and market it.
For example:
An ODM named Clevo makes the Sager NP5690 and the original Alienware Area 51-M, the Voodoo MClass M550, the Hypersonic Aviator GX6, and they are all the same computer. Clevo also makes the Sager NP8790, the Falcon Northwest Fragbook DL, and the Voodoo Envy M:780, and they are also the same computer.
Of course the Sager models have a much sweeter price tag!
An ODM named Compal makes some of the DELL, Hewlett Packard and Compaq line of laptops, as well as the PowerPro M 5:6, PowerPro M 5:14, and the PowerPro M 6:33.
Optical in the car is a big deal. There is a great deal of concern over EMI and moving high speed data over optical alleviates this problem.
To date, all video commonly available in autos is analog. This is a purely digital solution which allows more than 4 uncompressed DVD-resolution video streams over a single digital link. Which, by the way, is daisy-chained and does not require hubs.
This is the same IEEE1394/Firewire/iLink that is used by high end A/V systems, lowly iPods, and portable HDD. You can even plug in most DV camcorders and have them be available as a video source on the bus.
Look for this to start showing up in the 2007/2008 model years in high end vehicles.
You can run any version of SunOS 4 and up to Solaris 2.6 on these machines. I believe you can also run Solaris7, but definitly not Solaris8 or newer. I used to have an IPC running as NIS master to a bunch of U60's and SF3800's; then I lost a power supply in it and upgraded to a pair of Netra's. Quite a performance upgrade! Say what you will about Sun's and Slowaris, but PC hardware has a hard time competing with true workstations.
Most of Alienware's notebooks are re-branded Sagers (which are made by Clevo). A couple of years ago I got a Sager from PowerNotebooks and a few weeks later Alienware came out with a near identical notebook (their original Area 51-M) for about $1k more. Check out this for more details.
I had a co-worker who had laser eye surgery. Afterward, he suffered with vision problems and dryness. Before you go under the laser, check out this article and this site!
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You may have a floater in your eye that is causing the dark spot. Everyone does have a blind spot where the retina connects to the optic nerve.
Ah! I just KNEW there was one....
There has GOT to be a Monty Python joke in there somewhere....
The amount of carbon released into the atmosphere can vary widely between man-made and natural sources. For example:
Granted, man is basically behind the burning in Borneo...
The amount of carbon released into the atmosphere can vary widely between man-made and natural sources. For example:
Granted, man is basically behind the burning in Borneo...
I wonder where this fits on the Uncanny Valley curve?
This is because of the auto indent feature. Try:
or equivalently:
Another topic of interest is the Fresnel Zone between the two endpoints. Line-of-sight is not sufficient, you have to have the "football-shaped" Fresnel zone free of obstructions. This is most critical near to the antennas.
Check out Seattle Wireless for lots of good info.
BTW, I have a 7 mile plain old 802.11B connection that can saturate the T1 upstream connection at the access point. I use a YDI 1/2 watt amp and a 24 dBi grid-dish antenna with a direct line-of-sight path to the access point. Low loss LMR400 coax cable is used to connect to the amp and antenna. Any 802.11B card that can connect to a pigtail can be used to drive the amp and antenna. I use a wireless ISP.
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...and blinking. Yes, this *IS* the place to use the blink tag.
Overclockers often use Prime95 to do CPU temperature/stress testing. It is available in many flavors:
Trust me, it will heat things up!
Look at industrial computing. There are lots of different keyboard/monitor/KVM systems out there designed to fit into racks (even 1U). Try Google
For more info: IDB Forum
This is the same IEEE1394/Firewire/iLink that is used by high end A/V systems, lowly iPods, and portable HDD. You can even plug in most DV camcorders and have them be available as a video source on the bus.
Look for this to start showing up in the 2007/2008 model years in high end vehicles.
You can run any version of SunOS 4 and up to Solaris 2.6 on these machines. I believe you can also run Solaris7, but definitly not Solaris8 or newer. I used to have an IPC running as NIS master to a bunch of U60's and SF3800's; then I lost a power supply in it and upgraded to a pair of Netra's. Quite a performance upgrade! Say what you will about Sun's and Slowaris, but PC hardware has a hard time competing with true workstations.
Most of Alienware's notebooks are re-branded Sagers (which are made by Clevo). A couple of years ago I got a Sager from PowerNotebooks and a few weeks later Alienware came out with a near identical notebook (their original Area 51-M) for about $1k more. Check out this for more details.
As always--It pays to shop around!
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Hmmm...I believe the term is SEED corn.
I had a co-worker who had laser eye surgery. Afterward, he suffered with vision problems and dryness. Before you go under the laser, check out this article and this site!
It's glasses for me....
Microwave laser? You must mean a maser.
Looks like it was a successful launch. A news briefing will be on NASA TV at 4:00pm Pacific.
This looks like the W^X (Write XOR Execute) feature of OpenBSD.
Doesn't the "bi" in "bit" mean two? So we would have to call three states a "trit"; and four states a "quit" to keep them straight.