When I took Drivers ed back in '97 or '98, half of my course was in what they called the "simulator". Basicly driving movies from the 1960s and '70's were played, and you had to steer/brake a the right times or the system would score you lower. If i hear "Look left, look right, look left again" one more time in my lifetime, I'll go on a rampage. We all got so much more out of the real driving. Including the snow driving. That was a blast. Good Ole Pittsford, NY.
Honestly I have no idea why someone marked that as a troll. I suppose if I had said somthing along the lines of "I'll probobly be modded down for this", I would of been modded better. Slashdot sure is a funny place.
I'd rather have somthing like Clearwire. Better price options. Its a company like that whom I'm waiting to come by my area. (25 minutes north of Albuquerque). Much finger crossing is taking place right now.:-)
Well whoever "they" are, they'll have to beat $80 a month, which is what EVDO costs. Until that point ( i know i might be waiting another 5 years) I'll just wander along at 56k @ $8.00 a month.:-)
I belive these are pre competition rates. Plus the company is not going after home users. If a company offered a 256k DL rate, that alone would be a big increase in speed for me.
The point is, is that I can't get DSL or Cable Internet where I'm at. Directway, Starband, and Wildblue are not really options because of the lag times. So If someone sticks up a Wimax tower close by (1.5-2.5 miles away I guess), then I might actually get highspeed access to the net. I don't know about you, but thats a good thing in my mind.
I can't get cable where I am, so I'm stuck with going with one of those pizza dishes or USDTV. Or so I thought. USDV does not get the scifi channel and thats a must for me. So I looked at the Pizza dish companies, and I really don't feel like paying $30-50 a month for so many channels that I won't watch. So I though I was stuck with USDTV, BUT a lightbulb came on in my head. I'm going to aquire a BUD (Big Ugly dish) from someone who has "upgraded" to a digital quality DBS dish. Snag a 4dtv reciver off of ebay and get my basic subscription programming from NPS. Plus I'm going to add a FTA reciver just because the feeds are there. THEN if after I spend so much money on all of this, I want a DBS system, I'll do it the hard way; I'll get Star Choice.
Links of intrest:
http://www.satelliteguys.us
http://global-cm.net/CAN/legal.html
http://www.bigdish.info/main.html
http://www.callnps.com
http://lyngsat.com/freetv/United-States.html
http://www.orbitmagazine.com/
The trick is to use a dial on demand linux box. You can have a script that will automatically dial into your provider. When you get kicked, it calls back. Couple this with an ethernet card and you'll have a gateway, and even a hardware firewall to protect you from all the evils that would have their way with your box. You can also use this machine for common services such as a caching DNS server which will speed up page load times over dial-up and as a mail gateway which also speed up perceived mail send times.
That almost perfectly describes Actiontec's Dual PC Modem.
Also, it creeped me out to no end discovering this morning that my Gmail cookie is really a "Google Accounts" cookie which will now be attached to my Usenet forays via Google as well.
roblem with Usenet nowadays is you *know* it will be archived, and for that reason I use it much less (also because of the worse signal:noise ratio).
This worked when google groups was Dejanews (and it still does): X-No-archive: yes . Of course any replies by other people are still archived I belive.
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While we're at it we can strip the licenses of anyone who has more than one DUI or who causes an accident where someone loses life or limb, this would go a long way towards making our roads a lot safer.
Oh like thats going to stop a drunk from driving. Here in New Mexico you would have to remove their arms and legs to keep them driving without a license. And even that might not be enough.
for linux -> getting alsa and JACK running together correctly is a nightmare.
You are right. I was having such a hard time with alsa and JACK that I said "screw it", and got MediaLinux 2. (Purchased my copy from Linuxcd.org because I don't have broadband)
I've been using VectorLinux(3.2) on my 760 series thinkpad for about a 8 months or so. Installing it was made easier by first installing Smart Boot Manager, which allows booting from a cd when the BIOS is too old to know how.
Then, just to be a wiseass, I setup ICEwm to look exactly like windows XP(wall paper and all). Nothing like running xp on a 166.;-)
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Its electrifying stories like this that keep me reading slashdot.
mmmmm Troll-A-Roni the San Francisco Treat. :-)
Do we really want to smell that football locker room?
When I took Drivers ed back in '97 or '98, half of my course was in what they called the "simulator". Basicly driving movies from the 1960s and '70's were played, and you had to steer/brake a the right times or the system would score you lower. If i hear "Look left, look right, look left again" one more time in my lifetime, I'll go on a rampage. We all got so much more out of the real driving. Including the snow driving. That was a blast. Good Ole Pittsford, NY.
You happen to be missing one important piece of information. We are living in (Cue heavily reverbed voice)bizarro world!!!
Honestly I have no idea why someone marked that as a troll. I suppose if I had said somthing along the lines of "I'll probobly be modded down for this", I would of been modded better. Slashdot sure is a funny place.
What if you Laptop is using a fuel cell?
I'd rather have somthing like Clearwire. Better price options. Its a company like that whom I'm waiting to come by my area. (25 minutes north of Albuquerque). Much finger crossing is taking place right now. :-)
Well whoever "they" are, they'll have to beat $80 a month, which is what EVDO costs. Until that point ( i know i might be waiting another 5 years) I'll just wander along at 56k @ $8.00 a month. :-)
I belive these are pre competition rates. Plus the company is not going after home users. If a company offered a 256k DL rate, that alone would be a big increase in speed for me.
I don't see what the point is, then.
The point is, is that I can't get DSL or Cable Internet where I'm at. Directway, Starband, and Wildblue are not really options because of the lag times. So If someone sticks up a Wimax tower close by (1.5-2.5 miles away I guess), then I might actually get highspeed access to the net. I don't know about you, but thats a good thing in my mind.
Its going to be a 90 minute clip show. You know it, I know it, but Fox has no clue.
I can't get cable where I am, so I'm stuck with going with one of those pizza dishes or USDTV. Or so I thought. USDV does not get the scifi channel and thats a must for me. So I looked at the Pizza dish companies, and I really don't feel like paying $30-50 a month for so many channels that I won't watch. So I though I was stuck with USDTV, BUT a lightbulb came on in my head. I'm going to aquire a BUD (Big Ugly dish) from someone who has "upgraded" to a digital quality DBS dish. Snag a 4dtv reciver off of ebay and get my basic subscription programming from NPS. Plus I'm going to add a FTA reciver just because the feeds are there. THEN if after I spend so much money on all of this, I want a DBS system, I'll do it the hard way; I'll get Star Choice.
Links of intrest:
http://www.satelliteguys.us
http://global-cm.net/CAN/legal.html
http://www.bigdish.info/main.html
http://www.callnps.com
http://lyngsat.com/freetv/United-States.html
http://www.orbitmagazine.com/
The trick is to use a dial on demand linux box. You can have a script that will automatically dial into your provider. When you get kicked, it calls back. Couple this with an ethernet card and you'll have a gateway, and even a hardware firewall to protect you from all the evils that would have their way with your box. You can also use this machine for common services such as a caching DNS server which will speed up page load times over dial-up and as a mail gateway which also speed up perceived mail send times.
That almost perfectly describes Actiontec's Dual PC Modem.
Sounds like a volunteer, not a slave. Distinction, he's not being forced.
BS! His Ego was forcing him. Thus he was a slave to his ego.
The US may have a button to disrupt Galileo now, but their use of it is quite constrained.
Yeah, constrained except when bush flys into Europe, then off it goes.
Once they code the DWIM method, should they intergrate it with Teledildonics ? :-)
Also, it creeped me out to no end discovering this morning that my Gmail cookie is really a "Google Accounts" cookie which will now be attached to my Usenet forays via Google as well.
:-)
Don't forget your new froogle Shopping list
roblem with Usenet nowadays is you *know* it will be archived, and for that reason I use it much less (also because of the worse signal:noise ratio).
This worked when google groups was Dejanews (and it still does): X-No-archive: yes
. Of course any replies by other people are still archived I belive.
While we're at it we can strip the licenses of anyone who has more than one DUI or who causes an accident where someone loses life or limb, this would go a long way towards making our roads a lot safer.
Oh like thats going to stop a drunk from driving. Here in New Mexico you would have to remove their arms and legs to keep them driving without a license. And even that might not be enough.
for linux -> getting alsa and JACK running together correctly is a nightmare.
You are right. I was having such a hard time with alsa and JACK that I said "screw it", and got MediaLinux 2. (Purchased my copy from Linuxcd.org because I don't have broadband)
I've been using VectorLinux(3.2) on my 760 series thinkpad for about a 8 months or so. Installing it was made easier by first installing Smart Boot Manager, which allows booting from a cd when the BIOS is too old to know how. Then, just to be a wiseass, I setup ICEwm to look exactly like windows XP(wall paper and all). Nothing like running xp on a 166. ;-)
Can I get this validator to work with wine?
Perhaps we could call it the "New Clear Engine". I think its that "nu" part that make the critics cringe. ;-)
Screw the phone. I want a 5 MP holga!!!