I'm appalled that our government would waste so much money on something that could easily be done in the private sector. In fact, the last time I
heard, they were actively competing with a private sector team in order to see who would first decode the human genome.
This is pure science. The government should fund pure science. Technology is what the private sector should fund.
I for one would love to give it a go, but every site I've looked at described hundreds of hours of studying and tests and tens of thousands of dollars in
equipment.
Is there any way to build a cheap but effective setup? Maybe in the $1000 range?
The tests are not that hard. If you know basic electronics, you can pass the Tech and General exams with a few hours of study. Here are practice tests It takes about 30 Hours to learn the Morse Code for Tech+ and General tickets, but you only need that for the HF bands.
You can pick up a Icom-706MKIIg rig for about $800 used and it should be all the radio you will ever need.
Satellite: Yeah, as soon as a few thousand/million people start logging onto these crap sattelites that are really 1980's
technology someone realized could route internet packets, you'll start to realize just how invalid this option is.
Um, they use transponders. You can use any type of new modulation methods you like with them. That still won't fix the lag problem, until we get faster than light communication.
I believe I used this on a Tandy Color Computer 3... I was, um, 14?
It was a good learning experience.
You are correct. You could use OS-9 level 1 on the CoCo 1/2 and Level 2 on the CoCo 3. There are still people using and extending OS-9. One of the extended versions is NitrOS-9.
OS-9 was my first 'real' operating system. Real Time, Multi-User and Multi-Tasking all in less than a 512k of RAM on a 2Mhz processor. I still have a copy of the C compiler for it:)
the next step... is probably isolating the 8000 Taliban fighters that have moved to the Uzbekistan (sp?) border. They could be easily cut off in this
area.
Three words "Fuel Air Bomb".
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That has got to be the most ignorant post I have seen on/." Then yours comes close. Sorry but I think I can say
with assureance that if BBC agents are used we will use nukes. That has been a long standing US statement. Now
let me ask you this. Do you honestly believe Bin Laudin won't use B/BC warfare?
There to no enemy to "nuke". Does not matter what they do to us.
It's my undestanding that with patents you have to disclose the nature of the patent ANYWAY. Why should this keep them from abiding by the license of the software they are building on top of?
God gave U.S. "What we deserve", say Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson
What can you say. They are ignorant fools. Kick those un-American jerks out
of the Republican party. We don't want their kind.
You can tell they don't care about Liberty, because they despise anyone who
exercises it.
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Several people in my office including me think they've decided to use a nuke and Bush is getting shook up about how HE is the one who is going to go down in history for authorizing it. This is a terrible burden for him, no matter what.
That has got to be the most ignorant post I have seen on/.
We will not use Nukes. It is the wrong tool. We will go to Afghanistan and take their land. We will put in place our own puppet government that does not like religous radicals.
This is WW3. It going to be long, hard and alot of people are going to die.
We will not allow these assholes to take out freedom and live in a police state.
I would be willing to bet that you picked up Channel 2. I forgot their old callsign, but it's now WKRN. Channel 2 is near 52Mhz and the MUF can rise that high at times.
I for one have had all the patches installed and STILL been hacked. I keep charts of what is installed and when because my boss
demands it...that and I don't want to be caught empty handed when something like this happens.
After you ran Service Pack 2, you still have to do the hotfixes. Simply remove.ida.idq and.printer from your Applications mappings and you won't have to worry about it again.
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The classic image of vigilantes involves ravening hordes of ignorant southerners intent on
lynching some poor innocent for the crime of offending local sensibilities. However, history tells us that this is not the case.
Yea, when they do it in the north, it's a bunch of
ignorant yankees intent on
lynching some poor innocent for the crime of offending local sensibilities.
Just because your north of the Mason-Dixon line dosen't make it right.
With larger fish finally jumping into the waters of Internet connectivity, is there still room for
smaller companies? I would think that any new ISP would not be able to survive by solely providing dial-up service, and
would need to look into the possibility of providing DSL or cable connectivity. However, providing broadband
connectivity is a significant and expensive venture, made even more difficult considering the current economic
conditions.
Three friends and I started an ISP about a year and a half ago. We have made some money with dialup, but by far have made more money with webhosting and programming services. With DSL there is _NO_ way to make money unless you charge about the same price as a frac T1. The telco's have you over a barrel and are not willing to resell the service for a reasonable price. My suggetion to you, don't do things that can't pay for themselves. You can't stay in business if you do not break even.
Slashdot Mirror
I worked KC4AAA the other night on 20 Meters (Around 14.238Mhz) The station operator's name is Skip. You can hear them on the air almost every night.
I'm appalled that our government would waste so much money on something that could easily be done in the private sector. In fact, the last time I
heard, they were actively competing with a private sector team in order to see who would first decode the human genome.
This is pure science. The government should fund pure science. Technology is what the private sector should fund.
I for one would love to give it a go, but every site I've looked at described hundreds of hours of studying and tests and tens of thousands of dollars in equipment. Is there any way to build a cheap but effective setup? Maybe in the $1000 range?
The tests are not that hard. If you know basic electronics, you can pass the Tech and General exams with a few hours of study. Here are practice tests It takes about 30 Hours to learn the Morse Code for Tech+ and General tickets, but you only need that for the HF bands.
You can pick up a Icom-706MKIIg rig for about $800 used and it should be all the radio you will ever need.
No, neither of them did. All good southerners know that Nathan Stubblefield invented radio in 1892.
Wasn't the first the Tandy COlor COmputer?
What's really funny about that is the CoCo ran Microware's OS-9 Operating System.
Satellite: Yeah, as soon as a few thousand/million people start logging onto these crap sattelites that are really 1980's
technology someone realized could route internet packets, you'll start to realize just how invalid this option is.
Um, they use transponders. You can use any type of new modulation methods you like with them. That still won't fix the lag problem, until we get faster than light communication.
Considering Slashdot is one of the slowest sites on the Net, and crashes frequently, I think that the Slashdot owners should really read this.
/.
aceshardware.com _JUST_ fell over. I guess it couldnt keep up with
I believe I used this on a Tandy Color Computer 3... I was, um, 14? It was a good learning experience.
:)
You are correct. You could use OS-9 level 1 on the CoCo 1/2 and Level 2 on the CoCo 3. There are still people using and extending OS-9. One of the extended versions is NitrOS-9.
OS-9 was my first 'real' operating system. Real Time, Multi-User and Multi-Tasking all in less than a 512k of RAM on a 2Mhz processor. I still have a copy of the C compiler for it
No, I can't find any link and I doubt he really said it.
Here is your link.
the next step... is probably isolating the 8000 Taliban fighters that have moved to the Uzbekistan (sp?) border. They could be easily cut off in this area.
Three words "Fuel Air Bomb".
That has got to be the most ignorant post I have seen on /." Then yours comes close. Sorry but I think I can say
with assureance that if BBC agents are used we will use nukes. That has been a long standing US statement. Now
let me ask you this. Do you honestly believe Bin Laudin won't use B/BC warfare?
There to no enemy to "nuke". Does not matter what they do to us.
With Iraq, this was not the case.
It's my undestanding that with patents you have to disclose the nature of the patent ANYWAY. Why should this keep them from abiding by the license of the software they are building on top of?
God gave U.S. "What we deserve", say Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson
What can you say. They are ignorant fools. Kick those un-American jerks out of the Republican party. We don't want their kind.
You can tell they don't care about Liberty, because they despise anyone who exercises it.
Several people in my office including me think they've decided to use a nuke and Bush is getting shook up about how HE is the one who is going to go down in history for authorizing it. This is a terrible burden for him, no matter what.
/.
That has got to be the most ignorant post I have seen on
We will not use Nukes. It is the wrong tool. We will go to Afghanistan and take their land. We will put in place our own puppet government that does not like religous radicals.
This is WW3. It going to be long, hard and alot of people are going to die.
We will not allow these assholes to take out freedom and live in a police state.
Why should broadcasters or other services be forced to pay more for spectrum allocation than it costs to administrate it?
Just asking, this is not flamebait, but is offtopic.
I'll vote for a different business cycle. Tough to qualify for a mortgage (HA! right...) when you're between jobs three months out of every nine.
How about not borrowing money to purchase a house, car or pizza. You don't know what real freedom is until you are debt free.
I would be willing to bet that you picked up Channel 2. I forgot their old callsign, but it's now WKRN. Channel 2 is near 52Mhz and the MUF can rise that high at times.
Not sure about the ISS, but The Shuttle uses S-Band and I doubt the MUF will get high enough to block S-Band.
I for one have had all the patches installed and STILL been hacked. I keep charts of what is installed and when because my boss demands it...that and I don't want to be caught empty handed when something like this happens.
.ida .idq and .printer from your Applications mappings and you won't have to worry about it again.
After you ran Service Pack 2, you still have to do the hotfixes. Simply remove
Yes Sir, they are runing Windows 2K.
;)
You would think that they know better
The classic image of vigilantes involves ravening hordes of ignorant southerners intent on lynching some poor innocent for the crime of offending local sensibilities. However, history tells us that this is not the case.
Yea, when they do it in the north, it's a bunch of ignorant yankees intent on lynching some poor innocent for the crime of offending local sensibilities.
Just because your north of the Mason-Dixon line dosen't make it right.
Do you remember A,b and C Classes? They were done away with in 1951. We are now back to them with Tech, General and Extra.
Ham Radio is not antiquanted, heck there are some folks doing hi power 802.11 IP based networks.
With larger fish finally jumping into the waters of Internet connectivity, is there still room for smaller companies? I would think that any new ISP would not be able to survive by solely providing dial-up service, and would need to look into the possibility of providing DSL or cable connectivity. However, providing broadband connectivity is a significant and expensive venture, made even more difficult considering the current economic conditions.
Three friends and I started an ISP about a year and a half ago. We have made some money with dialup, but by far have made more money with webhosting and programming services. With DSL there is _NO_ way to make money unless you charge about the same price as a frac T1. The telco's have you over a barrel and are not willing to resell the service for a reasonable price. My suggetion to you, don't do things that can't pay for themselves. You can't stay in business if you do not break even.
I like KDE because of the look and feel of it. It just feels right to me.
Somehow I get the idea they were on the 11 meter band (27.185Mhz Narrow AM) ;)