"At the beginning there was nothing but a big ball of gases. For a long time it just sat there in the nothingness, getting hotter and hotter. Then it exploded."
Are you saying the Creator of the Universe ate refried Mexican beans?
This, for anyone who knows dick about radios, is the height of stupidity. There are, very rarely, time where it makes sense to amplify a low gain antenna, but monkeys are not qualified to make this decision.
Tell me, do you really pay Slashdot to pass for a raving lunatic, or did someone offer you a subscription for Christmas?
I have new for you: if you knew "dick" about radio yourself, you'd know that stock AP "antennas" aren't really antenna at all and rarely reach 2.2dBi anyway. As for the "morons" who buy RF amps, they may not be "specialists" like yourself.
In fact, most 802.11 users don't know anything about it, except that it's convenient and they just have to connect to the router's internal web server to configure it. And when they want more range, they buy whatever solution the shop sells them. Just like most people who drive cars don't know anything about how cars work, and let AutoZone sell them gasoline additives to "clean their injectors": well, if you don't know anything about cars, how will they know it's snake oil?
So, why don't you get off your high horse and stop talking out of your arse?
We don't need no stinkin NEW Products, we need completed features in our firmware for existing products.
Nobody forces you to buy new products. You're welcome to stick to your older products and download firmware upgrades, as it's a perfectly valid consumer attitude.
... is the one that won't allow unencrypted 802.11 links to happen. Whenever I go wardriving, half of the hits I get from kismet have SSID="LINSYS", WEP="NO".
Who cares if that company is Microsoft? It would only drive down prices for consumers in general.
Until the point where all competition in the iPod-style music players market has been killed off, and then you'll pay whatever Microsoft decides.
Haven't you realized yet that Microsoft is a runaway monopoly that the government failed/refused to Sherman-Act? They managed to lull (and pay) the feds into thinking they play nice on the market, so they thread carefully when they enter a new market. But when they do enter a market, they end up sterilizing it.
This is why I'm glad when Microsoft keeps its hands off anything.
- NT will support the SPARC risc platform - IE4 cannot be separated fron Win98 - Palladium is for security purposes only - SQL Server doesn't have easter eggs
In short, if Microsoft says they have no plan for an iPod clone, they may speak the truth, or they're still developing it. At any rate, they're probably trying hard to avoid looking like a monopoly.
I suggest you check what engrish is, especially the paragraph where it says it has nothing to do with anti-asian racism in the faq, before posting your misinformed politically-correct, knee-jerk reactions.
Don't you know how to laugh a bit?
By the way, I'm surprised a man with such anti-racist convictions like you posts as AC...
You forget product marketing rule #1: when choosing or changing a product name, make sure it has as many "x"s or "e-"s or "i-"s in the name as possible to promote a trendy, latest-high-tech image.
the long awaited 4.10 version of FreeBSD was released today.
Yes, all two FreeBSD users really couldn't wait any longer...
Seriously though, who uses FreeBSD? I installed FreeBSD 5.1 on a box to test it, on some friends' advice, and 2 things struck me about it:
- the FreeBSD ports system is very nice (in a sort of Gentoo wait-till-it's-built sort of nice, but still very mature and powerful)
- the IDE driver yields is extraordinarily slow access times and throughputs, even DOS in real-mode x86 performs better (yes I know there are optimized drivers, but not for my hardware).
- the list of supported devices is a joke, i.e. if you build a BSD box, you'd better buy the hardware parts with the list of supported devices in hand.
Also, most of the userland packages you can find for FreeBSD can also be found on Linux. In fact, most of these packages are originally Linux packages. Many programs need Linux-specific features, like/dev/rtc, so FreeBSD provides an emulation layer...that isn't complete and doesn't work well. Etc etc...
So why-oh-why would anybody chose FreeBSD, since it's basically GNU/Linux without the Linux portion, with the FreeBSD kernel instead, with some Linux compatibility bits, minus the performance and hardware support? and please don't tell me it's good for routers, NetBSD or OpenBSD are better for that.
What I love with English is the ability to turn nouns into verbs and vice-versa without shocking anybody (and without even needing to be in Soviet Russia).
Yes, and he instantly gained another pair, almost identical, save for the color...
Re:I used to play but...
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I used to play poker but, I played 1 to many times where I lost my pants literally and gave up.
That is SO not true...
Look here folks, there are two sorts of poker losers: those who are addicted to the game and keep playing (and often losing their shirts) over and over, without telling anybody about it, and those who genuinely got had over one party too many, but weren't addicted and so turned away from the game forever, but they're not proud of it so they keep the story to themselves.
I say the parent poster is playing a pretty strong +5 karma-whore hand here...
"How many Slashdot readers play poker"??
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How many Slashdot readers play poker
All those who aren't posting anymore, because they're too skint to pay the ISP bill now...
We get it for free because they pay thier yearly tax.
And we over here get to read your post on the DARPA-created Internet because you pay your taxes. Everybody in the world eventually contributes something to everybody else.
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That code is gonna be NASTY.
That code already is nasty. Ever looked at Perl scripts in the last few years?
This thing runs Windows 98 with a scan of the original boombox' front panel as background image.
This is truly ghetto...
The tape deck refuses to open now!
You can read about the NYPD wide screen here.
"At the beginning there was
nothing but a big ball of
gases.
For a long time it just sat there
in the nothingness, getting hotter
and hotter.
Then it exploded."
Are you saying the Creator of the Universe ate refried Mexican beans?
A story on Slashdot called "Peddling Wireless" (story ID #109386) that got posted for 2 minutes and then completely vanished...
What if all the PAL codes had been set to '00000000,' and 'everyone' in the Strategic Air Command knew it?
Stupid David played with the WOPR again!
This, for anyone who knows dick about radios, is the height of stupidity. There are, very rarely, time where it makes sense to amplify a low gain antenna, but monkeys are not qualified to make this decision.
Tell me, do you really pay Slashdot to pass for a raving lunatic, or did someone offer you a subscription for Christmas?
I have new for you: if you knew "dick" about radio yourself, you'd know that stock AP "antennas" aren't really antenna at all and rarely reach 2.2dBi anyway. As for the "morons" who buy RF amps, they may not be "specialists" like yourself.
In fact, most 802.11 users don't know anything about it, except that it's convenient and they just have to connect to the router's internal web server to configure it. And when they want more range, they buy whatever solution the shop sells them. Just like most people who drive cars don't know anything about how cars work, and let AutoZone sell them gasoline additives to "clean their injectors": well, if you don't know anything about cars, how will they know it's snake oil?
So, why don't you get off your high horse and stop talking out of your arse?
We don't need no stinkin NEW Products, we need completed features in our firmware for existing products.
Nobody forces you to buy new products. You're welcome to stick to your older products and download firmware upgrades, as it's a perfectly valid consumer attitude.
... is the one that won't allow unencrypted 802.11 links to happen. Whenever I go wardriving, half of the hits I get from kismet have SSID="LINSYS", WEP="NO".
Who cares if that company is Microsoft? It would only drive down prices for consumers in general.
Until the point where all competition in the iPod-style music players market has been killed off, and then you'll pay whatever Microsoft decides.
Haven't you realized yet that Microsoft is a runaway monopoly that the government failed/refused to Sherman-Act? They managed to lull (and pay) the feds into thinking they play nice on the market, so they thread carefully when they enter a new market. But when they do enter a market, they end up sterilizing it.
This is why I'm glad when Microsoft keeps its hands off anything.
What could cost $50 and still be as good as the iPod??
A stolen iPod?
Other choice quotes from Microsoft:
- NT will support the SPARC risc platform
- IE4 cannot be separated fron Win98
- Palladium is for security purposes only
- SQL Server doesn't have easter eggs
In short, if Microsoft says they have no plan for an iPod clone, they may speak the truth, or they're still developing it. At any rate, they're probably trying hard to avoid looking like a monopoly.
I think you mean 88:88
I suggest you check what engrish is, especially the paragraph where it says it has nothing to do with anti-asian racism in the faq, before posting your misinformed politically-correct, knee-jerk reactions.
Don't you know how to laugh a bit?
By the way, I'm surprised a man with such anti-racist convictions like you posts as AC...
Mod the parent down: -1 CONSTIPATED IDIOT
It's, "Electrolux," not "Elextrolux."
You forget product marketing rule #1: when choosing or changing a product name, make sure it has as many "x"s or "e-"s or "i-"s in the name as possible to promote a trendy, latest-high-tech image.
the Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 is programmable like a VCR
Does it mean I'll have to fiddle with a 8 x 7-segment green display, a bunch of buttons and knobs, and a manual written in engrish?
© copyright 2002-2003 by jerry lerma & terry hogan
Terry and Jerry seem to have a lot of time on their hands.
the long awaited 4.10 version of FreeBSD was released today.
/dev/rtc, so FreeBSD provides an emulation layer...that isn't complete and doesn't work well. Etc etc...
Yes, all two FreeBSD users really couldn't wait any longer...
Seriously though, who uses FreeBSD? I installed FreeBSD 5.1 on a box to test it, on some friends' advice, and 2 things struck me about it:
- the FreeBSD ports system is very nice (in a sort of Gentoo wait-till-it's-built sort of nice, but still very mature and powerful)
- the IDE driver yields is extraordinarily slow access times and throughputs, even DOS in real-mode x86 performs better (yes I know there are optimized drivers, but not for my hardware).
- the list of supported devices is a joke, i.e. if you build a BSD box, you'd better buy the hardware parts with the list of supported devices in hand.
Also, most of the userland packages you can find for FreeBSD can also be found on Linux. In fact, most of these packages are originally Linux packages. Many programs need Linux-specific features, like
So why-oh-why would anybody chose FreeBSD, since it's basically GNU/Linux without the Linux portion, with the FreeBSD kernel instead, with some Linux compatibility bits, minus the performance and hardware support? and please don't tell me it's good for routers, NetBSD or OpenBSD are better for that.
It has out-Disneyed Disney
What I love with English is the ability to turn nouns into verbs and vice-versa without shocking anybody (and without even needing to be in Soviet Russia).
You *literally* lost your pants?
Yes, and he instantly gained another pair, almost identical, save for the color...
I used to play poker but, I played 1 to many times where I lost my pants literally and gave up.
That is SO not true...
Look here folks, there are two sorts of poker losers: those who are addicted to the game and keep playing (and often losing their shirts) over and over, without telling anybody about it, and those who genuinely got had over one party too many, but weren't addicted and so turned away from the game forever, but they're not proud of it so they keep the story to themselves.
I say the parent poster is playing a pretty strong +5 karma-whore hand here...
How many Slashdot readers play poker
All those who aren't posting anymore, because they're too skint to pay the ISP bill now...
We get it for free because they pay thier yearly tax.
And we over here get to read your post on the DARPA-created Internet because you pay your taxes. Everybody in the world eventually contributes something to everybody else.
Anyway, thanks.