Well, I got my new shiney laptop on monday and i've managed to configure my wireless network to use 128 bit WEP and set up a MAC address access list. yay me! ...
... Well, it seems to be pretty quick so far. I've installed office as well as a bunch of other stuff. The wifi card works great, i was able to upload a ton...
... Yeah, lots of tards out there. There are two *completely* insecure networks visible from my house (as in no wep, no mac filtering, no nothing... and dhcp...
Bill Pitz
dakota@...
Dec 2, 2004 8:09 pm
8641
Fellas: I'm coming up against the limitations of my old $20 analog multimeter so I'm looking for advice on purchasing a more serious digital ...
Pindell, Timothy
tpindell@...
Dec 2, 2004 10:16 pm
8642
"Bill Pitz" <dakota@...> wrote in message ... Yeah, the ones by my place are all the same as the ones you can see from your house. I really wish that...
... LOL... That's actually quite funny. I have been tinkering with various wardriving software again lately. I really like Kismet (www.kismetwireless.net)....
Bill Pitz
dakota@...
Dec 2, 2004 11:49 pm
8644
... Hash: SHA1 ... There are 3 within range of our apartment. 1 locked, the other 2 wide open. ... We got a laptop a couple months ago that has an Athlon64...
... Wow! That's really unusual - do you know what airline it was? Usually you are required to keep it in your checked baggage, in a locked container. -- -Jon-...
I've been really happy with my employer-provided IBM R40 2722-GAU. If I were to buy my own laptop at some point, it would most certainly be an IBM product....
Pindell, Timothy
tpindell@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:36 pm
8649
... Yup!! ... Heh! Yeah, probably not worth the trouble. There are federal laws in place to ensure that firearms can be transported across state lines, ...
... That's the part I've been wondering about, since they don't really like you to have your bags locked up anymore. The last couple of times I've flown I just...
Bill Pitz
dakota@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:09 pm
8651
... Yep, this has resulted in some confusion in the past, mostly because the airline rules conflict with the law. Federal law says that firearms must be in a...
(Moving off-topic) ... Well, for Linux I started with Debian's package archives and came up with: gpsbabel: GPS file conversion plus transfer to/from GPS units...
Ok, I give up! What the heck are "TravelBugs"? I'm more out of date then I thought! Don Mallett...
Mallett, Donald B
donald.mallett@...
Dec 4, 2004 5:43 am
8656
... Check out the Geocaching page at www.geocaching.com Specifically: http://www.geocaching.com/track/faq.aspx In a nutshell, Geocaching is using a GPS to find...
Bill Pitz
dakota@...
Dec 4, 2004 6:38 am
8657
... [...] ... I guess it depends on what you consider fun. :-) I'm sure lots of people consider hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, etc. to be fun. :-)...
... One of the big upsides to ATV registration for use on public land here in CA is what they do with the fees. This really shocked me when I was looking into...
Bill Pitz
dakota@...
Dec 4, 2004 8:21 am
8659
Sound like fun. Must look in to it when I get my DSL working at home. Don ... From: Bill Pitz [mailto:dakota@...] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004...
Mallett, Donald B
donald.mallett@...
Dec 4, 2004 9:18 am
8660
... My dad has one of these for carrying in his airplane. It's pretty nifty, although it's not the most comfortable to use. The barrel gets a little warm on...
Priceless Yes! I wonder if that's why I sat and watched them work for a few minutes. Don ... From: Norah Bleazard [mailto:norah.offtopic@...] Sent:...
Mallett, Donald B
donald.mallett@...
Dec 5, 2004 5:27 am
8663
... I was just checking out some of the NRA links Barry posted (I have the brochure at home but had forgotten some of the info.) Interestingly, it says federal...
You should be able to get better than 3.5 hours. I have noticed a decrease in battery life when I go wireless. Here are 2 things I usually do in addition to...
Pindell, Timothy
tpindell@...
Dec 6, 2004 5:51 pm
8665
""Pindell, Timothy"" <tpindell@...> wrote in message ... Yeah, I've done a little tweaking on it and I've managed to get almost 5 hours out of a full...
... ooh, I *HATE* the clit. I can't use them, and I like trackpads a lot, so.... yeah. Also, I really can't make myself call it an "eraser head-like pointing...
