wilby - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Overkill... (Score 5, Insightful) 524

by wilby on Tuesday April 21, 2009 @07:39PM (#27668929) Attached to: Should Network Cables Be Replaced?

Please don't blame "Electricians".

Whoever did your cabling was unqualified to do the work he was hired to do. (Usually the the fault of whoever hired them.)

There are several electrical contractors who are qualified to do data work.

Comment Make a DIY Directional Antenna (Score 5, Insightful) 451

by wilby on Saturday January 17, 2009 @07:06AM (#26495623) Attached to: How Best To Deal With WiFi Interference?

I spend a lot of time in hotels. When I have problems getting WIFI was it always form interference. I have solved the problem by using external USB adapter (with a 12ft USB cable). Relocating the antenna (adapter) is usually all that is needed to solve the problem. In extreme cases I need to use the "foil sheet". I keep a sheet of aluminum foil in an 8.5x11 plastic sleeve in my laptop case. The sheet will block WIFI from one direction, and make a USB adapter that is directional.

Submission + - Has Fox News Excluded Ron Paul?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 29, 2007 @04:32AM

An anonymous reader writes: From the official campaign website:

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — According to the New Hampshire State Republican Party and an Associated Press report, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul will be excluded from an upcoming forum of Republican candidates to be broadcast by Fox News on January 6, 2008.

"Given Ron Paul's support in New Hampshire and his recent historic fundraising success, it is outrageous that Dr. Paul would be excluded," said Ron Paul 2008 campaign chairman Kent Snyder. "Dr. Paul has consistently polled higher in New Hampshire than some of the other candidates who have been invited."

Snyder continued, "Paul supporters should know that we are continuing to make inquiries with Fox News as to why they have apparently excluded Dr. Paul from this event."

Please do not contact that New Hampshire GOP. This may not be the GOP's choice.

Submission + - Now Musicians Have Options Says Talking Head

Submitted by

Time Slows Down

on Saturday December 29, 2007 @04:08AM

Time Slows Down writes: "Scottish born musician and former record label owner David Byrne says the future of music as a career is wide open and identifies six different distribution models now available to musicians in an article in this month's Wired magazine. At one end of the scale is the 360, or equity deal, where every aspect of the artist's career is handled by producers, promoters, marketing people, and managers. At the other end of the scale is the self-distribution model, where the music is self-produced, self-written, self-played, and self-marketed. Between these two extremes lie four other models (the standard distribution deal, the license deal, the profit-sharing deal, and the manufacturing and distribution deal) that offer different levels of artist control. "No single model will work for everyone," says Bryne. "There's room for all of us. In the recent past, it often seemed like all or nothing, but maybe now we won't be forced to choose.""

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