The MiniPwner is a similar device built on a TP Link TL-Wr703N router, so you can build one for under $40. http://www.minipwner.com/

Also Hak5 has had their Wifi Pineapple available for a few years that is similar, however their MarkIV version which should come out really soon I think will trump both the Pwnie Express and the MiniPwner. http://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/wifi-pineapple

I recently started a similar project based on the $23 TPLink TL-WR703N travel router. Without any need for soldering or other "hardware hacking" you can build a battery-operated network drop box running OpenWrt linux.
http://www.minipwner.com/

There is a serial interface on the circuit board for the WR703N but you have to crack the box and do some soldering to connect to it. I've been toying with the idea to do just that to interface it with an arduino/parallax processor or sensors or whatever. I'm also playing with connecting a USB sound card and adding a microphone to record audio in the local range of the box.

Probably not the case, but I could see as an interviewer asking this question not to see the interviewee's answer, but to see the interviewee's response to a conflict situation. Its actually a great and creative way to see how they'd react (do they get frustrated/angry, do they take a constructive approach to resolving the conflict, do they just accept it and not push back at all?) Great insight to get about someone during an interview.

And How! The reason lunch is mandated is generally so the individual gets a break. For an extroverted person, a break means visiting with others. For an introverted person (introverted in the sense that she gets her energy from being along, and finds being with others draining, not that she is "shy") a break means being left alone to recharge. Pretty insulting for an extrovert to steal away all the introvert's time to recharge because he doesn't understand that the introverts are different than he is. Also pretty sad for his team that he's probably driving off all the introverts and losing the diversity in his team.

Instead of a one-time trip (like they do on the ghost hunter shows), if this is a family home that you could have 24x7 access to I would suggest setting up a DVR surveillance system like ZoneMinder. Find out where people see the most "Ghost" activity, and place various cameras to cover those areas. Then you ask the family members who live there to write down when and where they experience weird activities. Sure, if they saw an apparition the only thing you'll be able to show them is there was no apparition on film. But if they say that things are moved, doors open, etc. You'll have video evidence showing the real cause of the suspicious activity.

Having supported friends and family's home and small business computers for years, I'll go on record saying "in the cloud" is better than storing it locally for most of them.
- I'm pretty confident Google is doing a better job securing their data in the cloud than many home users and small businesses do securing their local PC's from trojans and other malware.
- I'm pretty sure Google is doing more frequent and reliable backups than many home users and small businesses.

Now I would never condone a business putting customer or sensitive company data on Google's cloud without a business contract with Google, and I would have friends and family avoid storing their taxes or other critical personal info in the cloud or on their personal computer, but for documents, pictures, etc. the cloud is probably a much better place for most home users.

From my experience generally credit cards do have a few nuances that make them safer than debit for online purchases.
Both have zero liability for unauthorized purchases.
With some (all?) credit cards you get a satisfaction guarantee for authorized purchases. For example, if you buy a collectible model car online and receive a poor quality, crappy cheap plastic toy, and the company wont do a refund, a credit card likely would refund, while a debit card wouldn"t. Or in another example, if you buy plane tickets and the airline folds before your flight, the CC generally would refund and the debit card would not.

I am not an Obama hater, but why is Obama doing this or at least getting credit for this? When I first read this story I thought "Isn't the legislative branch responsible for guiding what happens with the wireless spectrum?".

The FCC Website states "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent US government agency, directly responsible to Congress, and regulates interstate ..."

Does Obama even have the authority to double the available broadband wireless spectrum?

Its unfortunate that eating lunch by yourself makes someone appear to be a snobbish loser.
Extroverts (I'm referring to people who get their energy from interacting with other people, and find it draining to be alone - not referring to outgoing people) assume that everyone is an extrovert. Introverts (referring to people who get their energy from being alone, and find it draining to be with other people - not referring to "shy" people) end up getting judged harshly when they just want to use their lunch break to actually just get a break and recharge.

I eat lunch alone nearly every day. When else am I going to read /. ?

It also seems crazy that this weekend I paid less for a gallon of milk that was pumped out of an animal than I paid for a gallon of gas that was pumped out of the ground.