2names - Slashdot User

Illinois to Ban Texting While Driving 0

Submitted by 2names on Thursday August 06 2009, @12:21PM

2names writes "Illinois is about to become the 17th state to ban texting while driving. How can this possibly be enforced? Are the Powers That Be going to track every single mobile device and send us fines for texting if the device appears to be moving faster than a human can walk or run? What about texting on trains, on buses, in taxis, etc.? The part that scares me the most is the little section that makes it illegal to RECEIVE a text message while driving. The article can be found here."

Remote Reboot of Legacy Systems via Ethernet 4

Submitted by 2names on Monday June 22 2009, @10:02AM

2names writes "I have a few older systems that have mechanical relays that are used to activate alert tones throughout the facility. Sometimes these relays get hung up or stuck and need to have power cycled. Unfortunately, they are located in areas that are not easily accessible or are just time consuming to get to. I would like to be able to cycle power remotely via a web interface. I have tried the Dataprobe iBoot device with very limited success — the iBoot unit stops answering web requests after a day or two and I have not had any success in getting assistance from Dataprobe as to why this happens. What devices has the slashdot crowd used for remote power cycling?"

Bucky Paper potentially 500x stronger than steel-> 0

Submitted by 2names on Monday October 20 2008, @11:42AM

2names writes "Buckypaper is 10 times lighter but potentially 500 times stronger than steel when sheets of it are stacked and pressed together to form a composite. Unlike conventional composite materials, though, it conducts electricity like copper or silicon and disperses heat like steel or brass. Could this be the key to finally get our flying cars?"
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Getting Video to Multiple Remote TVs 0

Submitted by 2names on Monday September 10 2007, @11:21AM

2names writes "The facility where I work consists of multiple buildings spread across a fairly large campus. I have been tasked with setting up a media server of some sort so that multiple televisions in the different buildings can access stored video, satellite video (such as DirecTV), and also be able to show live video from our conference room. I have looked into MythTV, SageTV, and a couple of other options, but nothing has really covered all the bases so far. What I envision is a central server to house the archived video and connection to the "television" and camera sources and a menu driven selection method on each remote TV. Have any of you slashdotters had to set up something like this, and if so, what was your solution?"

How do you dial out? 0

Submitted by 2names on Thursday August 30 2007, @10:11AM

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