http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMThdnTRCWI

Can you imagine how wonderful the web would be if ADA requirements were enforced on all the bullshit Flash websites?

Looks like I'll be browsing in ADA mode all day long! (not that I don't already... *clicks on /b/*)

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/64143

Companies decry government regulation and restrictions on the free market, and yet at the same time use those exact same "tools" of restrictions to subvert each other.

Maybe that's free market at it's best? Using all tools at your disposal. Sure makes things messy though, doesn't it?

I can't say IBM's finger pointing at Microsoft is terribly surprising though...

I will second this.

I work at an engineering consulting firm and we are experiencing the same challenges. This seems to effect schools (a major part of our business) and munis such as Jake's.

The analog option:
We have had to suggest using a Comcast box per channel and then output the signal to one of these (requires account). This is then piped back into a bi-drectional CATV distribution amplifier and those same digital channels are now available on their analog counterparts. It requires a dedicated rack of equipment and is as expensive as the amount of channels you want to make available. And as Tisha points out, it's really only good for one building.

The digital option:
Same procedure as above only you use one of these per channel. You get unencrypted digital QAM.

Let me just say that the problem is not that these are digital channels. The problem is that Comcast has chosen to encrypt the channels you're paying for. There is no other way around it unless you can convince Comcast to give you your channels in the unencrypted digital QAM format. If all you had to do was buy some generic digital cable tuners/converter boxes, or buy TVs with built-in digital tuners -- you'd be fine. But because Comcast ENCRYPTS THEIR CABLE TV CHANNELS... you can't.

My firm loves and adores Trapeze WAPs. You can get MIMO units that are PoE powered for far less than the competition *cough* *cough* Cisco.

We have one prominent client (an IT admin who runs a large school campus) who swears by Trapeze WAPs.

Check them out: link

Keep in mind that only the best WAPs can only handle so many clients at once! You're going to need to have multiple WAPs on multiple channels in your area to make this work.

CA CA CA CA COMBO!

Mod Parent UP!!!! (I'm out of mod points :(

I'll prefer to stay in wonderland. No matter how wonky it may be. *goes back to dinking around with his rooted-G1 running CyanogenMOD 4.1.7*

We knew how much you liked flyn'
...So we put a bee inside your bee. So you can fly while you're flyn'
--Xzibit

...with the realization that conventional advertising no-longer works the way it once did --- companies are mining data to deliver targeted advertising to consumers.

Nothing to see here.

Move along.

Thank you. (I'm not being sarcastic)

I've never thought about that expression before. I'll be sure to keep that link handy.

Oh and mgblst --- suck it.

What's even more amusing is the first result:

Why are Mac's So Expensive? - Yahoo! Answers

I could care less about whether or not macs are more expensive, or about commercial OSS prices.

I just want accurate results from a search engine.

Verizon. You charge 50 dollars a month for UNLIMITED DATA

Verizon. You then charge 5 dollars a month for 400 TEXT MESSAGE

Correct me if I'm wrong Slashdot.... but don't....

TEXT MESSAGES = DATA ?

And I'm not even going to go into how SMS is transmitted... it's a total racket.

Seriously. Fuck wireless providers. Especially Verizon.

Did I mention fuck Verizon?

I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 on my firm's office computer right now. I run AutoCAD in a virtual machine, and do all my other work with Opera/Evolution Mail (damn you exchange server!)/Open Office etc etc.

... Then again I am a tinker-er/enthusiast ...

Besides the pleasure I get from obsessively compulsively tweaking a computer (and subsequently breaking it, and learning stuff), I like to relax with a video game. Until I can play Fallout 3 on Linux-- I won't be scrapping my dual-boot.

Wine (not the sig) just isn't good enough, and virtual machines just aren't fast enough (mainly because currently, none of them can directly take advantage of the host-os graphics card).

Start -> Run
"Services.msc"
Themes Service: Automatic/Manual/Disabled
Disabled.

And:

Windows Key + Pause/Break
Advanced System Settings
Performance -> Settings
Visual Effects
Adjust for best performance

Done.

Oh wait. Read that wrong. I thought that gave them +5% damage and gory dismemberment when an enemy is killed in VATS.

My bad.