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   by mrbill 12y ago

   I've been buying a lot of the GL-iNet routers with either 8 or 16M flash; they run OpenWRT out of the box. Awesome little systems. http://www.gl-inet.com/w/?lang=en
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   Also see the PORTAL travel router: https://github.com/grugq/portal It uses the GL-Inet travel router. They already run OpenWRT by default and have both LAN and WAN ports. Eliminates the problems of Kickstarter. I may
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   "In addition, astronauts now carry passports and other documents, including traveller's cheques, in case of emergency landings."
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   Also related - "Shuttle Down" by Harry Stine: "In the book, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on a polar orbit flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California. During the launch, the main engines cut off premat
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   I would think that someone who would go so far as to get a masters degree in a topic would also be curious enough to know exactly how some of the tools used in that field plug together and work? Am I wrong here?
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   This results in people like a friend of mine, who has a Masters degree in computer science... yet I had to walk her through swapping out the power supply in her PC.
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   Click one of the formats (Kindle, hardcover, etc) and you should be able to purchase then.
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   The noisiest system I've ever owned was a Sun T1000 1U server. Here's some examples. I tried to mute it a bit by putting it in a huge tupperware-like under-bed storage box, but even that didn't help one bit. http:/&#x
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   by mrbill 12y ago

   Decided I'd try for the full Conspiracy Theory merit badge.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    I just looked at all of the "leaked" files and realized he dumped the personal contact info of all the employees. NOT COOL. It was bad enough when I had an unlisted phone number in 1996 and got phone calls at 3am from IRC script
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    http://www.mrbill.net/ink/firsttat/masonictattoo.jpg
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    As far as I know, Ed is now/still the CIO at DataFoundry. I'm in contact with Brett H. on FB and we're laughing about this. Mikedoug moved on a few years ago but I'm not sure what he's doing now. Mark is a barista
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    Hey, Chris. :) People are going to say the ex-Texas.Net Mafia is showing up now...
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    A friend of mine said "I knew it! You're a Mason too, what other secret organizations are you part of that you haven't told us about?" Yeah, how was this guy going to go back to working at the same company under a fake
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    Having worked at Texas.Net before it became DataFoundry, and being one of the people who built up the original Sun E450s that were used as the Usenet servers when the separate Giganews product was developed, I find this hilarious. I know a
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    And iOS only as far as I can tell.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    This is not a political discussion forum.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    I've heard nothing good about CenturyLink. People I know who have them as a provider almost universally hate it.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    I ordered one, even though I already have a Nexus 5 as a main phone, a spare Nexus 5 "just in case", a Moto G "just because", and a Moto E used as a music streamer. I sent one of the first-gen Gs to my mother as an upgra
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    Containers don't fit everyone's requirements; the need for "full machine" virtualization won't go away.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    When I started learning HTML, I thought "Ah, it's just like reveal-codes in Wordperfect!" and that made it much easier to understand.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    "GIBSON: I was afraid to watch Blade Runner in the theater because I was afraid the movie would be better than what I myself had been able to imagine." http://io9.com/how-did-william-gibson-really-feel-about-blad..
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    We're not a secret society. We're a society with secrets.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    I am as well (Gray Lodge, Houston). I've found that nobody likes to make fun of Freemasonry and all the conspiracy theories surrounding the organization more than us Masons ourselves. :)
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    I imported my LastPass vault into Mitro, but can't get it to auto-fill pages I have stored data for. I have to search for the page and then click "sign in".. Am I wrong in expecting it to work exactly like Lastpass did?
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    Mini-Displayport to HDMI / DVI / VGA adapters are less than $10.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    I'd like to be able to change the font size in the edit window.
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    So, this is what, ZigBee+? Any plans on integration or gateways for interoperation with existing ZWave/Zigbee networks?
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    Wikipedia: "In March 2004 smallpox scabs were found tucked inside an envelope in a book on Civil War medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The envelope was labeled as containing scabs from a vaccination and gave scientists at the Centers f
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    by mrbill 12y ago

    woah. I might still have a couple of the 3" and 8"(?) units around still in the box...