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Did he actually say "so long and thanks for all the fish". I don't think he did did he? That's a bit rude in my book, he won't be getting my vote.
I have an idea if he ever comes back lets all ignore him for a little while.
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No, he just hurrumphed and off he trumped to the circus.
veni bibi saltavi
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His name isn't Nelly Crudacre!
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: It has been a fixture since the much missed Fat Boy Fat left these shores for the delinquent pleasures of Lutonian politics.
Fat Boy? Don't you mean the Drunken Dalek?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Not FB, but Fat Boy Fat. Should you ever come across the erudite Mr D, you would indeed discover that that fat boy is indeed fat. In fact, and it makes being on FB worthwhile, he is currently regaling one and all about his brave attempts to get fit. These valiant efforts would best be described with ROTFWMPAMAPML.
veni bibi saltavi
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It was DD who did the old CCC not FB. FB's the one whose given MM the most competition over the most banned user. I know MM has the day ban; but don't know who's got the highest lifetime score. The elephants and sunshines are a lot more entertaining that the zillion plus oneth global warming is fake rant that generally takes FBs accounts down.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Indeed. However, Fat Boy is only one of such a description. DD is (by all reports) also a touch rotund...as indeed as I since I gave up smoking
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Coder For Hire wrote: There's so much stuff posted here that make absolutely no sense at all And it's even worse in QA!
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garbage in (QA) --. .-> sanity out (QA)
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sanity in (?) --´ `-> garbage out (Lounge)
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We don't do sanity! There're sausage rolls, but no sanity.
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You question the sanity of sausage rolls?
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I don't mind them rolling, it's getting the buggers to come back that I don't like.
veni bibi saltavi
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Already tried to lure them with Gin?
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Bacon might work better.
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Coder For Hire wrote: so much stuff posted here that make absolutely no sense at all At last: you are awake.
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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Any of you have experiences (that worked or failed) with boosting a weak WiFi signal so it can be used by 'typical' devices (I'm fixing up access for an very old timer in wheel chair).
Historical:
1 - His room doesn't have facilities for internet service connection.
2 - I got him a 5db amplified antenna for a desktop and can get a signal of varying strength, but usually stable.
3 - He was given an iPad but it cannot connect to the signals.
4 - He use to use a RoKu, when living at home, but signal too weak for one, now.
I've been letting him use one of my login's for the local ISP's massive WiFi network but he's north-facing and the signals are from the south. So what device is a best option (gamble?) to give him in-room wireless internet?
Modify: The best solution seems to be a repeater. Thanks, all, for doing what you can. Even the pringles (yeechy things though they are).
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
modified 14-Apr-15 15:28pm.
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Have you considered Powerline Networking[^]?
I've not tried it (CAT 5 + WiFi covers the house) but...
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The problem is that we've no source to feed into the powerline network to begin with.
It's a senior care residence. There's a building (his) between the signal and his room. The amplified antenna worked but the other devices don't have that option - hence the need to figure out (or better, hear from experiences) what a good first stab should be.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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For his desktop, I sort of did this in the commercial way: external antenna, longer, amplified. The desktop works.
My motive for boosting his in-room signal is so he doesn't have to be at his desktop and he can also do his RoKu (bandwidth permitting). A plugin antenna doesn't work for these.
I actually tried, for fun, a variation of this pringles once-upon-a-time. It used foil to create a partial dish to wrap around an external antenna: directional and more signal gathering power. Results were "mmmmmmmm ....."
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: He was given an iPad but it cannot connect to the signals. Are you sure it's an iWiFi signal?
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Get a router with a detachable antenna, configure it to work as a repeater, and stick your high gain antenna on it?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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You're one of two that suggest a repeater - so, thanks to both of you, I think I have a direction for my first try at this.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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It isn't free but you could consider using a hotspot. Or if he has an android smartphone, those can tether wirelessly too.
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I have the "hotspot", but in his room it's too weak a signal for most portable devices. Thus, I'm looking for something to take the hotspot signal and amplify it.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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