Out of the Blue [Nov 23, 2002, 12:30 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Had a bit of frustration yesterday, as I brought my laptop and its nifty new
wireless adapter to my buddy hoosier_dadi's house to try to connect to his
wireless network, which runs off of one of those Apple Airports. After trying
and failing to get it running with the Airport's WEP encryption enabled, we
managed to get it connected with WEP shut off, and subsequently got it to
inexplicably work with WEP turned back on. If that wasn't enough to set off the
F.M. meter, it then ceased to work again for whatever reason. Some poking around
on some support forums show that getting PCs to connect to Airport networks is a
trick that plenty of other folks have problems with, so this shouldn't be too
surprising... I guess I'm surprised that over the years cross-platform
operations have progressed to the point where we had any expectation that this
could work in the first place.
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shut up. mac OS X is so much better than windoze, it's not funny.
Of course it is Unix is so much better than Windows for almost everything :)(other than playing games:|). That funky interface is quite nice as well.
Anvil
Anvil - from the land of warm beer and mad cattle.
I actually decided to endure the pain of watching Money Funny all the way through.
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"But perhaps I will see the light someday..."
"...it will not be a light for Atheists or Christians..."
"...it will be a chest-bursting, silence-deafening, bright light that will surge through the air at speeds not destined for travel..."
"...and it will be in a blaze of glory not only for man but for everything that had to endure the long suffering of life."
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"But perhaps I will see the light someday..."
"...it will not be a light for Atheists or Christians..."
"...it will be a chest-bursting, silence-deafening, bright light that will surge through the air at speeds not destined for travel..."
"...and it will be in a blaze of glory not only for man but for everything that had to endure the long suffering of life."
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The possible pain, suffering and sacrifice of discovery are by no means an excuse to remain ignorant.
The bartering of things sought earned are by a means which only little men can abide by and hope to achieve.
The possible pain, suffering and sacrifice of discovery are by no means an excuse to remain ignorant.
The bartering of things sought earned are by a means which only little men can abide by and hope to achieve.
I own 50 macs and 1 PC, and I say Windows is 100x better than OS X.
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"But perhaps I will see the light someday..."
"...it will not be a light for Atheists or Christians..."
"...it will be a chest-bursting, silence-deafening, bright light that will surge through the air at speeds not destined for travel..."
"...and it will be in a blaze of glory not only for man but for everything that had to endure the long suffering of life."
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"But perhaps I will see the light someday..."
"...it will not be a light for Atheists or Christians..."
"...it will be a chest-bursting, silence-deafening, bright light that will surge through the air at speeds not destined for travel..."
"...and it will be in a blaze of glory not only for man but for everything that had to endure the long suffering of life."
_____
The possible pain, suffering and sacrifice of discovery are by no means an excuse to remain ignorant.
The bartering of things sought earned are by a means which only little men can abide by and hope to achieve.
The possible pain, suffering and sacrifice of discovery are by no means an excuse to remain ignorant.
The bartering of things sought earned are by a means which only little men can abide by and hope to achieve.
shut up. mac OS X is so much better than windoze, it's not funny. I own 2 PCs and a mac, so I'm not making this up. PCs definately have better games, but oh well.
it hurts! it hurts!
must stop the hurting
ah my freakin ears!!!!
must stop the hurting
ah my freakin ears!!!!
Doin' it Big
that money thing freaked me out 
-M][ke
LEMMIWINKS! NOOO!!! -Butters
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-M][ke
LEMMIWINKS! NOOO!!! -Butters
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-M][ke
"They call them fingers but I never see them fing.... oh, there they go."
Otto, The Simpsons.
"They call them fingers but I never see them fing.... oh, there they go."
Otto, The Simpsons.
Oh wow, was it just me or was that funny money thing too painful to watch. As start as they both started singing I had to close the window.
i believe the root of the problem lies in the fact that you are trying to interface with an apple entity. heretic. 
"Think for yourself. Question authority."
-- Timothy Leary
-- Timothy Leary
Heh, that's pretty funny.
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"Ralsky agreed to this interview and the tour of his operation only if I promised not to print the address of his new home, which I found in Oakland County real estate records. "
LOL... that'll show him. Never trust a reporter
I want this dudes physical and e-mail address so that I can use it every time I fill out a web form that I know is going to spam me.
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Chris.
Chris.
"Ralsky agreed to this interview and the tour of his operation only if I promised not to print the address of his new home, which I found in Oakland County real estate records. "
LOL... that'll show him. Never trust a reporter
LOL... that'll show him. Never trust a reporter
Bah!
That show has already been stopped; we are just waiting to see the episodes that have been made.
Not that it matters; if and when it is on, there is always some type of sporting event or special to preempt it...
Only enjoying one or two current shows, hardly ever watching television,
Ray
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YAY! Secret text!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!
That show has already been stopped; we are just waiting to see the episodes that have been made.
Not that it matters; if and when it is on, there is always some type of sporting event or special to preempt it...
Only enjoying one or two current shows, hardly ever watching television,
Ray
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YAY! Secret text!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!
you didn't have this happen blue http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5537963%255E13762,00.html Then you really would have been surprised.
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>>> I completely agree! Stick to things that matter. Like saving Futurama!
I've given up on Futurama on Fox. I just want a giant dvd set released with all the episodes, as well as any new ones included. And if it makes money, they can turn around and use that money for more episodes.
It's a great show, but it's been totally ignored.
I've given up on Futurama on Fox. I just want a giant dvd set released with all the episodes, as well as any new ones included. And if it makes money, they can turn around and use that money for more episodes.
It's a great show, but it's been totally ignored.
I find it amazing what people will do in order to save this show, I for one don't even like the show but still you gotta admire the way people have rallied to the cause.
Now if only people could organize as effectively around causes that ACTUALLY FRICKIN' MATTERS!
I completely agree! Stick to things that matter. Like saving Futurama!
Cheers,
Quboid
War isn't about who's right, its about who's left.
Now if only people could organize as effectively around causes that ACTUALLY FRICKIN' MATTERS!
I completely agree! Stick to things that matter. Like saving Futurama!
Cheers,
Quboid
War isn't about who's right, its about who's left.
I find it amazing what people will do in order to save this show, I for one don't even like the show but still you gotta admire the way people have rallied to the cause.
Now if only people could only organize as effectively around causes that ACTUALLY FRICKIN' MATTER!
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Chris.
(EDIT: Blue, I really, REALLY need a 'Preview Post' button, man!)
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Now if only people could only organize as effectively around causes that ACTUALLY FRICKIN' MATTER!
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Chris.
(EDIT: Blue, I really, REALLY need a 'Preview Post' button, man!)
This comment was edited on Nov 23, 12:04.
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Chris.
Chris.
Is usually very easy to enable Windoze laptop cards on an Airport station: the whole point of 802.11b is that it's a cross-platform standard... The trick is to generate a password for WEP on the base station with a Mac, and the software will make the Hex key for you. Then you have to copy this Hex'd version of the password into the PC card's settings (usually in a place called Key #1). Then you should be able to connect.
You might have a problem if your laptop's card can't do encryption, but any recent card should be able to do at least 40bit. Check out Macwindows for more good info on this: http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html
The trick is to generate a password for WEP on the base station with a Mac, and the software will make the Hex key for you. Then you have to copy this Hex'd version of the password into the PC card's settings (usually in a place called Key #1). Then you should be able to connect. You might have a problem if your laptop's card can't do encryption, but any recent card should be able to do at least 40bit. Check out Macwindows for more good info on this: http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html
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