Now if you connect a recharger to the car battery you have one hell of a UPS. That's what I want to do with my computer. Currently I am running my APC from a 100AH deep cycle marine battery. But cutting out the middle man would give better capacity. -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. --- Sir Winston Churchill
LinuxRocks! wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 08:50:22AM -0800, Mr O wrote: >> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:50:22 -0800 (PST) >> From: Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Sexiest Piece of networking gear you'll see all week >> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> >> >> $92,000 base for the Tesla. > > apon further investigation, it looks like this years model is sold out > (at $100K/each) but the 2009's are projected at $50-75k. > >> That particular router apparently fails regularly so the 'mod' >> was quite useful actually. > hey, i love hacking stuff, but I would have returned that unit! if you > have to mod your unit, just to make it work as advertised, then its more > or a repair than a mod > > I modded a wifi router to use a car battery instead of a wall jack, > (hey, it turns out wrt54g's run 12V, so does my car!) So, now I have a > repeater that runs outside, self contained. I have to charge the > battery about every 2 weeks. It didnt require opening or cutting or > drilling or anything like that. does this count as a "mod" > >> That's be Yahoo doing the advertising. Could always use Hotmail >> and get M$ ads. > EEEEeeeeeeek! > > Jamie >> --- LinuxRocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 10:57:33PM -0800, Mr O wrote: >>>> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:57:33 -0800 (PST) >>>> From: Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Sexiest Piece of networking gear >>> you'll see all week >>>> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Not if that overpriced car is a Tesla: >>>> http://www.teslamotors.com/ >>> Cool stuff! I thought it was a joke at first, glad it seems to >>> be real! >>> >>>> 100% of profits go into making the technology more >>> affordable. >>>> They were down to under $90,000 last I read. >>> I saw $50k price. >>> >>>> Not so sexy but worth a chuckle: >>>> http://www.reviewdesk.com/insane-router-mod/ >>> um, he puts a huge heatsink on his stupid broadband wifi >>> router? Im >>> pretty sure it doesnt work any better, just has a huge metal >>> tower >>> comming out of the top of the case... it just seems like a >>> waste, and >>> not even useful? >>> >>> Jamie _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
