On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:20:37PM -0800, Allen Brown wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:20:37 -0800 > From: Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Sexiest Piece of networking gear you'll see all week > > 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.
heh... yeah, I actually have plans on building a big UPS type thing in my RV... a few batteries, I have 1200W Inverter... should be enough to keep the laptops running a few days, but not much more than that. With enough car batteries, and wrt's (and dd-wrt!) a person could build a really large mesh wifi network out in the middle of nowhere :) Jamie > -- > 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 _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
