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5 port Airlink Gigabit switch
My brother and I purchased four (limit two to a customer) 5 port Airlink Gigabit switches yesterday for only $19.99 at Fry’s. I’m just amazed you can get a Gigabit switch for under $20 these days. According to the AMUG review, a gigabit connection is faster than Firewire 800 on a Mac. I’ve also ordered … Continue reading
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Space shuttles and space elevators
The Challenger went down because of cold, stiff o-rings and the Columbia went down because of a flying piece of foam. It’s amazing to me that such relatively “simple” things caused the two shuttle disasters. I’m glad the Discovery came down without any problems earlier this week. Growing up in the 70s, I always thought … Continue reading
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