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TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 00:01:15 Mom shut our Dish TV off and now we have cable and they don't want the Dish back so its mine, what can I do with it? Anything like I can use It? Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops 68k Hacks General Macs Liberated:17 ENTER THROUGH THE GATES
bigsadhu Junior Member Cayman Island 462 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 00:35:47 You can use it as the reciever in an ultra long-range airport network... as in this article : http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/05/03/longshot.html Cheers! CC Current score: 1 eMate 300 1 Apple //e 2 LC IIs 1 LC III 1 LC 475 1 Quadra 605 1 Quadra 700 1 Quadra 800 1 PB 520c 2 Powermac 6100s 1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240 1 Wallstreet
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 08:50:04 You can use it to receive 128kbps downstream sattelite internet. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
raWr Junior Member Tuvalu 491 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 09:08:29 you can give it to me. -raWr Fleet Covert Ops
foetoid Full Member USA 554 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 10:33:33 You could hook it up to your mac and secretly drain the bank account of Bill Gates. - do you like green eggs and ham?* *note - due to requests i put a dividing line in it looks like this "-" don't miss it... lol...
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 11:03:26 I've always thought about doing a line of site network setup between a few places... that would be fun. ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie Holder of the Compact Mac - -Stick of Justice, with Explodeing CRT head -Wand of Power with Shocking Flyback Transformer Tip ~~"We are all Mad here"~~
raWr Junior Member Tuvalu 491 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 11:56:23 radio WAN? -raWr Fleet Covert Ops
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 13:22:19 How about plugging it into your mac with a TV tuner card and point it twoard China. I think it would be interesting to watch foreign TV shows. _________________ HotLineServer: scchicago.dynodns.net Website: http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE AIM:scchicago87 Yahoo!IM:scchicago
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 13:23:21 I just got another idea! How about a bird bath? _________________ HotLineServer: scchicago.dynodns.net Website: http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE AIM:scchicago87 Yahoo!IM:scchicago
raWr Junior Member Tuvalu 491 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 13:43:36 -raWr Fleet Covert Ops
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 15:39:55 If you mount a sensitive microphone in the middle, you can have a parabolic mic- great for spying on the neigh-, err, I mean bird watching! Really, I've made these before from old TV dish's- it's not that hard, and they can be a lot of fun! Hope this helps! SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD"
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 15:43:14 Hmm, more details? Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops 68k Hacks General Macs Liberated:17 ENTER THROUGH THE GATES
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 16:08:47 Spying on neighbors sounds fun. Too bad I don't have a dish! _________________ HotLineServer: scchicago.dynodns.net Website: http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE AIM:scchicago87 Yahoo!IM:scchicago
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 02 May 2002 : 19:02:05 On eBay they go for dirt cheap liek $5 - $15 because once a model is upgraded those can not be used anymore, you can go to like Walmarts also and pick them up new for $20. Jeremy "I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd Covert Ops 68k Hacks General Macs Liberated:17 ENTER THROUGH THE GATES
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 05:40:41 Some more random uses for dishes: 1) if the dish's mounting bracket and swivels are stout enough, you could turn the dish into a handsome wall-mounted holder for a compact mac or powerbook. Just be careful that the dish does not decide to uncerimoniously dump your hard-earned Mac on the floor. 2) attach feets to the underside of the dish to make a serving plate/bowl for snacks (if Martha Stewart were a hacker, she would think this a "good thing"). 3) polish the dish's inner surface to a mirror-like sheen and make a solar furnace. enjoy G4from128k ------------ Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
bigsadhu Junior Member Cayman Island 462 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 05:52:55 quote: On eBay they go for dirt cheap liek $5 - $15 because once a model is upgraded those can not be used anymore, you can go to like Walmarts also and pick them up new for $20 Why would a parabolic dish become obsolete? Think about it. Oh, I see. Some smart alec's invented a HYPERPARABOLIC dish. Naturally. Cheers CC Current score: 1 eMate 300 1 Apple //e 2 LC IIs 1 LC III 1 LC 475 1 Quadra 605 1 Quadra 700 1 Quadra 800 1 PB 520c 2 Powermac 6100s 1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240 1 Wallstreet
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 06:06:05 There are hyperbolic dishes, aren't there? ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
Stryder Junior Member USA 382 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 06:10:50 quote: You could hook it up to your mac and secretly drain the bank account of Bill Gates. - do you like green eggs and ham?* *note - due to requests i put a dividing line in it looks like this "-" don't miss it... lol... Love it!!!!!
AnubisTTP Junior Member USA 308 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 06:13:05 If you could get two dishes of the same size and weld them together, it would make kind of an interesting case for a case mod. You could paint it white, and call it the Airport Base Station SE. AnubisTTP 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 06:26:10 i remember a display of two huge (like 10' or more?) wooden reflectors pointed directly at each other, very far apart(like most of a football or soccer field apart), allowing two people to communicate with each other in whispers (it was amazing!). for some reason, military communications and the revolutionary war (or some other muzzleloader era conflict) come to mind. does anybody else remember this, google didn't work for me on this one! jt �. .
bigsadhu Junior Member Cayman Island 462 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 06:40:53 Near Aurangabad in India there's an ancient fort with a specially designed room in the gatehouse and another one in the keep about 1km away up the hill, where you can hold a conversation with a person in the other room without raising your voice, due to the acoustic design. I wouldn't have believed it unless I'd tried it myself. Cheers! CC Current score: 1 eMate 300 1 Apple //e 2 LC IIs 1 LC III 1 LC 475 1 Quadra 605 1 Quadra 700 1 Quadra 800 1 PB 520c 2 Powermac 6100s 1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240 1 Wallstreet
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 06:53:07 quote: Near Aurangabad in India there's an ancient fort with a specially designed room in the gatehouse and another one in the keep about 1km away up the hill, where you can hold a conversation with a person in the other room without raising your voice, due to the acoustic design. I wouldn't have believed it unless I'd tried it myself. EXACTLY! WAY COOL, hugh! incredible is a good word for it. in the us capitol building, they have sweet spots marked where the configuration of the rotunda dome causes the same kind of thing to occur unintentionally. jt �. .
AnubisTTP Junior Member USA 308 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 16:07:15 quote: i remember a display of two huge (like 10' or more?) wooden reflectors pointed directly at each other, very far apart(like most of a football or soccer field apart), allowing two people to communicate with each other in whispers (it was amazing!). for some reason, military communications and the revolutionary war (or some other muzzleloader era conflict) come to mind. At COSI, in Columbus Ohio, there used to be a display similar to this, with two huge dishes at opposing ends of the building. There was a sort of platform a person could get on in the sweet spot in front of each dish, and they would be able to talk to each other. quote: AnubisTTP 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 21:04:45 Cool. Down the road from the house where I grew up (in Mt. Shasta, California) is one of the largest residential geodesic domes in the world. It was really, really big, and when I was in grade school, my best friend lived there. Due (I assume) to the round design, it could be really strange hanging out there- when you were in the livingroom, if you sat on the middle lay-z-boy, you could hear whatever somone in the kitchen was whispering- and the kitchen was 40 or 50 feet away, and on the other side of two walls! There were spots like that all through the house, which made it hard to have a private conversation! Anyway, it was really neat. Just thought I'd share... SpaceBoy <whispering from the other side of the forum> PS That room in India sounds just incredible! I'd love to check that out... AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD"
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 03 May 2002 : 21:59:47 That satellite thing at COSI sounds fun! That living in a dome thing sounds cool too. Why don't you try using it as a HUGE bowl for salads at parties! _________________ HotLineServer: scchicago.dynodns.net Website: http://scchicago.dynodns.net MyForumOnDelphi: http://forums.delphiforums.com/scchicago NOTE:HL AND HTTP SERVER ARE ONLY AVAILIBLE WHEN I'M ONLINE AIM:scchicago87 Yahoo!IM:scchicago
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 04 May 2002 : 07:16:08 They've got one of those satellite thingos in a science museum in NSW. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City
QuadraJets Junior Member USA 344 Posts	Posted - 04 May 2002 : 09:13:02 -Stretch a drumhead over it-to make a kettle drum -put it on your car to make it look like DOW (Doppler On Wheels) Macdaddy's younger sibling... 68k Macs liberated : LCIII+ LCII Performa 410 IIci Quadra 700 Quadra 800 Performa 550 Other macs: Beige G3/300 tower 6100

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