The jargon file would disagree with you on your definition of a Hack. This hack would fall under #1 or #2 depending.-------------------------------hack [very common] 1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well. 2. n. An incredibly good, and perhaps very time-consuming, piece of work that produces exactly what is needed. 3. vt. To bear emotionally or physically. “I can't hack this heat!” 4. vt. To work on something (typically a program). In an immediate sense: “What are you doing?” “I'm hacking TECO.” In a general (time-extended) sense: “What do you do around here?” “I hack TECO.” More generally, “I hack foo” is roughly equivalent to “foo is my major interest (or project)”. “I hack solid-state physics.” See Hacking X for Y. 5. vt. To pull a prank on. See sense 2 and hacker (sense 5). 6. vi. To interact with a computer in a playful and exploratory rather than goal-directed way. “Whatcha up to?” “Oh, just hacking.” 7. n. Short for hacker. 8. See nethack. 9. [MIT] v. To explore the basements, roof ledges, and steam tunnels of a large, institutional building, to the dismay of Physical Plant workers and (since this is usually performed at educational institutions) the Campus Police. This activity has been found to be eerily similar to playing adventure games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Zork. See also vadding.-------------------------------You may also want to read over <a class="user" href="http://catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html">http://catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html</a>
This wifi boost will be hardly noticeable. Your best bet is to either get a longer (better) attena or to have something more parabolic in shape. However for a cheap 'hack' its not half bad being that sodas are really cheap.
thisisnotwilllNov 20, 2007
hacking is to find and implement a security component. this is merely modification or MOD
syowrNov 20, 2007
The jargon file would disagree with you on your definition of a Hack. This hack would fall under #1 or #2 depending.-------------------------------hack [very common] 1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well. 2. n. An incredibly good, and perhaps very time-consuming, piece of work that produces exactly what is needed. 3. vt. To bear emotionally or physically. “I can't hack this heat!” 4. vt. To work on something (typically a program). In an immediate sense: “What are you doing?” “I'm hacking TECO.” In a general (time-extended) sense: “What do you do around here?” “I hack TECO.” More generally, “I hack foo” is roughly equivalent to “foo is my major interest (or project)”. “I hack solid-state physics.” See Hacking X for Y. 5. vt. To pull a prank on. See sense 2 and hacker (sense 5). 6. vi. To interact with a computer in a playful and exploratory rather than goal-directed way. “Whatcha up to?” “Oh, just hacking.” 7. n. Short for hacker. 8. See nethack. 9. [MIT] v. To explore the basements, roof ledges, and steam tunnels of a large, institutional building, to the dismay of Physical Plant workers and (since this is usually performed at educational institutions) the Campus Police. This activity has been found to be eerily similar to playing adventure games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Zork. See also vadding.-------------------------------You may also want to read over <a class="user" href="http://catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html">http://catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html</a>
sharkytechNov 21, 2007
Incorrect amigo, that is cracking, your mistake is a common one in the mainstream media.
kewlerkid3Nov 21, 2007
This wifi boost will be hardly noticeable. Your best bet is to either get a longer (better) attena or to have something more parabolic in shape. However for a cheap 'hack' its not half bad being that sodas are really cheap.
darkpenguinNov 21, 2007
The mod in the article will give you ~3dBi gain.Much better:RP-TNC (Linksys) to N Female to N Male terminated biquad feed mounted on an old Direct TV dish at ~44cm from center = 18-20dBi gain. Gives me about 3 mi range @ 11mbit with a cantenna on my laptop.[<a class="user" href="http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm]">http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm]</a>
phenomina3Nov 29, 2007
So, there's a cheep way to get your signal up. That's cool, but what if you don't have an antenna?