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RangerJoe
10-28-04, 07:44 PM
So I am getting my brother this for his 22nd bday (today the 28th). ten dollars, no shipping costs, and a whole lot of laughs. well worth it id say

http://www.alterahosting.com/~bloody/rangerjoe/OT/dish.jpg


hehehe. anyone around here want to help me get it?
Jon
10-28-04, 07:49 PM
SETI the hard way, eh? :]
tom10167
10-28-04, 08:01 PM
Aren't tiny little satellite dishes as good-if not better than those things?
secretweapon
10-28-04, 08:10 PM
Yes, these thing were on C-band I believe, and most of today's satelites use Ku-band.
deRusett
10-28-04, 08:49 PM
lol, that is a fantastic gift, except for the cost of taking it to the Dump when his wife tells him its an eye sore in the back yard
Th0r
10-29-04, 04:30 AM
What are you going to using it for?
SK8
10-29-04, 06:21 AM
Take it to a recycling center or somthing, or you can get a projector with a fisheye lense and have a dish gaming center. Good price on it! DOnt pitch it!!!
RangerJoe
10-29-04, 07:16 AM
lol, that is a fantastic gift, except for the cost of taking it to the Dump when his wife tells him its an eye sore in the back yard
hes 22, and not married...thank God
Bios24
10-29-04, 07:59 PM
You know what I see?? The best WiFi antenna on the block!!
deRusett
10-30-04, 12:55 AM
hes 22, and not married...thank God


man I hope my G/f gets me something that cool for my 23rd

though I am sure I would have to toss it in the near future anyway :( all cool things seem to be "trash" to other people,

You SO have to hunt down a OLD Zack Morris* style Cell Phone,



*Zack Morris was the Main Char. in a TV show Called Saved By the Bell in the Early 90's
Bensa
10-30-04, 10:35 AM
You know what I see?? The best WiFi antenna on the block!!

Get two of those and have awesome range.
cetoole
10-30-04, 11:46 AM
Gotta love those BUDs (Big Ugly Dish), what reciever is he using with this?
Steven4563
11-09-04, 01:23 PM
LOL wow man i always thought u americans was nuttas and thats proves it ;)

way to go tho man thats is pretty cool
Azzkiller
11-09-04, 03:22 PM
Have you guy's picked the dish up yet? ;)
RangerJoe
11-17-04, 03:25 AM
nope.

woops. lol
Yuriman
11-18-04, 05:56 PM
I second the wifi dish. Nice range increase. You could have a lan party from across town.
f00t
11-18-04, 08:49 PM
get another one of those things, weld them together, cut a hole in it, put a seat in the hole, and prepare for lift off.

the new OCforums top secret spy plane
RangerJoe
11-19-04, 04:28 AM
i was thinking getting another one, replicating something to connect the two and make a large sphere, then suspending a seat in the center

talk about the ultimate rush....
trulyred
11-26-04, 06:53 PM
I remember having one like that yrs ago. with the right reciever you can get like 11 satellites ,over 500 channels of tv from around the world....free of course.Something to be said about that "old" technology.
RangerJoe
11-27-04, 02:32 AM
do you have any information on the kind of receiver someone would need to get the dish to work?
ghettocomp
11-27-04, 02:49 AM
mount that thing on your car and wardrive a while.. :D :rolleyes:

seriously, in some cities there are groups that maintain (free) public wireless internet. You could always try to set something up along those lines.
cack01
11-27-04, 02:57 AM
You know what I see?? The best WiFi antenna on the block!!

Thats the first thing that came to my mind. Makes a cantenna look like a piece of junk.