Jimmy 2004
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System Name | Jimmy 2004's PC |
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Processor | S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz |
Motherboard | ASUS K8N |
Cooling | AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans |
Memory | 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB) |
Video Card(s) | Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory) |
Storage | 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA |
Display(s) | Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024) |
Case | Antec P182 |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | Corsair HX520W |
Software | Windows XP Home |
You might be pleased with your new wireless equipment that can transmit signals as far as a few houses down the street, but Ermanno Pietrosemoli (president of the Escuela Latinoamerica de Redes, which translates as networking school of Latin America) has managed to establish a WiFi link between two computers placed 382 km apart - that's about 238 miles. Using this connection, Pietrosemoli managed to achieve transfer rates of about 3 megabits per second, which is quite impressive considering the distance involved. This figure represents a new record for a WiFi connection, and was achieved using a combination of technology from Intel and some "off-the-shelf" parts, set up to transfer data to a specific point rather than in all directions. The previous record was held by a group of Swedish scientists that managed to create a WiFi connection between a hot air balloon and an Earth-bound station 310 km apart, so this exceeds that by almost 25%.
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