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Wireless Hacks
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Author: Rob Flickenger
List Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 0596005598
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (15 September, 2003)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 6,463
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
For the tinkerer in you
An interesting amalgam of software and hardware tips. The author clearly loves to tinker, as seen by his description of how he and friends put together a waveguide antenna built around a Pringles can. Perusing the book seems to give some of the flavour of the Homebrew Computer Club in San Francisco during the 1970s, when the PC revolution was gestating.To some (many?) of you, the do-it-yourself ethos of this book may be its greatest allure. Flickenger reinforces this with many examples of analysis programs contributed by enthusiasts, often with source code available for your modification. If indeed you seem attracted, do not tarry. Flickenger may not explicitly state this anywhere in the book, but it really describes a field and hobby that will rapidly make much of the book obsolete. Chances are, in a few years hardware will be standardised by a few major manufacturers, and most operating systems will have all the necessary wireless software. So if you want some fun, perhaps now is the time.
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