links for 2007-02-19

• Media Frenzy; The Old Guard Flexes Its Muscles (While It Still Can)
  “Thus, the issue of making deals with content companies has quickly led to a kind of Catch-22 for Google. As one Hollywood executive, who didn’t want to be identified because of the continuing negotiations, said of Google: “The more content they license,
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• d2r: how to install comcast high speed internet: a quick guide
  “However, this didn’t seem to make a lot of sense. While the MAC address of the cable modem does need to be registered with comcast, it seems less obvious why they would need the MAC address of the PC itself. Maybe at some point it was necessary, but as I
  (tags: comcast linksys cable modem install howto wireless wifi ip configure)
• Паровой козёл: svo’s oscillating steam engine
  ”This particular construction requires 20×6mm aluminum bar, 15×2mm brass bar, 10mm brass rod, 12mm OD straight copper pipe, dead computer hard drive, some hardware/scrap metal parts/plywood and at least a small drill press.
  (tags: via steam popular cad model howto engine)