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So I recently got a wireless router for the internet at my house, and I was all excited to finally be able to get online with my PDA to sync my iForms and get updates for ePocrates from home. For some reason, though, my wireless connection isn't showing up on the list of available networks when I try to have the PDA connect.

It brings up all of my neighbors connections, but mine wasn't even on the list (wireless internet was working fine on the laptop at the time, too). I tried adding my connection manually by typing in the name of the network and entering the encryption key , but it still wouldn't show it getting a signal.

Anyone have any ideas? Does this have something to do with the security encryption (WPA vs. WEP)? I'm wondering if any of you had a similar problem and could help me out...😳
 
Are you sure it's working correctly? Is your laptop using your wireless router for internet or one of your neighbors?

Is it a Linksys router? If you have a hard-wired option, you can plug your laptop into the router, go to the URL 192.168.1.1 and type in the password "admin" and then adjust all your settings. Maybe it doesn't have an SSID set yet, and your PDA needs an SSID to see it?
 
TheProwler said:
Are you sure it's working correctly? Is your laptop using your wireless router for internet or one of your neighbors?

Is it a Linksys router? If you have a hard-wired option, you can plug your laptop into the router, go to the URL 192.168.1.1 and type in the password "admin" and then adjust all your settings. Maybe it doesn't have an SSID set yet, and your PDA needs an SSID to see it?
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Is the SSID just the name of the network? I have it named "Gimlet," and my laptop is showing that that's what I'm connected to.
 
Gimlet said:
Is the SSID just the name of the network? I have it named "Gimlet," and my laptop is showing that that's what I'm connected to.
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Mine showed up like that, but with "Ashers." When I set mine up, I set it up as secure, so I had to jump through a few more hoops to get my PDA and lap top to work, but it showed up after a while (after I called the wireless router company and had them help me set up my laptop, then it worked for my pda).
 
my cable router uses the ip address 192.168.1.1 so I had to make my wireless router use .....2.1 .

You might be able to set the router to "broadcast SSID" so that the devices will recognize the network.
 
Sorry Gimlet, I have no ideas for you. I have synced my pda from both home and Starbucks and have never had any problems. Network popped up on PDA right away. Good luck.
 
TheProwler said:
wow, it's a class of 2009 reunion downstairs. I saw Pratik and Code Brown.
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It totally was! I saw somebody that calls sucky psych consults, too. I'll save them the embarrassment and not mention his name.


(sorry, Gimlet...I don't mean to keep picking on your for it)
 
Ashers said:
How was it a sucky psych consult? Was the person actually sane?
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The patient claimed she kept hearing this voice shouting "Attention hospital staff...Code 4" and repeating it over and over, then a minute later saying "Attention hospital staff...CANCEL Code 4," then repeating THAT over and over.

She was bat-s--t crazy!
 
Agent Splat said:
The patient claimed she kept hearing this voice shouting "Attention hospital staff...Code 4" and repeating it over and over, then a minute later saying "Attention hospital staff...CANCEL Code 4," then repeating THAT over and over.

She was bat-s--t crazy!
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1. Isn't it more like 30s later to cancel the Code 4?

I think 30s was about the shortest interval I've heard between Code 4s being called and canceled.

2. It's "guano" 😉
 
Splat, I have another interesting psych consult for you. Classic case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder...she was a real treat to interview. 👎 This lady has a totally non-acute dermatologic problem and didn't like the way she was treated at Urgent Care so she called T. Michael Bolger (friend of her soon to be ex-husband's) to complain about it, then she shows up at the ER and magically got admitted. You should have heard her ream the nurse out when her IV was beeping for more than 10 seconds and nobody ran in to fix it immediately. Wow.

Anyway, I'll be paging you tomorrow to come formally diagnose her and then inform her that she has a Cluster B personality disorder...thanks in advance!
 
Gimlet said:
Splat, I have another interesting psych consult for you. Classic case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder...she was a real treat to interview. 👎 This lady has a totally non-acute dermatologic problem and didn't like the way she was treated at Urgent Care so she called T. Michael Bolger (friend of her soon to be ex-husband's) to complain about it, then she shows up at the ER and magically got admitted. You should have heard her ream the nurse out when her IV was beeping for more than 10 seconds and nobody ran in to fix it immediately. Wow.

Anyway, I'll be paging you tomorrow to come formally diagnose her and then inform her that she has a Cluster B personality disorder...thanks in advance!
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I already took care of it. Thank you for this intriguing consult!

p.s...she'll be transferred out for several sessions of ECT....QID x 3 weeks.
 
My Sh-t list:
-Harley Davidson motorcycles, especially when the engine is jacked with to make it even louder.
-White trash downstairs neighbors that say things like "get your asses over here!" and "take your hands off my legs, you'll give me weird tan lines, you little jackass!" to their toddler kids.
-People who have to hold their pants up by the crotch when they walk
-People who stand in front of the elevator door and try to walk on as soon as the door opens, but there are people waiting to get off.
-being at work for 9 hours when you only do about 2 hours worth of work
-$5.95 for a box of crickets that lasts 3 days, tops.
-The desire for a hot shaving soap lather, but it's too warm and humid in the apartment to make it actually comfortable. (can be counteracted with cooling Proraso pre-shaving cream)
-That being said, temperatures over 75 and under 33.
-Shelf exams
-Residents/staff not bothering to tell you if you need to be doing something or if you should just go home (because it's bad form to ask)
-Male pattern baldness
-bald tires in the winter

My Happy List:
-Kittens!
-Figuring out how to cook things Mom makes at home
-gentle thunderstorms that don't flood places
-temperatures under 70 degrees
-A good beer
-Financial aid checks coming in
-A good pair of slacks
-A nice close shave
-Knowing that your male pattern baldness is in fact caused by excess man-hormone.
-Feeling like you actually understand something on the wards
-Being home or somewhere with trees and a light breeze.
-Working on the ambulance


That about sums it up for now. thank you for allowing me to experience some self-oriented therapy.
 
Agent Splat said:
My Sh-t list:
-Harley Davidson motorcycles, especially when the engine is jacked with to make it even louder.
-White trash downstairs neighbors that say things like "get your asses over here!" and "take your hands off my legs, you'll give me weird tan lines, you little jackass!" to their toddler kids.
-People who have to hold their pants up by the crotch when they walk
-People who stand in front of the elevator door and try to walk on as soon as the door opens, but there are people waiting to get off.
-being at work for 9 hours when you only do about 2 hours worth of work
-$5.95 for a box of crickets that lasts 3 days, tops.
-The desire for a hot shaving soap lather, but it's too warm and humid in the apartment to make it actually comfortable. (can be counteracted with cooling Proraso pre-shaving cream)
-That being said, temperatures over 75 and under 33.
-Shelf exams
-Residents/staff not bothering to tell you if you need to be doing something or if you should just go home (because it's bad form to ask)
-Male pattern baldness
-bald tires in the winter

My Happy List:
-Kittens!
-Figuring out how to cook things Mom makes at home
-gentle thunderstorms that don't flood places
-temperatures under 70 degrees
-A good beer
-Financial aid checks coming in
-A good pair of slacks
-A nice close shave
-Knowing that your male pattern baldness is in fact caused by excess man-hormone.
-Feeling like you actually understand something on the wards
-Being home or somewhere with trees and a light breeze.
-Working on the ambulance


That about sums it up for now. thank you for allowing me to experience some self-oriented therapy.
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I think my brother buys crickets online and it lasts his 4 Jackson chameleons 1 week.

Yay kittens!
 
Agent Splat said:
My Sh-t list:
-Harley Davidson motorcycles, especially when the engine is jacked with to make it even louder.
-White trash downstairs neighbors that say things like "get your asses over here!" and "take your hands off my legs, you'll give me weird tan lines, you little jackass!" to their toddler kids.
-People who have to hold their pants up by the crotch when they walk
-People who stand in front of the elevator door and try to walk on as soon as the door opens, but there are people waiting to get off.
-being at work for 9 hours when you only do about 2 hours worth of work
-$5.95 for a box of crickets that lasts 3 days, tops.
-The desire for a hot shaving soap lather, but it's too warm and humid in the apartment to make it actually comfortable. (can be counteracted with cooling Proraso pre-shaving cream)
-That being said, temperatures over 75 and under 33.
-Shelf exams
-Residents/staff not bothering to tell you if you need to be doing something or if you should just go home (because it's bad form to ask)
-Male pattern baldness
-bald tires in the winter

My Happy List:
-Kittens!
-Figuring out how to cook things Mom makes at home
-gentle thunderstorms that don't flood places
-temperatures under 70 degrees
-A good beer
-Financial aid checks coming in
-A good pair of slacks
-A nice close shave
-Knowing that your male pattern baldness is in fact caused by excess man-hormone.
-Feeling like you actually understand something on the wards
-Being home or somewhere with trees and a light breeze.
-Working on the ambulance


That about sums it up for now. thank you for allowing me to experience some self-oriented therapy.
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This one's my favorite.
 
thought of the Happy List when I saw this

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Strangest thing...one of my colleagues was sharing a patient both of our teams were consulting on...and I noticed he had shaved his goatee. It was interesting, because I found myself feeling like he was both a nicer person and less threatening. Additionally, he seemed more professional and I found myself actually being more friendly to him myself.

On the downside, he clearly needed a clean shave of the remainder of his face. Granted I was also slightly stubbly, having only performed a 2-pass shave today with a primary with-the-grain followed by an across-the-grain. Time limited my ability to do a final perfectionist against-the-grain pass.

He also could have used some vanilla aftershave.

But on the whole, still very sexy.
 
I don't have to round until 7am tomorrow!!! Yeah for no conference.
 
With near 3 weeks of psychiatry in....

this is how I feel when I'm at home.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMG7ab6vSU4[/YOUTUBE]
 
please tell me that transition to clerkships won't be as pointless as I'm thinking it will be
 
It's still in my top 5 of biggest wastes of time in med school!
 
Ashers said:
So I figured out for my last call day (of M3 year!) that I can bring my lap top to St. Joes and have unrestricted internet access eg. Facebook. Woot!
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shouldn't you be studying for the shelf exam, instead?
 
Agent Splat said:
I just found insaniquarium, but I don't think it's floating around school.

Otherwise load Call of Duty 4 onto it.
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While my PDA has more computing power than my first computer - the memory card alone is twice as big as the 1 GB hard drive it had - it's a far cry from being able to handle CoD4. By gaming standards, my 17" monitor is small, and I needed a $100 video card upgrade just to play it.


But I don't think I'd ever finish a rotation if I had Call of Duty on my PDA. I was kicking ass and taking names yesterday - I picked off something like 40 guys from a rooftop spot. 😀
 
TheProwler said:
While my PDA has more computing power than my first computer - the memory card alone is twice as big as the 1 GB hard drive it had - it's a far cry from being able to handle CoD4. By gaming standards, my 17" monitor is small, and I needed a $100 video card upgrade just to play it.


But I don't think I'd ever finish a rotation if I had Call of Duty on my PDA. I was kicking ass and taking names yesterday - I picked off something like 40 guys from a rooftop spot. 😀
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Pervert.
 
Finally, someone is ready to stand up for schizophrenics to see they get the care they deserve!

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxNlo33ZubA[/YOUTUBE]
 
Ashers said:
I finally met yeasterbunny. Hope your first day went well! =)
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You mean before or after a certain unnamed program director let half the interns go and then blathered on to the rest for an extra 2.5 hours?
Seriously though, it wasn't too bad. Good luck on your shelf.
 
DoctorFunk said:
Finally, someone is ready to stand up for schizophrenics to see they get the care they deserve!
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If my half cousins had had that kind of care, I bet the one wouldn't've killed herself, and the other would still be taking his meds.

yeasterbunny said:
You mean before or after a certain unnamed program director let half the interns go and then blathered on to the rest for an extra 2.5 hours?
Seriously though, it wasn't too bad. Good luck on your shelf.
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What, you mean, Special K?

Hope your wife's ankle feels better.
 
I had a dream last night that I had to watch a pig get its head chopped off.

It wasn't a very good dream. I'm sick of psychiatry making me feel horrible.
 
Ashers said:
I'm just tired of med school at the moment. I'm glad to go home on Saturday.
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Time to take the neuro exam and put an end to this bastard of a year.









LEEEEEEROOOOY JENKINS!
 
Agent Splat said:
I had a dream last night that I had to watch a pig get its head chopped off.

It wasn't a very good dream. I'm sick of psychiatry making me feel horrible.
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There's a video clip of a guy doing that with a chainsaw to a live pig thrashing around. I'd rather I'd never seen that clip.
 
Yeah, no fault to anyone actually IN the photo...but the photographer needs to work on his technique and composition just a tad. Ugh.
 
oh, i thought that photo was intentionally antique looking. ha.
Caption: "you see, my secret is to mix in mustard into the beef before shaping the burger."
 
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