[PLUG] I hosed my WRT54GL, need JTAG help

wes plug at the-wes.com
Thu Sep 3 18:27:28 UTC 2009


On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Tim Wescott <tim at wescottdesign.com> wrote:

>
> On Thu, September 3, 2009 11:14 am, wes wrote:
> >>
> >> To some extent I can understand the fixation on not spending any money
> >> (I
> >> have it too), but at this point I think if you went back in time,
> >> dressed
> >> in your rattiest clothing, and stood outside of Powell's Technical Books
> >> or Free Geek and begged passers-by for spare change for a JTAG adapter
> >> you'd find that you'd get enough to buy one from Olimex for the time
> >> you've spent digging for information here.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tim Wescott
> >>
> >
> > This is only true if knowledge has no value.
>
> The explicit statement is true, although you are absolutely correct that
> the implied value judgment is a bit hasty.  I knew that, but I figured
> that the OP could make his own value judgments.
>
> I think it'd be fun to go begging for cash for computer parts, just to see
> how people would react.
>
> --
> Tim Wescott
>

I like the idea. "need $12 for cable to fix my router"

-wes



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