Disney World Goes 802.11b

LighthouseJ writes "Over at CNN they report that Disney World in Florida has a 47-square mile 802.11b wireless LAN through the park with 200 access points. The move comes after visitors complaints that they couldn't use credit cards at every place in the park. Plus, it allows "cast members" to offer guests goods and services anywhere, not restricted to where the credit card machine is at. The man responsible, Murshid S. Khan, Director of Telecommunications and Technology Support sees this as a valuable technology, citing mobility and flexibility as the main reasons for the switch. Khan goes on to say that the system is protected by a 128-bit encryption scheme and software installed to detect intrusions. When he was asked if visitors will have access to the wireless network, CNN quotes him to say: 'We need you to come to the park and enjoy the park,' he said. 'If we start opening Internet cafes, you won't do that.' He's a smart man." So, running AirSnort wouldn't probably be the best idea? *grin*

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Hmmmph.

[dcigary]

Proof positive that the Slashdot editors only accept posts from people that they like. I submitted this on the 18th and it was rejected even before I could do a screen refresh.

2001-11-18 18:41:49 Disney's Wireless Magic Kingdom (articles,news) (rejected)

God, I love the smell of burning Karma in the morning....

Re:Hmmmph.

[ChristTrekker]

I completely agree with this theory. I've noticed that timothy tends to post the sort of stories that I'm interested in. It's only natural that the authors will pick the submissions that interest them, and throw the rest in the bucket.

This points out a possible flaw in the /. authors' process. Perhaps instead of accepting/canning story submissions, authors should accept only and leave the others in the inbox. If nobody else accepts a story within 3 days, it automatically goes in the bucket. If michael cans a story, Hemos isn't going to be able to accept it any more. If it's submitted again the next day, maybe it will get lucky and Hemos will see it before michael, but you never know.