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War Driving With The Kids

Posted by Hemos on from the wonderful-way-to-spend-a-vacation dept.

burntfungus writes "War Driving on Vacation with your kids. A drive from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo's Gum Alley (yes, it's bubble gum on the wall), then on to San Francisco. Hundreds of 802.11b Access points available for mapping with Netstumbler. Some in the middle of nowhere."

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  1. ...on _vacation with your kids_ by heyetv · · Score: 5, Funny


    yet again, slashdot defines "geek".

  2. IN the ocean? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It was good to see somebody got so mad at their access point that they decided to throw them into the Pacific.

  3. Gum Wall??? by the_argent · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ewww..
    You took your kids to what looks to be a narrow, gum plastered alley for vacation?
    What's next the world's largest abattoir?

    argent

  4. The old complaints change.. by toupsie · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh great! Instead of "Are we there yet?" its now "Are we in range yet?".

    We also get.

    "Mommy, Timmy is hogging all the bandwith".

    "Don't make me come back there and pull out your Airport card, Timmy."

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  5. 802.11 access pt by brarrr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crap - Here at cal poly in San luis obispo, my little airport network is going to get some freak slashdot effect and instead of everybody not seeing a site, I won't see any sites.

    On top of that there will be 50 geek cars parked infront of my house mooching bandwidth.

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    1. Re:802.11 access pt by anotherone · · Score: 5, Funny
      >> On top of that there will be 50 geek cars parked infront of my house mooching bandwidth.

      This is where you break out the eggs.

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  6. Re:I just had my first wardriving experience by IvyMike · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can imagine the looks that I received when passersby saw me scanning back and forth with a pringles antenna, wires coming out of it, and a laptop on my lap.

    This is the point at which you look the passersby in the eye and say, "ghostbusting."

  7. Peace Driving... by FrankDrebin · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I want to know is how long until some industrous folks start driving around with an access point to really screw us up...

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