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Get Your 802.11 Media Fix From SeattleWireless TV

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-divx;) dept.

Michael Pierce writes "SeattleWireless TV brings you the latest information on Community, Corporate, and Home Wireless applications, hardware, security, and innovators in the field. July 2003 Show Summary: On this month's show, Peter and Michael report on the wireless project called 'SnowNet,' a project where Casey Halverson plans to use mountain tops to connect communities via a 802.11b backbone. We then check out the first link connected to SnowNet. TacomaNode,' located in Tacoma, Wa. It will connect to Seattle via a wireless backbone through SnowNet. Scott Kennedy, the owner of the Drinkmore Café, tells us why he has decided to provide free WiFi to his customers while other places charge. And finally we had a chance to try out a new Linux embedded product called the Prismiq MediaPlayer. Using this device, you no longer have to watch your media files on your small computer monitor. Using a wireless card, it can hook up to your network anywhere! You can view by choosing your player: Windows MediaPlayer or RealPlayer. If for some reason they don't stream there are some download links on the site. Also, if the stream links get messed up for any reason they are on the site, too." SnowNet is too cool to ignore.

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  1. Brave the Rockies by mao+che+minh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sweet, imagine all of that unencrypted, insecure pr0n beaming through the Rockies.........

    1. Re:Brave the Rockies by Cap'n+Canuck · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...And out past the Tetons... mmmmmm.....

  2. Snow Net? by ratfynk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good choice of name, maybe they have come up with a signal drop interface that just creates snow on your screen when you experience data stream dropout. Then you would actually think you are watching tv.

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  3. Wow! by Lane.exe · · Score: 5, Funny
    So who gets to be the first to make the Neal Stephenson joke when it crashes?

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  4. Do I see a new Extreme Sport coming soon? by Voltas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mountaineer WEP hacking!!

    First team to reach the summit and retrieve the WEP key wins.

    Finaly a geek gets on ESPN2!

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    1. Re:Do I see a new Extreme Sport coming soon? by espo812 · · Score: 2, Funny
      Finaly a geek gets on ESPN2!
      I've seen Magic: The Gathering and the National Spelling Bee on ESPN. If those two aren't geeky, I don't know what is. Also, they are showing the World Series of Poker a lot lately - which I consider pretty hackerish. You have mathmatical calculations and lots of social engineering - what more could a geek want?
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  5. tacomaNODE by schwartzon · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dont know about you guys, but that sounds an awfully lot like the TACOMA DOME.
    Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY....free wifi access, first come first serve, SEE the mighty 54G crush all oncomers. Watch 802.11b, that scrappy kid, still hold up against the onslaught of oncomers. Witness the fall of the mighty BLUEtooth. Special appearance by Airport...EXTREME! this sunday, at the TACOMA DOME...i mean NODE!

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  6. Re:Six months from now... by hobbesmaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Presuming that the network is DHCP, they could log MAC addresses. This could lead to amusement.

    RIAA: We want to know the name of the person using this IP address.
    Wireless providor: Well, we don't have any way to know exactly who had this IP address at the time, but we can give you a MAC address!
    RIAA: Ok, what is it?
    Wireless providor: 00-00-00-00-00-00
    RIAA: Thanks.