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DefCon WiFi Shootout Winner Announced

devn2k writes "At the first annual WiFi Shootout at DefCon in Las Vegas, Adversarial Science Lab won the contest to shoot a wireless signal across the Nevada desert, with a distance of 35.2196 miles. The antenna was built from metal poles, window screen mesh, cardboard, duct tape, and aluminum foil! According to the official contest page, the antenna was designed the night before the contest, its component parts were purchased for $98 at Home Depot, and the next day it was built completely from scratch in the desert, on the side of the mountain, in the rain."

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  1. Re:U S A, U S A, U S A... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This, and watching the US team whip the Brits on Junkyard Wars, is the reason that I'm proud to be an American.

    This is why the rest of the world bemoans the lack of American Intelligence

  2. Re:U S A, U S A, U S A... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, F those damn snaggletooth eurotrash flamers!

  3. yeah by freedommatters · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    keep frying your brain cells guys

  4. Re:U S A, U S A, U S A... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We all know that as long as you are under the Bush regime, you can't tell us what you really think. That's o.k. We know what you really meant.

  5. Re:U S A, U S A, U S A... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Your computer is broadcasting an IP address. Your address has been logged. Please remain at your location until the SWAT team arrives. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Cuba is beautiful place this time of year.

  6. Re:DAILY REMINDERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh yeah, well, your mom doesn't think so

  7. Re:U S A, U S A, U S A... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do you think they'll be able to find the right country?

  8. Re:U S A, U S A, U S A... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Eurosluts suck cock the best. American women lose this category.