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Australian Researchers Push Near-Broadband IP Over VHF

Curmudgeon Rick writes "A research group at the Australian National University is getting symmetrical 250K bps at 20km, using "empty" 7MHz-wide broadcast TV allocations in the 45MHz band. Story here, project homepage here. Aim is to put some bandwidth out beyond the reach of the wires, where users are few and far between."

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  1. frosty pisst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ahhhhhhh, that's much better

  2. It's a Borg plot! by silentbozo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Speaking to CommsWorld, researcher Dr Gerard Borg said the ANU has now proved BushLAN's ability to support symmetrical data rates of around 250K bps at distances of up to 40km, using a 20W transmitter and favouring off-the-shelf parts.

    I wonder how well attended his talks are at converences?

    Ok, there goes my karma!

    1. Re:It's a Borg plot! by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Nobody goes, because they hear his talk in their head anyway.

      --

      In Soviet America the banks rob you!
    2. Re:It's a Borg plot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Speaking to CommsWorld, researcher Dr Gerard Borg said the ANU has now proved BushLAN's ability to support symmetrical data rates of around 250K bps at distances of up to 40km, using a 20W transmitter and favouring off-the-shelf parts.

      Worse yet, The Borg are working with G. W. Bush!

  3. /. collects anonymous data, violates users rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    WARNING, SLASHDOT NOW TIES AC COMMENTS WITH USER

    When you are logged in, /. ties your user account to any Anonymous Coward postings you make... Thus they know who posted it. To demonstrate this:

    1. Get mod points.
    2. Post an AC comment while logged in
    3. Change your dynamic ip, clear all cookies
    4. Log back in and try to moderate your AC comment... you can't!!!

    Please *log out* AND use another browser before making your AC comments.
    Your UID is being tracked, it's not Anonymous. Lots of people post lots of things to Slashdot as AC only because they believe it is really anonymous - it isn't. They hunt "trolls" (non-karma whores and non-group thinking bots) down.

    This is true. I used to be a bit more freestyle and witty AC and be a nice guy logged in [basically a karma whore]. After a short while, I could no longer moderate. Slashdot does brand AC posts with IP and then map them back to users. They lie about AC, AC doesn't exist if you re-use ip addresses.

    Big brother is watching. So while I might be a "troll" a lot of the AC things I said were to protect myself from Slash-bot groupthink. They punished me for voicing my opinion freestyle.

    They also revoke moderation FOREVER - $rtbl it is called, for any moderations of any post that have been secretly flagged annoying [Slashcode has hidden flags viewable by editors]. If you *EVER* mod up something an editor secretly marked annoying you NEVER moderate again, ever - ever even if your karma is capped.

    Also, Slashdot uses the friends system to track "trolls." Mark a troll you find funny as a friend *bang* $rtbl never to moderate ever again. My real account had many many good friends who had good karma, and a few funny trolls later, no more moderation for that account. Again, Slashdot is spying on its users to make the people who find certain things funny uneligible to moderate. You will never moderate again if you are a friend of a "foe or freak" of an editor.

    FACT: This is in Slashcode CVS

    Revision 1.7.2.5 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs] , Thu Feb 8 13:12:32 2001 UTC (2 years, 9 months ago) by pudge
    Branch: bender
    CVS Tags: v1_1_3_0
    Changes since 1.7.2.4: +18 -7 lines
    Diff to previous 1.7.2.4 to branchpoint 1.7

    log more AC info


    So AC is a scam here. Hitler-Malda screws AC posts in the ass. So now all you can do is go 100% AC, or , as they expect you to, KARMA WHORE. And it is so lame and unfair and probably illegal as they lie about anonymity.

    Also, sometimes when certain information becomes an active thread, they bitchslap the thread much later so that people think its "safe" to participate and the whole thing gets slapped.

    Protect yourself. Try and use proxies or a super good second browser with proxies that you never log into such as Opera (which makes it very easy to delete all private data). Thank you.
  4. Re:/. collects anonymous data, violates users righ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It must be 8 o'clock PST, this guy is posting again.

  5. Re:/. collects anonymous data, violates users righ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So you mean, I would gain the favour if the editors by moding you down???

    Damnit... I never have mod points when I want them...

  6. Re:/. collects anonymous data, violates users righ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We are not a guy. We are freedom fighters.

    Slashdot Freedom Theme:

    "Yo /. Joe!"

    We'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble. /. Joe is there.

    It's /. Joe against MALDA the enemy! Fighting to save the day. He never gives up. He's always there, Fighting for freedom over internet, sea, land and air! /. Joe- A real Freedom Fighting hero! /. Joe is there /. Joe is the codename for American's daring, highly trained special mission force. It's purpose, to defend human freedom against MALDA - a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

    He never gives up. He'll stay 'til the fight's won. /. Joe will dare. /. Joe- A real American hero! /. Joe

  7. Re:/. collects anonymous data, violates users righ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Slashdot Freedom Theme:

    "Yo /. Joe!"

    We'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble. /. Joe is there.

    It's /. Joe against MALDA the enemy! Fighting to save the day. He never gives up. He's always there, Fighting for freedom over internet, sea, land and air!

    /. Joe- A real Freedom Fighting hero!

    /. Joe is there

    /. Joe is the codename for American's daring, highly trained special mission force. It's purpose, to defend human freedom against MALDA - a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world.

    He never gives up. He'll stay 'til the fight's won. /. Joe will dare.

    /. Joe- A real American hero! /. Joe

  8. Re:/. collects anonymous data, violates users righ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    WARNING, SLASHDOT NOW TIES AC COMMENTS WITH USER

    When you are logged in, /. ties your user account to any Anonymous Coward postings you make... Thus they know who posted it. To demonstrate this:

    1. Get mod points.
    2. Post an AC comment while logged in
    3. Change your dynamic ip, clear all cookies
    4. Log back in and try to moderate your AC comment... you can't!!!

    Please *log out* AND use another browser before making your AC comments.
    Your UID is being tracked, it's not Anonymous. Lots of people post lots of things to Slashdot as AC only because they believe it is really anonymous - it isn't. They hunt "trolls" (non-karma whores and non-group thinking bots) down.

    This is true. I used to be a bit more freestyle and witty AC and be a nice guy logged in [basically a karma whore]. After a short while, I could no longer moderate. Slashdot does brand AC posts with IP and then map them back to users. They lie about AC, AC doesn't exist if you re-use ip addresses.

    Big brother is watching. So while I might be a "troll" a lot of the AC things I said were to protect myself from Slash-bot groupthink. They punished me for voicing my opinion freestyle.

    They also revoke moderation FOREVER - $rtbl it is called, for any moderations of any post that have been secretly flagged annoying [Slashcode has hidden flags viewable by editors]. If you *EVER* mod up something an editor secretly marked annoying you NEVER moderate again, ever - ever even if your karma is capped.

    Also, Slashdot uses the friends system to track "trolls." Mark a troll you find funny as a friend *bang* $rtbl never to moderate ever again. My real account had many many good friends who had good karma, and a few funny trolls later, no more moderation for that account. Again, Slashdot is spying on its users to make the people who find certain things funny uneligible to moderate. You will never moderate again if you are a friend of a "foe or freak" of an editor.

    FACT: This is in Slashcode CVS

    Revision 1.7.2.5 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs] , Thu Feb 8 13:12:32 2001 UTC (2 years, 9 months ago) by pudge
    Branch: bender
    CVS Tags: v1_1_3_0
    Changes since 1.7.2.4: +18 -7 lines
    Diff to previous 1.7.2.4 to branchpoint 1.7

    log more AC info


    So AC is a scam here. Hitler-Malda screws AC posts in the caboose. So now all you can do is go 100% AC, or , as they expect you to, KARMA WHORE. And it is so lame and unfair and probably illegal as they lie about anonymity.

    Also, sometimes when certain information becomes an active thread, they bitchslap the thread much later so that people think its "safe" to participate and the whole thing gets slapped.

    There is a presumption anonymous means something. They lie like rugs to the posting public by using the word anonymous. It is not. They brazenly lie though and the un-assuming poster is having everything he says correlated with him and stored in a computer just waiting to be subpoenaed by the people that Slashdot claims to hate but works for. They work for the fascist forces and components of the US government. I like the US and other Western governments but they have good and bad components - there are things you need to do to protect yourself from the bad components. Basically "covering your ass" so to speak. At Slashdot, in lying about AC, un-protects its posting public (seeding a de-anonymizing privacy stripping pandemic in their own "little" way). This makes Slashdot a very dangerous target for you the posters to have your "anonymous" information subpoenaed and you to be chased down and persecuted for speaking your mind. I think that it is a joke Slashdot editors post about SCO, MSFT, RIAA, MPAA, TIA, FBI, etc. They do the same fascist big-brotherly things that those companies do the public at large as they do to the Slashdot posting public.

    Protect yourself. Try and use proxies or a super good second browser with proxies that you never log into such as Opera (which makes it very easy to delete all private data). Thank you.
  9. Ozzy Osbourne, Dead at 58 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sad news today - rock singer Ozzy Osbourne was found dead in his Los Angeles home. Noted for biting the head off a dead bat and peeing on the Alamo, he will be missed. Truly an American icon.

  10. Re:Wait a Minute WARNING TO INSIGHTFUL AC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You have been logged. YOur IP Stored. And if you clicked the anon box before posting your user id is branded to an IP.


    WARNING, SLASHDOT NOW TIES AC COMMENTS WITH USER

    When you are logged in, /. ties your user account to any Anonymous Coward postings you make... Thus they know who posted it. To demonstrate this:

    1. Get mod points.
    2. Post an AC comment while logged in
    3. Change your dynamic ip, clear all cookies
    4. Log back in and try to moderate your AC comment... you can't!!!

    Please *log out* AND use another browser before making your AC comments.
    Your UID is being tracked, it's not Anonymous. Lots of people post lots of things to Slashdot as AC only because they believe it is really anonymous - it isn't. They hunt "trolls" (non-karma whores and non-group thinking bots) down.

    This is true. I used to be a bit more freestyle and witty AC and be a nice guy logged in [basically a karma whore]. After a short while, I could no longer moderate. Slashdot does brand AC posts with IP and then map them back to users. They lie about AC, AC doesn't exist if you re-use ip addresses.

    Big brother is watching. So while I might be a "troll" a lot of the AC things I said were to protect myself from Slash-bot groupthink. They punished me for voicing my opinion freestyle.

    They also revoke moderation FOREVER - $rtbl it is called, for any moderations of any post that have been secretly flagged annoying [Slashcode has hidden flags viewable by editors]. If you *EVER* mod up something an editor secretly marked annoying you NEVER moderate again, ever - ever even if your karma is capped.

    Also, Slashdot uses the friends system to track "trolls." Mark a troll you find funny as a friend *bang* $rtbl never to moderate ever again. My real account had many many good friends who had good karma, and a few funny trolls later, no more moderation for that account. Again, Slashdot is spying on its users to make the people who find certain things funny uneligible to moderate. You will never moderate again if you are a friend of a "foe or freak" of an editor.

    FACT: This is in Slashcode CVS

    Revision 1.7.2.5 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs] , Thu Feb 8 13:12:32 2001 UTC (2 years, 9 months ago) by pudge
    Branch: bender
    CVS Tags: v1_1_3_0
    Changes since 1.7.2.4: +18 -7 lines
    Diff to previous 1.7.2.4 to branchpoint 1.7

    log more AC info


    So AC is a scam here. Hitler-Malda screws AC posts in the caboose. So now all you can do is go 100% AC, or , as they expect you to, KARMA WHORE. And it is so lame and unfair and probably illegal as they lie about anonymity.

    Also, sometimes when certain information becomes an active thread, they bitchslap the thread much later so that people think its "safe" to participate and the whole thing gets slapped.

    There is a presumption anonymous means something. They lie like rugs to the posting public by using the word anonymous. It is not. They brazenly lie though and the un-assuming poster is having everything he says correlated with him and stored in a computer just waiting to be subpoenaed by the people that Slashdot claims to hate but works for. They work for the fascist forces and components of the US government. I like the US and other Western governments but they have good and bad components - there are things you need to do to protect yourself from the bad components. Basically "covering your ass" so to speak. At Slashdot, in lying about AC, un-protects its posting public (seeding a de-anonymizing privacy stripping pandemic in their own "little" way). This makes Slashdot a very dangerous target for you the posters to have your "anonymous" information subpoenaed and you to be chased down and persecuted for speaking your mind. I think that it is a joke Slashdot editors post about SCO, MSFT, RIAA, MPAA, TIA, FBI, etc. They do the same fascist big-brotherly things that those companies do the public at large as they do to the Slashdot posting public.

    Protect yourself. Try and use proxies or a super good second browser with proxies that you never log into such as Opera (which makes it very easy to delete all private data). Thank you.
  11. Interesting logs.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    <Ev|K|TTN> i need a man
    <guk> then you can download your little heart out and only send what works
    <Ev|K|TTN> quickly
    <guk> <-- man
    <Ev|K|TTN> heehehe
    <guk> you informing im quick on the job ?
    <guk> >:(
    <Ev|K|TTN> yeah but but
    <Ev|K|TTN> ur mah friend
    <Ev|K|TTN> maybe a girl
    <guk> <-- lady
    uiu guk is now known as gukina
    <gukina> Hello ...
    uiu gukina is now known as guk
    <Ev|K|TTN> cha cha cha chia
    <Ev|K|TTN> no
    <Ev|K|TTN> u cannot b both
    <guk> sure I can
    <guk> look at michael jackson
    <guk> no one's sure what he is
    <Ev|K|TTN> hahaha
    This is proof that guk is gay.
  12. Beware "Anonymous" Your IP and Info have been logd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Slashdot Secret police log everything they can about you especially when "anonymous"

    WARNING, SLASHDOT NOW TIES AC COMMENTS WITH USER

    When you are logged in, /. ties your user account to any Anonymous Coward postings you make... Thus they know who posted it. To demonstrate this:

    1. Get mod points.
    2. Post an AC comment while logged in
    3. Change your dynamic ip, clear all cookies
    4. Log back in and try to moderate your AC comment... you can't!!!

    Please *log out* AND use another browser before making your AC comments.
    Your UID is being tracked, it's not Anonymous. Lots of people post lots of things to Slashdot as AC only because they believe it is really anonymous - it isn't. They hunt "trolls" (non-karma whores and non-group thinking bots) down.

    This is true. I used to be a bit more freestyle and witty AC and be a nice guy logged in [basically a karma whore]. After a short while, I could no longer moderate. Slashdot does brand AC posts with IP and then map them back to users. They lie about AC, AC doesn't exist if you re-use ip addresses.

    Big brother is watching. So while I might be a "troll" a lot of the AC things I said were to protect myself from Slash-bot groupthink. They punished me for voicing my opinion freestyle.

    They also revoke moderation FOREVER - $rtbl it is called, for any moderations of any post that have been secretly flagged annoying [Slashcode has hidden flags viewable by editors]. If you *EVER* mod up something an editor secretly marked annoying you NEVER moderate again, ever - ever even if your karma is capped.

    Also, Slashdot uses the friends system to track "trolls." Mark a troll you find funny as a friend *bang* $rtbl never to moderate ever again. My real account had many many good friends who had good karma, and a few funny trolls later, no more moderation for that account. Again, Slashdot is spying on its users to make the people who find certain things funny uneligible to moderate. You will never moderate again if you are a friend of a "foe or freak" of an editor.

    FACT: This is in Slashcode CVS

    Revision 1.7.2.5 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs] , Thu Feb 8 13:12:32 2001 UTC (2 years, 9 months ago) by pudge
    Branch: bender
    CVS Tags: v1_1_3_0
    Changes since 1.7.2.4: +18 -7 lines
    Diff to previous 1.7.2.4 to branchpoint 1.7

    log more AC info


    So AC is a scam here. Hitler-Malda screws AC posts in the caboose. So now all you can do is go 100% AC, or , as they expect you to, KARMA WHORE. And it is so lame and unfair and probably illegal as they lie about anonymity.

    Also, sometimes when certain information becomes an active thread, they bitchslap the thread much later so that people think its "safe" to participate and the whole thing gets slapped.

    There is a presumption anonymous means something. They lie like rugs to the posting public by using the word anonymous. It is not. They brazenly lie though and the un-assuming poster is having everything he says correlated with him and stored in a computer just waiting to be subpoenaed by the people that Slashdot claims to hate but works for. They work for the fascist forces and components of the US government. I like the US and other Western governments but they have good and bad components - there are things you need to do to protect yourself from the bad components. Basically "covering your ass" so to speak. At Slashdot, in lying about AC, un-protects its posting public (seeding a de-anonymizing privacy stripping pandemic in their own "little" way). This makes Slashdot a very dangerous target for you the posters to have your "anonymous" information subpoenaed and you to be chased down and persecuted for speaking your mind. I think that it is a joke Slashdot editors post about SCO, MSFT, RIAA, MPAA, TIA, FBI, etc. They do the same fascist big-brotherly things that those companies do the public at large as they do to the Slashdot posting public.

    Protect yourself. Try and use proxies or a super good second browser with proxies that you never log into such as Opera (which makes it very easy to delete all private data). Thank you.
  13. Can't wait for the lawsuit... by Alkonaut · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...by Al Gore (inventor of GoreLAN)