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Wi-Fi in the Sky

Posted by michael on from the new-heights dept.

mindless4210 writes "In an attempt to have the greatest warflying run to date, members from Daily Wireless, Tom's Hardware, SoCalWUG, and Highlands Highspeed teamed up for an amazing two-plane mission around Southern California. They picked up over 3000 access points and 900 clients, established a point to point link between the two planes, and successfully video conferenced in real time over the connection. This is also the first time that the wireless network detection tool Kismet has been taken up in the air, reporting over twice as many APs as NetStumbler. There is some footage of the flight in divx format available here."

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  1. Wi-Fi in the Sky... by UniverseIsADoughnut · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... With Dimonds?

    1. Re:Wi-Fi in the Sky... by mattjb0010 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or "Lucy in the sky with Wi-Fi". Puts a whole new twist on the mile high club.

    2. Re:Wi-Fi in the Sky... by rlangis · · Score: 2, Funny

      ~prays to the gods that be that Shatner doesn't decide to sing this one~

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  2. Warning...! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our access point is protected with the Patriot Missle Defense System. Offenders are liable to be shot down.

    Your Friend,

    D. McBride.

    1. Re:Warning...! by Jardine · · Score: 3, Funny

      Anyone know the unit cost of a missile?

      I'm not sure about the hardware, but I think the software is $699

  3. Video?! by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will they ever learn? Anything but plain text fed to ./ will turn your server into a heap of molten destruction. . . . .

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    1. Re:Video?! by tvh2k · · Score: 2, Funny

      nah, anything put into ./ will lead to error 404 :-P

  4. Nevermind that... by uberdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nevermind how much info they can gather, but rather, how are they going to mark the sidewalk?

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    "I'm not impatient. I just hate waiting." - My Dad
  5. Just one more reason... by vwjeff · · Score: 3, Funny

    to put an anti-aircraft defense system on my roof.