WiFi Gone Wild

b4k4 writes "According to this news release, the Texas Department of Transportation is proposing to install hotspots at all 84 Safety Rest Stops and 12 Travel Information Centers statewide. This would be in addition to the four test locations already in place along US287." Reader polluted notes that Portland is working on free WiFi. An anonymous reader sent in word of this year's wifi-shootout, a contest to maximize the range for an 802.11b connection. And Roland Piquepaille writes in regarding cows wearing WiFi collars, which I'm afraid reminds me of a crummy sci-fi movie.

Comments

A whole 'herd' of new excuses?

[plover]

"Sorry, my access point grazed out of range."

"How would you like your firewall? Rare, medium, or well?"

can always get your /.

[millahtime]

Now, nerds in texas can always get their /. fix when traveling. They just have to stop of at a rest area, get some vending machine food, a soda, stop off at mr. porclyn and /.

Although, hopefully not all at the same time.

Re:can always get your /.

[southpolesammy]

...stop off at mr. porclyn and /.

Well, that would explain some of the shitty moderation going on here lately...

Re:WiFi WiFi WiFi *yawn*

[TheRealFixer]

Yeah, except when nature calls I'm not running around looking for a hotspot.

WIFI-enabled cows

[o'reor]

I can imagine this :

redneck_geek@myfarm $ ping betty.myfarm.com

PING betty (192.168.1.15): 56 data bytes
Moooo from 192.168.1.15: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.1 ms
Moooo from 192.168.1.15: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.1 ms

Whats your favourite cow exploit?

[blacksky]

I can't wait for the first time a hurd of wirelessly controlled cows get hacked. Imagine the fun you could have with a hurd of cows at your command.

I think I'd have them follow the same person around all day. When he stopped walking, the cows would stop. When he went in a building, the cows would wait outside.

Or just send them all to go and flash-mob the local butchers.