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DefCon WiFi Distance Competition Calls For Entrants

Posted by timothy on from the desert-shootout dept.

ASLRulz writes "The Adversarial Science Laboratory is running the Wi-Fi Shootout this year at DefCon and we are inviting people to come out and try to beat last years record of 35 miles. Register here. Hope to see you there."

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  1. Homebrew by Detritus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I know what to do with the surplus 20kW S-band klystron that I have sitting in the garage. All I need is a portable power supply.

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    Mea navis aericumbens anguillis abundat
  2. To be immediately followed by chinese food... by Ammishdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all the slashdotters will pull out their favorite cooking utensils

  3. wohooo! radiation! by tciny · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news: Attendees wont need to bring any cooking equipment.

    1. Re:wohooo! radiation! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      all attendies will hereby be rendered strile. This dosen't matter though since they are regular slashdottters.

  4. I would by lachlan76 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd enter, but I can't take off my tinfoil hat to use as a reflector.

  5. 35 miles?! by flopsy+mopsalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    That must be one big-ass pringles container. They get that at Costco or something?

  6. Re:Passive Relaying? by germ!nation · · Score: 2, Funny

    and thus making WiFi reliant on wires. 'so crazy it might just work'

  7. Or Not? by IcEMaN252 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hope to see you there.
    You won't see me, I'll be too far away.
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    CitrusTV (http://www.citrustv.net): the Nation's Oldest & Largest Entirely Student-Run Television Station
  8. I think I can win this.... by dave-tx · · Score: 2, Funny
    Finally, a perfect application for my 40-mile-long wifi antenna... made out out of cat-5 cable.

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    >> "What would the robut do? Frame someone!"

  9. Re:Patriot Act by pclminion · · Score: 2, Funny
    Are you serious? I'll bet you $100 the FBI runs the damn conference.

    Every year, predictably, a large number of hackers (and, admittedly, a much greater number of wannabes) show up in Vegas. They get drunk and chatty, and spill their guts to each other on the latest techniques. Why would the feds rain on that parade? It's like a tap directly into the hacker underworld.