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UTD Lifts Ban On WiFi Equipment

Posted by timothy on from the magnanimous dept.

boredMDer writes "As seen in this /. story, the University of Texas in Dallas had issued a ban on students operating 2.4 GHz WiFi equipment. However, UTD has now lifted said ban, because of 'the discovery of an FCC ruling prohibiting such a move.'"

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  1. Re:Firstius Postius by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    veni vedi concidi

    I came, I saw, I failed it!

  2. This seems backwards... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny



    So let me get this straight...an FCC ruling has resulted in having a BAN on 802.11 LIFTED? Surely this must be some kind of twisted parallel dimension this news comes from...

    Next thing you know Microsoft will start asking Windows pirates to come forward on their own volition.

    1. Re:This seems backwards... by I+confirm+I'm+not+a · · Score: 3, Funny

      Next thing you know Microsoft will start asking Windows pirates to come forward on their own volition.

      Never gonna happen.

      (Sheesh, this is like the time I discovered that there were 13 months in the year, according to Java, or bytes didn't necessarily have 8 bits)

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  3. Re:The university has taken a novell aproach inste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    The university has taken a novell approach

    And what does novell (www.novell.com) has to do with this?

  4. Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know you must really suck at your job if a federal body steps in to tell you you're doing it wrong...

  5. Re:Back in my day... by mikael · · Score: 2, Funny

    so we buried hundreds of feet of coax cable underground between multiple apartments.

    For a moment, I though that read

    "so we buried coax cable hundreds of feet underground between multiple apartments."

    I know some people like to make sure their slashdot access is available at all times, but that seemed rather extreme.

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  6. Don't you mean by rsilvergun · · Score: 2, Funny

    bizarro lifted?

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  7. Re:No. No they aren't by Tassach · · Score: 4, Funny
    Jimmy Carter has a graduate degree in nuclear physics. George W. Bush can't even pronounce "nuclear".

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  8. Re:An apology was issued. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Anyway, there's been much geek rejoicement over the past week.

    "rejoicement"? You have certainly structured an interesting word usement there...

  9. You spelling... by khrtt · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...is wrong. it spells "nukelar"