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DefCon World Record Wi-Fi as Comic Strip

Posted by timothy on from the condensed-form dept.

carbolic writes "Remember last summer's WiFi Shootout, which took place during the DefCon hacker convention? We told you about the world record 55.1 mile shot pulled off by a few guys with two honkingly huge satellite antennas, a long stretch of road, and a couple off-the-shelf Wi-Fi networking cards. This month's Wired magazine condenses the toil of weeks of planning and testing, and trudging up and down mountains in 100+ degree weather into a captivating 8-panel comic suitable for any Sunday Edition (or cubicle wall)."

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  1. So you know before you read it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    this is one of those comics like Ranger Rick. Don't expect a punch line or anything :)

  2. So yeah... a comic by WhiteLudaFan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did anyone else not find that comic totally un-entertaining? I was disappointed.

  3. Poll for Subscriber by ari_j · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The cartoon sucks and the story is pointless. Are people really paying to see this early?

  4. Re:In case of the Slashdotting... by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Good lord, the comic strip is already posted via Akamai. If that goes down, I think we'll all be talking around the water cooler about other things besides comics...

    Slightly on-topic... if you like online comics, visit your favorite 8-bit FF characters reborn at 8-bit Theatre. 3 years, 4 hurricanes, still going strong. No I don't run the site, just read it.

    --
    -Rob
    Marriage doesn't have to suck!
  5. ???joke by zxflash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    i don't get it...

    must be one of those strips like peanuts...
    not really supposed to be funny...

    deep down i know that somewhere in an it broom closet some sysadmin is wetting himself because of this strip...

    --

    All the torrents you could want.
  6. Re:Obligatory Simpsons Quote by secretsquirel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nope, still better than Ziggy.

  7. Re:God Bless the Geeks and everyone helping them by secretsquirel · · Score: 1, Insightful

    And a sad sad day for cartoonists, writers, and anyone else with an in-tact sense of humor.

  8. "comic" aint comic (was Re:???joke) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Not everything in "comic" style is supposed to be funny (stupid name aside). It is just a medium for telling a story. In Japan, for example, there are thousands of titles covering every genre of literature. It is a (mainstream) "western" bias that story in this form is supposed to be funny.

  9. IAWTP by wheany · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I Agree With This Post

  10. Re:STUPID by neds_dead · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree, it was one of the dumbest cartoons that I have ever read.

  11. Re:STUPID by curtoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not every comic in the Sunday paper is intended to be funny. Just the ones we read.... Take a look. I think there's two or even three that are ongoing "drama" comics.
    I'm not saying I like them, but apparently enough people read them or they wouldn't be there.