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Microsoft Questions FCC's 'White Spaces' Decision

Posted by Zonk on from the it-was-broken-when-we-found-it dept.

narramissic writes "Late last month a wireless prototype submitted by Microsoft and other members of the White Spaces Coalition was rejected by the FCC because it interfered with cable channels. Microsoft, though, claims that the device was malfunctioning when the FCC tested it. From the article: 'In a letter to the FCC Monday, Microsoft said the scanner in one of two prototypes was damaged and "operated at a severely degraded level. The damaged scanner accounted for the entire discrepancy between the Microsoft and the FCC bench test data," said Ed Thomas, a consultant for the White Spaces Coalition and a former chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.'"

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  1. Soemthing smells fishy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it highly unlikely that a Microsoft product would unexpectedly malfunction.

    1. Re:Soemthing smells fishy by bobstaff · · Score: 5, Funny

      Me too. I expect them to malfunction.

    2. Re:Soemthing smells fishy by eli+pabst · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, in my experience I have never had a Microsoft product set so double the killer delete select all.

      /Obligatory

    3. Re:Soemthing smells fishy by Intron · · Score: 5, Funny

      "given that Microsoft never says anything but lies"

      A Microsoft PR guy and a linux kernel developer are standing at the entrance to a cave, but you don't know which is which. The cave contains either a dragon or a treasure. The MS guy always lies. The kernel developer never says anything that you could understand. Think of one question that you can ask which will tell you whether to enter the cave.

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      Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
    4. Re:Soemthing smells fishy by Monoliath · · Score: 2, Funny

      This sounds like one of the BEST IT jokes I've ever heard...what's the punchline? (if there is one)...

    5. Re:Soemthing smells fishy by dosquatch · · Score: 3, Funny

      "I'm from the RIAA, and I'm here to help."

      This will get no useful reaction from the MS troll, but if the other guy grabs me by the throat and throws me into the cave...

      I know I don't want to be there.

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      "Hey, the third matrix movie would have been good except for the plot,story, and acting." --AC
  2. They must have been running Vista with it. by deweycheetham · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Microsoft, though, claims that the device was malfunctioning when the FCC tested it."

    Yea, if they were running vista that would expalin a lot.

    (ding down my Karma again, i think its funny.)

  3. Cool, Microsoft Inside... by WindowlessView · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every cable system gets a free Phishing Network channel.

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    Leave the gun, take the cannolis.
  4. Re:We Need Wireless Broadband by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We need an acronym! I suggest DIGHEMP, but that's probably just because I dig hemp.

  5. Re:White spaces != unused by badc0ffee · · Score: 3, Funny
    There is perception amongst many others that /dev/null is unused. They just don't realize you can back up your entire system there without using any media. At least until you get a bit bucket overflow.

    Keep the white space white!

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