Presidential Inauguration Hardware and Other Challenges

holy_calamity writes "The FBI has released images of some of the kit that will be deployed to safeguard Obama's inauguration, including mine-proof armored trucks like those used in Iraq to protect against IEDs, and a large armored chamber that any bombs will be shoved inside to be transported away and perhaps detonated inside. Interesting, even though the really good stuff is presumably being kept under wraps." Relatedly, necro81 writes "The Inauguration of Barack Obama tomorrow is expected to put considerable stress on the cellphone network around Washington, DC. The expected crowd could top two million people, and many of them are expected to call, text, tweet, photo, and blog their way through the event. In response, the major wireless carriers in the area have spent millions of dollars upgrading their local networks and will bring in extra 'cells on wheels' (COWs) and 'cells on light trucks' (COLTs). They are also requesting that attendees limit their usage during the event, and avoid bandwidth-heavy activities — like uploading photos — until afterward."

Comments

Yeah

[Jonah Bomber]

Good luck with asking people not to upload photos during the event.

Re:Yeah

[Authoritative Douche]

Oops. CNN is advertising an address to upload all your photos taken throughout the day so they can stitch them together to make 360-deg VR photos available as close to real time as they can (several minute delay).

I'm in DC and not going

[Anonymous Coward]

But I'm going to try to use up some bandwidth anyway, you know, just to make visitors' lives a little less fun.

Re:Twitter is screwed.

[Reapman]

And nothing of value was lost... sorry had to say it, mod down as you will!

Re:Huge waste of money

[peragrin]

Clinton got a blow job from someone who wasn't his wife, and he is a traitor, yet Bush lied to the american public about every reason for invading Iraq and he isn't?

Al queda hated saddam as much as we did, and didn't move into Iraq until after we did.

Re:COWs and COLTs

[halcyon1234]

Surely there is no need for two new buzzwords.

And I gotta tell you: fellas.. you have got what appears to be a dynamite inauguration! I'll be honest.. fellas, it was communicating great. But.. I could've used a little more Bell COWs!

Re:Huge waste of money

[amRadioHed]

Setting aside the obvious fact that the investigation was a multi-million dollar partisan witch-hunt, Clinton was in the end found to be not guilty.