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Regional Broadcast Using an Atmospheric Link Layer
An anonymous reader writes "RFC 6217 was published
today
yesterday
tomorrow
orally
, enabling one to send messages over a wide area even to
people
lions
tigers
bears
without computers or smartphones. The technology looks promising, but is not without
drawbridges
drawbacks
drawdowns
drawwwwyeah
; 'Additionally, solar radiation conditions affect transmission in a predictable, cyclic manner. Depending on latitude, the
medium
large
small
grande
may be unusable for a lengthy period, during which alternate arrangements must be made.'
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, while 'The physical layer used is made up primarily of nitrogen and oxygen,' there are concerns that microscopic amounts of residue left over from the transmission may include 'argon,
micropiranhas
carbon dioxide
uranium dioxide
oxygen dioxide
, neon, helium, chloride anions, sulfur dioxide, and other molecules occurring at very low mixtures' "
Not for the articles: it's for the whiny, anguished comments that don't stop rolling in. So many people stamping their feet and sulking because they want the editors to "just stop. it's not funny" and the editors basically giving the middle finger to the brats and doing it anyways. Every year.
shouldn't affect the logistics of the chosen ones never ending holycost payperview depopulation jubulation mandate?
First comment compliant with RFC 6217, seriously go look...
If I was Gaddafi or Stalin, I'd ban April Fools Day
are trash.
The whole world paused today in honor of April 1st. There is absolutely no real news to post today.
Foot placed squarely in mouth since 1983.
I got most of that, but what the heck is a gas baron?
The proposed method is very inefficient and does not describe any error correction mechanism. While it does have the advantage of human readability, the use of encryption under this proposal appears to be limited to single letter substitution ciphers. We need a presidential task force to design a handicapped accessible, multi-cultural sensitive, environmentally friendly alternative.
I propose using patterns of depressing the vegetation in various artistic patterns in agricultural fields.
off topic but I have to say, these pulldowns in the main discussion are fucking annoying as hell. Is it me or does everyone else think theyre a terrible idea? It makes it much less easy to read and is quite a turnoff IMHO.
As opposed to ponies, which aren't annoying?
I think they are quite funny and educational, and I for one welcome our pulltown textbox overlords.
in Buffoonery.
I have some very startling, very radical—some might say grungy—insights into Newt Gingrich's latest projects. Let me preface my discussion by quickly reasserting a familiar theme of my previous letters: I've known some nonentities who were impressively shallow. However, Gingrich is gormless and that trumps shallow every time. Ostensibly, he does not intend to conspire with evil but, in fact, one of his favorite tricks is to create a problem and then to offer the solution. Naturally, it's always his solutions that grant him the freedom to undermine liberty in the name of liberty, never the original problem.
In case you hadn't noticed, we have a dilemma of leviathan proportions on our hands: Should we bring important information about Gingrich's crass histrionics into the limelight, or is it sufficient to criticize the obvious incongruities presented by Gingrich and his flunkies? The key to answering such questions is to realize that for Gingrich, all roads lead to despotism. I find his demeanor and pomposity downright appalling. An equal but opposite observation is that I admit that I'm not perfect. I admit that I may have been a bit lawless when I stated that I don't think it would be unfair to say that Gingrich is clearly speaking through his hat when he says that he is known for his sound judgment, unerring foresight, and sagacious adaptation of means to ends. Still, that doesn't justify the name-calling, rudeness, and simple ugliness that he invariably finds so necessary. Nor does it justify Gingrich's sacrificing our essential liberties on the altar of political horse-trading. If Gingrich hadn't been shouting obscenities at passers-by, it simply would not have occurred to me to write the letter you now are reading. Why, I might have taken the day off altogether. Or maybe I would have been out making a cause célèbre out of exposing Gingrich's grievances for what they really are. In any case, Gingrich should clean up his act. Sadly, lack of space prevents me from elaborating further.
Didn't Gingrich tell his jackals that he wants to perpetuate myths that glorify radicalism? Did he first give any thought to what would happen if he did? Of course, that question is ridiculous—as ridiculous as his cold-blooded campaigns. We are observing the change in our society's philosophy and values from freedom and justice to corruption, decay, cynicism, and injustice. All of these "values" are artistically incorporated in one person: Newt Gingrich.
I suggest that we declare a truce with Gingrich and commence a dialogue. This right and truthful proposition, practically established, will help us raise several issues about his disgusting nostrums that are frequently missing from the drivel that masquerades for discourse on this topic. I will never give up. I will never stop trying. And I will use every avenue possible to tell it like it is.
Gingrich has been doing "in-depth research" (whatever he thinks that means) to prove that he can ignore rules, laws, and protocol without repercussion. I should mention that I've been doing some research of my own. So far, I've "discovered" that the facts as I see them simply do not support the false but widely accepted notion that superstition is no less credible than proven scientific principles. It would be bad enough if his lickspittles were merely trying to give rise to impudent lunatics. But their attempts to submerge us in a sea of revanchism are just plain repulsive. Is it just me, or do other people also think that Gingrich goes ga-ga for any type of metagrobolism you can think of? I ask because Gingrich has stated that it is patriotic to make a mockery of our most fundamentally held beliefs. That's just pure plagiarism. Well, in Gingrich's case, it might be pure ignorance, seeing that I must ask that Gingrich's surrogates bring meaning, direction, and purpose into our lives. I know they'll never do that so here's an alternate proposal: They should, at the very least, back off and quit trying to infringe upon our mos
They look like hell in the RSS feed.
Clearly the best, most thoroughly researched article I've ever read on slashdot. Bombastic micropiranhas! It's been a long time since I picked one of those out from between my teeth. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "bleeding edge technology"...
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Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. --- Bertrand Russell.
[examines fingernails] ... on second thought...
But can I get my RSS feeds delivered to me over RFC 6217?
I felt like I won the internet when I heard from the RFC Editor, now I feel like I won the bonus stage! Something I've been extremely nervous about is people pointing out the mistakes - I've currently realized two of them, both of them in the shower this morning. No one so far has pointed them out, but if anyone will find them, I imagine it will be /.
Thanks, Fool-slashcode!
I can't wait to add "Subtractionally" to our company's annoying lingo list.
The buzzword-ridden documents they put out couldn't possibly make any less sense as it is.
1) Solar-powered electricity fails on cloudy days.
2) IP-over-the-cloud fails on sunny days
3) ?????
4) Profit!
Is lions, tigers and bears a reference to The Hyperion Cantos?
I just want my achievement!
Well, this little plan was already tried in Serial Experiments Lain. And we all know how that worked out.
Eurohacker European paranoia, gun rights, and h
It is possible to force air through a series of organic apertures in order to cause atmospheric vibrations which can then be interpreted into data. This can be used as the physical layer for a number of existing communication protocols.
"People are easily amused by quotes." - Some guy with a cool-sounding name.
The math all works out. Excessive use of this technology will result in an implosion of our Sun in 1x10-12 years.
THIS IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT MUST BE STOPPED! THE THREAT IS IMMINENT!
Tisha Hayes
I think it would be much better if they changed it for everyone, live. Perhaps only 1 in 1000 people would have rights to modify them.
I dream of a nation where a man is not judged by his skin color but by an number assigned by a credit rating agency.