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Beer Fridge Caught Interfering With Cellular Network

Posted by Unknown on from the upgrade-to-the-faraday-fridge dept.

aesoteric writes "A man's backyard beer fridge in Australia has been busted interfering with the cellular network of major carrier Telstra. Engineers used an internally-developed software 'robot' to crawl log files from the network and sent a field team out to pinpoint the cause of the interference."

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  1. Software robot? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Engineers used an internally-developed software 'robot' to crawl log files from the network.

    Seriously? I know it's actually stated that way in TFA, but are people that stupid that they can't simply say "program"? In all likelihood, it's probably a 10-line Perl script. (Said as Perl fan, myself.)

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
  2. Re:G'DAY MATE by Macgrrl · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Vegemite is awesome, lightly spread of hot toasted light rye so that it's salty and chewy at the same time.

    The mistake most foreigners make is slathering it on like peanut butter. It's a strong taste and you don't need much.

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    Sara
    Designer, Gamer, Macgrrl in an XP World