And this is exactly the thing that will kill the Freenets - at least as far as anonymous, ad-hoc access goes. If you open your net link to anyone nearby with a radio card, then you're really no better than a zombie box. *You* will be held responsible for whatever they do on the net.
That said, it could work for closed groups - say a membership co-op, or local association. As long as there's some way of tracking back to the miscreants. Sad, but that's the state of things.
This appears to exclude VNC, as well as the commercial alternatives such as PC Anywhere. And probably any other server app (other than those from MS) that actually runs on the box. Does this include peer-peer file sharing? Bet it does...
These 2.4Ghz things are available all over - X10, etc. at various prices. The sensitivity isn't very good (they work best looking outdoors or at brightly-lit rooms), and the transmitters tend to spew a lot of noise all over that part of the spectrum. But I still use them for security in places where it would be a pain to run hardwire.
The best prices I've seen on tiny cameras (both wired and wireless) is at http://www.supercircuits.com/ . Tiny B&W cameras for $40 - which I'm trying to hook in a Mindstorms robot for autonomous navigation. And some small color ones for under $100.
They have micro telemetry/control transmitters and receivers good for a few hundred feet (maybe a bit more). They're probably not the only source for these particular units, but since I just saw them in the new catalog, I thought I'd mention it.
Part numbers RXD-433, TXE-433.
Just one of the benefits of living in Seattle - a ton of very good CBC coverage from the Vancouver station (thanks, CBUT!). Who needs Nothing But Commercials???
If you're not using their (Digital Convergence) Windows software, and their servers, you're not giving them valuable demographic data. Thus nothing to sell to advertizers to cover the cost of the hardware. This is closer to the IOpener situation than DeCSS.
The letter is primarily designed to intimidate - it's a pretty cheap opening shot. But you can bet they'll follow up with bigger guns if the software stays available.
A couple of years ago, I'd say they didn't have a chance of winning in court. But after the DeCSS debacle, I bet they could. Especially if they moved the case to a certain judge's venue...
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Don't even *think* this - remember what happened the last time someone joked about adding a paperclip to vi!
And this is exactly the thing that will kill the Freenets - at least as far as anonymous, ad-hoc access goes. If you open your net link to anyone nearby with a radio card, then you're really no better than a zombie box. *You* will be held responsible for whatever they do on the net.
That said, it could work for closed groups - say a membership co-op, or local association. As long as there's some way of tracking back to the miscreants. Sad, but that's the state of things.
This appears to exclude VNC, as well as the commercial alternatives such as PC Anywhere. And probably any other server app (other than those from MS) that actually runs on the box. Does this include peer-peer file sharing? Bet it does...
These 2.4Ghz things are available all over - X10, etc. at various prices. The sensitivity isn't very good (they work best looking outdoors or at brightly-lit rooms), and the transmitters tend to spew a lot of noise all over that part of the spectrum. But I still use them for security in places where it would be a pain to run hardwire. The best prices I've seen on tiny cameras (both wired and wireless) is at http://www.supercircuits.com/ . Tiny B&W cameras for $40 - which I'm trying to hook in a Mindstorms robot for autonomous navigation. And some small color ones for under $100.
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com
They have micro telemetry/control transmitters and receivers good for a few hundred feet (maybe a bit more). They're probably not the only source for these particular units, but since I just saw them in the new catalog, I thought I'd mention it.
Part numbers RXD-433, TXE-433.
Just one of the benefits of living in Seattle - a ton of very good CBC coverage from the Vancouver station (thanks, CBUT!). Who needs Nothing But Commercials???
If you're not using their (Digital Convergence) Windows software, and their servers, you're not giving them valuable demographic data. Thus nothing to sell to advertizers to cover the cost of the hardware. This is closer to the IOpener situation than DeCSS.
The letter is primarily designed to intimidate - it's a pretty cheap opening shot. But you can bet they'll follow up with bigger guns if the software stays available.
A couple of years ago, I'd say they didn't have a chance of winning in court. But after the DeCSS debacle, I bet they could. Especially if they moved the case to a certain judge's venue...