One thing that you do NOT realize... BPL *WILL* kill effective long range communication. Making it MUCH MORE difficult to help out in a situation like this.
BPL raised the noise floor from being able to hear a weak signal (less than 5 watts)... to not being able to hear a station booming out with 1500 watts and a highly directional beam.
THIS is why its brought up... to shed light and attention to it.
Since the FCC has given BPL a green light, we'll have to see how effective Hams are in the future, hopefully, as in the past, Hams will push the technology forward and overcome this roadblock.
PS, yes, I am a Ham... and the above scenario is sensationalized... but a possibility
You know... I'm really suprised that people still try to make counterfeit money since the penalties are so stiff, and usually are crappy copies.
I think that a credit/debit cards are the future, and that physical money is on the way out. However, that smacks against my privacy... since it would be tracable.
The problem is that there is no good ANONYMOUS way to purchase things without currency.
Boy... after all that hard work of getting the disk out of the package and into your garments, so you don't trigger the shoplifting sensors... you find your disk ruined by air.
The most common approach taken is the "Well, the only way you could be using this much bandwidth is if you are doing X, Y and Z, all of which are prohibited in your terms of service agreement."
And you know what, I think they're correct. The only ways I can think of to be using this much bandwidth are:
Heck, my company has an array of junk PCs (actually, Pentium II class, which I am amazed that they are tossing out) sitting around. Maybe they will be sitting around a lot longer now that it costs money to dispose... hmm...
I'll take em... I could use another beowulf cluster.
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HEY ... I take exception to the term "pirate" ... I would rather be called a "buccaneer-American"
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One thing that you do NOT realize ... BPL *WILL* kill effective long range communication. Making it MUCH MORE difficult to help out in a situation like this.
BPL raised the noise floor from being able to hear a weak signal (less than 5 watts) ... to not being able to hear a station booming out with 1500 watts and a highly directional beam.
THIS is why its brought up ... to shed light and attention to it.
Since the FCC has given BPL a green light, we'll have to see how effective Hams are in the future, hopefully, as in the past, Hams will push the technology forward and overcome this roadblock.
PS, yes, I am a Ham ... and the above scenario is sensationalized ... but a possibility
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Too late ...
Ya ... well I encrypted my posts with double-ROT13 encryption ... so if they attempt to decrypt it ... it's a violation of the DMCA ...
Almost ... but not quite ... turn on MAC filtering, AND don't broadcast your SSID.
Oh ... and change the SSID, and don't have "password" be the WEP key ...
Just Adobe Reader ...
or against it?
Whoa ... am I the only one to confuse "Spirit of Australia" and "Share the spirit"?
Damn Qantas ... trying to fool me and all ...
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Seriously ... that way you easily have an excuse not to purchase stuff on your own.
How long would the battery life be of static pages? And are they in color? I'd really hate to render fleshtones in grayscale.
is that you don't get the full effect of the "Lord of the Rings" without reading it in it's native Elvish.
You know ... I'm really suprised that people still try to make counterfeit money since the penalties are so stiff, and usually are crappy copies.
I think that a credit/debit cards are the future, and that physical money is on the way out. However, that smacks against my privacy ... since it would be tracable.
The problem is that there is no good ANONYMOUS way to purchase things without currency.
(and yes, it would include RC Models ... airplanes and cars ... as somebody else pointed out)
(*) nothing important does NOT include:
This'll teach those damn criminals.
Did I ever tell you ... that I have a perfect memory?
I forget ... did we ask you?
One word ... Porn
But Lord of the Rings is coming out December 17th ... can't we wait to stop going to movies AFTER that?
I mean really ... we already know that anyone who plays it gets a "monitor tan" ... but to call them "Underdark" is just too much
When they were discussing master/slave relationships ... I wasn't thinking a white/black thing ...
Would it? ... Nah ... just BINA48 ... it hasn't killed yet ...
I'll take em ... I could use another beowulf cluster.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR THAT!
In Mozilla Firebird:e risign.com&host=dumbshitverisign.com"
It resolves to: "http://sitefinder.verisign.com/lpc?url=dumbshitv
In Internet Explorer:= dumbshitverisign.com"
It resolves to: "http://search.msn.com/dnserror.aspx?FORM=DNSAS&q
So, it would appear that both MicroSoft and VeriSign are in collusion to fuck up the net.