Microsoft is developing a clone of Google Moon, called Microsoft Noom. However, to enhance the moon-viewing experience, Microsoft will give the user the ability to add virtual smiley faces on the face of the moon and change the color of the moon.
Change the carrier frequency out of the VHF range and the interference is not an issue. It is not the fact that it is radiating that is the problem, it is the fact that it is in the middle of an already cluttered band. I can't imagine the FCC letting this one go by anyway (which was my point in the above post). A fix would be to change the carrier frequency, which is easy in theory. However, as you said, power lines are far from good transmission lines, so higher frequency carriers may be out of the question.
Also, I doubt that the bends in the poles are as significant a discontinuity as the impedance differences, taps, transformers, and the like. I think more of an issue than radiation would be coupling of energy off the power lines themselves. Radiated power is going to occur no matter what they do with BPL and I'm sure they knew that. However, there are many bigger signal integrity issues than the radiated power (i.e. actually transmission of a usable signal).
I wouldn't worry so much about it knocking out other forms of communications as much as I would worry about other communications knocking _it_ out. Power lines are extremely susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Also, thermal noise may be an issue at transformers. There will just need to be some good signal processing to make this work.
The airwaves are already ridiculously cluttered, which is why the FCC licenses frequency bands and regulates the power allowed to be transmitted on those frequencies. I don't see the radiated power being an issue.
True. It is a well-known fact that 'older' people do not know how to use computers:-P
Just look at Dinon's quote in the article about the Florida man arrested for stealing Wi-Fi:
"Dinon knew what to do. 'But I never did it because my neighbors are older.'"
Giggity G-G-G-Giggity Goooooooooooooooo
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They just recently added the word "cankles" to the dictionary, so don't count on them removing the word "hack".
Microsoft is developing a clone of Google Moon, called Microsoft Noom. However, to enhance the moon-viewing experience, Microsoft will give the user the ability to add virtual smiley faces on the face of the moon and change the color of the moon.
Change the carrier frequency out of the VHF range and the interference is not an issue. It is not the fact that it is radiating that is the problem, it is the fact that it is in the middle of an already cluttered band. I can't imagine the FCC letting this one go by anyway (which was my point in the above post). A fix would be to change the carrier frequency, which is easy in theory. However, as you said, power lines are far from good transmission lines, so higher frequency carriers may be out of the question.
Also, I doubt that the bends in the poles are as significant a discontinuity as the impedance differences, taps, transformers, and the like. I think more of an issue than radiation would be coupling of energy off the power lines themselves. Radiated power is going to occur no matter what they do with BPL and I'm sure they knew that. However, there are many bigger signal integrity issues than the radiated power (i.e. actually transmission of a usable signal).
I wouldn't worry so much about it knocking out other forms of communications as much as I would worry about other communications knocking _it_ out. Power lines are extremely susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Also, thermal noise may be an issue at transformers. There will just need to be some good signal processing to make this work.
The airwaves are already ridiculously cluttered, which is why the FCC licenses frequency bands and regulates the power allowed to be transmitted on those frequencies. I don't see the radiated power being an issue.
First off, any service that you have to pay for is not going to stop illegal downloading; I think that has already been established, though.
Secondly, having a server on campus with Napster's complete music library seems like it would be a hacker's dream come true.
Not sure this one is going to work out.
True. It is a well-known fact that 'older' people do not know how to use computers :-P
Just look at Dinon's quote in the article about the Florida man arrested for stealing Wi-Fi:
"Dinon knew what to do. 'But I never did it because my neighbors are older.'"
Giggity G-G-G-Giggity Goooooooooooooooo