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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 is NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY!

We have predominately southern winds. The joke is Oklahoma blows, and Nebraska sucks. /themoreyouknow

Depends on the type. Most RFID works off induction, which requires close proximity (inches, not feet). If it was a 60' range, key-access doors would be worthless.

put Bristol on the right for the symbolism [/gothy] :D

Don't think its screen size so much as its processor horsepower. If you're running something comparable to the Atom processor, you'd go netbook. Netbook is the Desktop version watered down to run on the lighter hardware.

Hotels use FRS for the employees. There can some good listening there, too. Not so much bow-chicka-bow-wow but especially the multifloor ones downtown will get room service, maintenance, security, airport transports, etc. If you're really bored (and lonely, I guess), I've been told sometimes...

I believe its closer to channel 70~80 for older UHF sets, but the newer sets are re-tuned so those channel numbers are not in the same spectrum anymore (also as a result of rebanding). Doesn't really matter though, as a vast majority of cell traffic for the past decade has been digital.

Now if the FCC decides to pursue this by bringing wiretapping charges in wifi world to a federal court, there may a new precedent similar to telephones. The article just says the FTC dropped their case involving consumer protection.

I agree. Are we (or the FTC) levelled with the task of enforcing morals though? The laws really only apply to private property. If Google drove on company property (read: trespass) and logged company traffic transmitted in the clear, I'd understand. However, this is public property. WiFi...

People shouldn't be broadcasting that information in the first place. Google just captured what can be obtained by any individual walking or driving down Anystreet, USA.

http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=1120000970006310112

They can shoot back.

FTFY.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-24/stuxnet-computer-worm-may-be-aimed-at-iran-nuclear-sites-researcher-says.html

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203297

What ever happened with the feet washing up on the Pacific Northwest shores?

The largest vulnerability in a computer is a user.

There's at least three ARRA projects here that I can think of. Not one of them is fixing the worst interchange in the city.