A vague splotch of color moving about isn't much more informative than a black screen.

I read that as it operates within a particular network.

Unless you go onto their wifi with this, I don't see it doing anything?

Are you able to perform the inverse though (send data to it) in a way that isn't "detectable" - specifically if it was intended for reactive near-field?

The real danger isn't so much the receipt of information as it is the ability to send data to it (commands, fuzzing, etc)

The microcontroller runs at that speed. The x86 CPU is 500mhz dual-core.

I didn't say NFC. I said Near Field. "Near Field" is a very specific thing.

If your antenna is more distant than the near-field you are not in the near-field, but in the far-field. You can probably figure out how to communicate, I'd imagine that the real trick is synchronizing your oscillator (but this is a solved problem - radios do it all the time) but certainly any schmuck with a laptop or smartphone wouldn't be able to do it - you're going to need extra equipment.

"Near Field" is a very specific thing. Whatever you're thinking of there, certainly isn't what I'm talking about - the near field of 2.4ghz would be around 1/10 of a meter away and no further.

I don't have any problems if it was broadcasting data, but if it's a 2-way communication (at layer 1) then they can fuck right off.

If you want to communicate, plug something in (or use near-field etc)

Mps? k? What are these odd units I'm seeing here?

(also, that joke hasn't been funny for at least 10 years)

Steam says hello.

Games are large, these days, and I for one enjoy being able to download what I just bought at a reasonable speed.

Sure. I routinely transfer stuff with a rate of several megabtyes per second. Ignoring overhead, 4mbps would get me 0.5MB/s at most, and that's down. Upload would be 1/4 of that!!!

Have you looked at an atlas lately? Take your speed and divide it by populated area.

Now take that figure and multiply it by our populated area. I think you'll find a significant difference.

Getting that kind of speed here, at the same density, is fucking expensive.

... I'm glad you don't. I certainly hate them too, but you don't see me reaching for my rifle! Schmucks like you give gun-banners something to wield.

Yes, well, when your whole country is the size of one or two of our states...

The US is pretty freaking large, and we're fairly spread out - even on the coast.

Wake me up when you can go to a random hovel in Siberia and get those speeds... because that would be a closer comparison than what you're saying.

It's not your connection that's to blame for your trouble with Youtube.

Oh, well it could well be made up of platinum or whatever, but that's not going to get you any energy usable for propulsion out of it.

If the intent is to capture resources, that's different. This twerp was asking about using it for travel. Completely different mission profile. ... oh, and I'm a space nutter myself, thank you very much.