If you go to https://github.com/lulzlabs/Ai... you can access the original.

It seems they are using the Amateur Radio Fldigi software to support their Lulzpacket protocol.

All rather sad and overrated really.

I doubt that the FCC has been ignoring it, it is more likely that they have investigated and found that the fault is with the crappy domestic equipment.

I worked as a government Inspector for many years. I can tell you that the fault is almost never with the transmitter.

But once people decide that the problem is a "1000W CB booster", there is nothing you can do to convince them.

No matter how badly a Transmitter is tuned, it cannot be the cause of interference to land-lines and other non-radio equipment.

The cause can ONLY be crappy design of the domestic equipment.

From what you say, the fault is with the crappy domestic equipment. Most domestic electronics equipment in USA has very poor "Immunity" specifications. Any nearby RF will cause interference.

BTW, interference to non-radio equipment (eg a landline) can never be the fault of the transmitter.

And your claim that "boosting it's power" will "fuck up it's channel separation" shows that you haven't a clue.

> so the term was being extended to hardware hackers of various types,

In the 60's and 70's the term applied exclusively to hardware types.

The term "Hacker" has multiple meanings, but in this context it originally referred to hardware guru's,
eg, Amateur Radio enthusiasts, etc. It dates back to well before software hobbyists.

I remember a wonderful electronics hardware shop that called itself "Hacker's Heaven".

Apparently it had to change it's name when the idiot media gave the term a negative context.

I've been with Windows since the start and ended up loving WinXP.
I was forced to move on to Win7 64 bit for the extra memory, but after a couple of years I still hate it.

It's just so full of irritating little bugs which catch me out every day. And M/S shows no interest in fixing them.
I swear I'll never buy another M/S product.

If only Linux wasn't worse.

I notice this as well.

I enjoy recreational reading very much, but notice that I must make a definite effort to slow down so that I better appreciate the book.

What are you talking about? 2.4GHz DSMX model control gear is NOT WiFi!

Who's the idiot then?

I totally agree. I had never heard of Bill Nye until this debate controversy blew up.

One thing I notice with Americans is that their whole conversation is based around U.S. TV shows.
Unless you watch USA TV, their conversations make very little sense.

In the rest of the world, TV just isn't that important. It certainly doesn't inform intelligent debate.

An interesting thought: Especially as we can shut our eyes, but not our ears?

This was an old idea even when it was "invented" back in 1992.

Without batteries? Bullshit.
A glance at the video shows it lighting a LED. Where does that power come from?

It's a very old idea. Passive Radar was first demonstrated in 1935
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Again, you demonstrate that you haven't a clue.

Read the stories behind any big disaster, the New Orleans floods, the Indian ocean and Japan Tsunami.

The mobile phone service is the first to go, mainly because of cheap construction and lack of generator backup.

The crucial issue for emergency communications, is having people available who have suitable equipment and who actually know how to set it up and use it.

To be efficient with HF radio gear you need to use it daily. Learning what frequencies, what procedures, how to build and tune a makeshift antenna, how to arrange power-supplies, generators, etc.

TV is by far the biggest user.

If we had continued with a universal broad-band fiber network (aka NBN) it would have been possible to switch off free-to-air television.

Of course big media was terrified of exactly that.