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Submission + - Pirate Radio is Alive and Growing, Mostly in the Big Cities (ap.org)

K7DAN writes: Just as the demise of terrestrial radio has been greatly exaggerated, so has the assumed parallel death of pirate radio. Due to the failure of licensed stations to meet the needs of many niche communities, pirate radio continues to increase in popularity. Helping facilitate this growth is the weakening power of the FCC to stop it, reports the AP.

Comment Ham Radio? (Score 1) 612

Hi Woz, Have you considered getting back into Ham Radio? The meshing of that hobby with the Internet and current technology is amazing. Even folks like Leo Laporte and John Dvorak enjoy playing in this space. How about you? Dan Van Hoy K7DAN (USA) VR2HF (Hong Kong)
Google

Submission + - Adobe to Abandon Flash Player on Linux (adobe.com) 1

ekimd writes: Adobe has anounced their plans to abandon future updates of their Flash player for Linux. Partnering with Google, after the release of 11.2, "the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the 'Pepper' API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe." Viva la HTML 5!
The Internet

Submission + - UN pushes plan to regulate the Internet, makes SOPA look like a paper cut (wsj.com)

no0b writes: On Feb. 27, a diplomatic process will begin in Geneva that could result in a new treaty giving the United Nations unprecedented powers over the Internet. Dozens of countries, including Russia and China, are pushing hard to reach this goal by year's end. As Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last June, his goal and that of his allies is to establish "international control over the Internet" through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a treaty-based organization under U.N. auspices.
" Subsume under intergovernmental control many functions of the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Society and other multi-stakeholder groups that establish the engineering and technical standards that allow the Internet to work;"

Submission + - Global Hawk downed, but not by Iran (strategypage.com) 1

QQBoss writes: The Air Force is not saying what caused the RQ-170 UAV to crash in Iran, but that Iran's claim to have forced it down is erroneous. At the very least, the plane didn't come down and land gently as Iran had suggested it did. At least Iran got a good photo op, though the more interesting question is what technology will they be able to glean from what they did capture.
Communications

Submission + - Mexico's cartels build own national two-way radio (yahoo.com)

K7DAN writes: "The AP reports that Mexico's drug cartels have built their own sophisticated two-way radio communications system using computer controlled linked and local repeaters on mountain tops, walkie-talkies, mobile transceivers and and base stations. The the solar powered system covers vast areas of Mexico that are unserved by cellular phone network and has the advantage of being more difficult to trace."
Idle

Submission + - North Korea Threatens South Korea Over Christmas L (foxnews.com) 1

K7DAN writes: "North Korea warned South Korea on Sunday of "unexpected consequences" if Seoul displays Christmas lights near the tense border, and vowed to retaliate for what it called "psychological warfare."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/11/north-korea-threatens-south-korea-over-christmas-lights-near-border/?test=latestnews#ixzz1gGc7Wrui"

Submission + - Grassley Stands by Threat to Hold Up FCC Nominees (foxnews.com)

K7DAN writes: "Sen. Charles Grassley is standing by his threat to place a hold on two nominees to the Federal Communications Commission over concerns about a controversial new wireless network the agency has allowed to move forward.
The Iowa Republican this week accused the FCC of refusing to comply with his requests for information on its discussions with Virginia company LightSquared regarding its next-generation national wireless network.
Some fear the network would hinder the effectiveness of high-precision GPS systems — used by the military, farmers and others. Grassley also raised questions about the involvement of Harbinger, the hedge fund behind the project and founded by Democratic donor Philip Falcone.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/03/grassley-stands-by-threat-to-hold-up-fcc-nominees-over-wireless-network/?test=latestnews#ixzz1fbUYpuJi"

AI

Submission + - News-scanning software can predict revolutions (singularityhub.com)

bLanark writes: A fascinating article from the ever-interesting Singularity Hub site. Their story describes software which, when fed news, makes predictions about forthcoming events. When fed news on recent events, it spiked before the Egyptian and Libyan uprisings.

It uses sources including the News Bank which is a database of global news.

Comment Biased, left-wing groups with a flawed survey... (Score 1) 1352

This survey is flawed and the sponsors are biased. Did anyone take note that most of the sponsors are radically liberal groups, like the Tides Foundation supported by George Soros? Flaws include: 1. SMALL SAMPLE SIZE: Only 616 people. 1100-1200 respondents for 300 million population of the US is required a much more accurate result statistically. How do we know if a truly random sample of the population was achieved? Without a truly random sample the whole survey is fatally flawed. 2. WORDING OF QUESTIONS: How you word questions in any survey affects the resulting answers. I found the framing of several questions to be suspect. 3. ASSUMPTIONS/PRESUPPOSITIONS OF SURVEYORS: It was clear to me after reading through the survey that the sponsors were looking for a particular result, and they (in their minds) found what they were looking for. They did not begin with open minds on the topic. Read through their introduction and even the title of the survey. You will see what I mean. If Gallup or Rasmussen (two unbiased organizations of undisputed integrity) conducted this survey I suspect the results would be quite different. As-is, this survey is just rubblish. DV DV

Comment Re:Nevada (Score 1) 439

Why did this project start us out in the mountains of California instead of Nevada? Why are some people bothering to look in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada when he was scouting for a spot for a land speed record...in other words, a dry lake bed, of which there are hundreds in Western Nevada?

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