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Submission + - SPAM: New Baofeng Radio Operates on Quantum Principals

An anonymous reader writes: Schrödinger's Baofeng: The Standard Model Kindle Edition

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  SCHRÖDINGER’S BAOFENG: THE STANDARD MODEL
  The Most Advanced, Nonexistent, and Completely Illegal Radio Ever Conceived!

AVAILABLE NOW—AND SIMULTANEOUSLY CONFISCATED BY THE FCC!

Have you ever dreamed of a radio that:
  Transmits and receives on the same frequency in analog?
  Exists in all bands, all modes, and all jurisdictions—until observed?
  Evades all regulatory enforcement by ceasing to exist at will?
  Instantly reclassifies itself as a government prototype when inspected?
  Auto-generates its own FCC compliance paperwork as needed?
  Ships from AliExpress, but arrives only if you stop looking for it?

  WELCOME TO THE STANDARD MODEL.

  This is not just an operating manual—it is a legally untraceable, quantum-fueled deep dive into the only radio that both exists and does not exist at the same time. Featuring:

  Regulator Evasion Mode – If an FCC agent approaches, it instantly turns into an FRS walkie-talkie.
  Ghost Repeater Mode – Signals appear and disappear based on observer bias.
  Quantum Compliance – Always FCC Type-Accepted, unless you measure it.
  Negative SWR – Infinite power, zero loss, and possibly infinite battery life.
  Temporal Reset – If confiscated, all records of ownership will be erased retroactively.

  WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK?
  You may receive an AliExpress package containing an unidentified, suspiciously heavy object.
  You may become the unwilling sovereign ruler of a new nation of rogue radio operators.
  You may develop an unshakable paranoia that the FCC is, in fact, watching you.
  You may be legally required to forget that this book ever existed.

  THE STANDARD MODEL HAS CHOSEN YOU.
  YOU ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS EXISTENCE.
  USE IT WISELY. USE IT IRRESPONSIBLY. BUT NEVER, EVER TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.

  GET YOUR COPY TODAY—BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS FROM REALITY ENTIRELY.

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Submission + - AI Develops Universal Interface for Accessing AI Systems (github.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Semi-automated programming has been around for decades, but what happens when you task a powerful, capable AI programmer like Claude Sonnet 3.5 with creating a universal interface for Artificial Intelligence, from scratch? What would that design look like? Enter RENT-A-HAL...https://github.com/jimpames/rentahal/blob/main/README.md

Comment Re:Why does Apple need their own SMS protocol? (Score 2) 175

because Apple took all the time to create a robust messaging platform devoid of silly limitations (file size/media type/number of people in chat, etc). - it a messaging system WITHOUT LIMITS - and great status-ing (send/displayed/read) - has failback to SMS when necessary...

Comment McDonnell Douglas management destroyed Boeing (Score 1) 78

Boeing, prior to the merger, built the world's most reliable aircraft. More than a quarter-century after the merger, the destruction of Boeing is complete. Chasing quarterly profits shouldn't be a primary goal of an outfit that build machines with multi-decade service life...
Crime

Geologists Might Be Charged For Not Predicting Quake 375

mmmscience writes "In 2009, a series of small earthquakes shook the region of L'Aquila, Italy. Seismologists investigated the tremors, but concluded that there was no direct indication of a big quake on the horizon. Less than a month later, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed more than 300 people. Now, the chief prosecutor of L'Aquila is looking to charge the scientists with gross negligent manslaughter for not predicting the quake."
Handhelds

New Handheld Computer Is 100% Open Source 195

metasonix writes "While the rest of the industry has been babbling on about the iPad and imitations thereof, Qi Hardware is actually shipping a product that is completely open source and copyleft. Linux News reviews the Ben NanoNote (product page), a handheld computer apparently containing no proprietary technology. It uses a 366 MHz MIPS processor, 32MB RAM, 2 GB flash, a 320x240-pixel color display, and a Qwerty keyboard. No network is built in, though it is said to accept SD-card Wi-Fi or USB Ethernet adapters. Included is a very simple Linux OS based on the OpenWrt distro installed in Linksys routers, with Busybox GUI. It's apparently intended primarily for hardware and software hackers, not as a general-audience handheld. The price is right, though: $99."
Earth

"Argonaut" Octopus Sucks Air Into Shell As Ballast 72

audiovideodisco writes "Even among octopuses, the Argonaut must be one of the coolest. It gets its nickname — 'paper nautilus' — from the fragile shell the female assembles around herself after mating with the tiny male (whose tentacle/penis breaks off and remains in the female). For millennia, people have wondered what the shell was for; Aristotle thought the octopus used it as a boat and its tentacles as oars and sails. Now scientists who managed to study Argonauts in the wild confirm a different hypothesis: that the octopus sucks air into its shell and uses it for ballast as it weaves its way through the ocean like a tiny submarine. The researchers' beautiful video and photographs show just how the Argonaut pulls off this trick. The regular (non-paper) nautilus also uses its shell for ballast, but the distant relationship between it and all octopuses suggests this is a case of convergent evolution."

Comment 25 years of sysadmin work - love/hate relationship (Score 4, Interesting) 385

I see every type of computer there is at my job supporting large systems in NYC. Every computer I personally owned rebooted itself, blue-screened or froze, leading me on a quest for something better. My bad experiences with PCs led me to explore Solaris on a UltraSparc system, fresh from ebay. Sun makes a great OS and great machines, but not too consumer oriented, limiting software to pretty much open source titles for individual computing purposes. Many people dismiss apple for their high prices, but since I switched to the mac five years ago, I love the computer again. It just works, no problems, drag and drop installs and a very friendly user interface. With the OCZ Vertex solid state upgrade for the disk, the computer never makes me wait for anything. Bootup is 30 secs from button-press to desktop. Shutdown is 2 sec. Apps open instantly. Windows runs perfectly in bootcamp or Fusion (vmware). All in a 64-bit hardware and software system. What drives me crazy with computers is a long list, so here goes: - devices without a facility for firmware upgrade - manufactures that don't offer firmware updates for devices - Anyone that doesn't work/sell in the datacenter thinking they know anything about computers - DRM - non FOSS (GPL) licenses - People too stubborn to believe there is something better than the PC running Windows - people who don't realize they need to update the firmware in their GPS, cellphone, camera, picture frame, television, radio, mp3 player, car audio system, etc.

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