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BurnShrike		2011-12-02 10:57:25 AM

Nice headline, Subby!

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DjangoStonereaver		2011-12-02 11:30:46 AM

I hope they're using WPA.

some.old.lady.		2011-12-02 01:06:39 PM

fta:
The agency approved the use of MMNs (medical micropower networks) in four blocks of the 400MHz spectrum band despite opposition from broadcast engineers who say they are concerned about interference. One of the frequency blocks is used by trucks that send live media reports back to TV and radio stations.

Am I reading this right?: Are businesses objecting to micro medical networks being on these frequencies because their *truckers'* radios might experience some static?

Am I way off?, and if so, can someone enlighten me?

Pichu0102		2011-12-02 02:43:21 PM

I call the cloak augmentation!

markie_farkie		2011-12-02 02:44:11 PM

.........LOOK OUT I NEED TO REBOOT MY ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER!!!!

Tillmaster		2011-12-02 02:45:26 PM

some.old.lady.: fta:
The agency approved the use of MMNs (medical micropower networks) in four blocks of the 400MHz spectrum band despite opposition from broadcast engineers who say they are concerned about interference. One of the frequency blocks is used by trucks that send live media reports back to TV and radio stations.

Am I reading this right?: Are businesses objecting to micro medical networks being on these frequencies because their *truckers'* radios might experience some static?

Am I way off?, and if so, can someone enlighten me?

The other way round. Imagine you've got one of these implants, and a truck next to you turns on his transmitter. It's possible that hilarity might ensue.

RyansPrivates		2011-12-02 02:48:48 PM

BurnShrike: Nice headline, Subby!

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Loopback adapter?

Warlordtrooper		2011-12-02 02:50:34 PM

BurnShrike: Nice headline, Subby!

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I laughed

Kumana Wanalaia		2011-12-02 02:51:43 PM

How will this affect my tinfoil hat?

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired		2011-12-02 02:55:06 PM

So, this is where the assimilation begins?

Modguy		2011-12-02 03:16:18 PM

Tillmaster: some.old.lady.: fta:
The agency approved the use of MMNs (medical micropower networks) in four blocks of the 400MHz spectrum band despite opposition from broadcast engineers who say they are concerned about interference. One of the frequency blocks is used by trucks that send live media reports back to TV and radio stations.

Am I reading this right?: Are businesses objecting to micro medical networks being on these frequencies because their *truckers'* radios might experience some static?

Am I way off?, and if so, can someone enlighten me?

The other way round. Imagine you've got one of these implants, and a truck next to you turns on his transmitter. It's possible that hilarity might ensue.

I feel it necessary to point out it will be Hilarity in the Dwarf Fortress sense of the word. for reference. And "fun" in a graphical format

Thelyphthoric		2011-12-02 03:18:02 PM

Tillmaster: some.old.lady.: fta:
The agency approved the use of MMNs (medical micropower networks) in four blocks of the 400MHz spectrum band despite opposition from broadcast engineers who say they are concerned about interference. One of the frequency blocks is used by trucks that send live media reports back to TV and radio stations.

Am I reading this right?: Are businesses objecting to micro medical networks being on these frequencies because their *truckers'* radios might experience some static?

Am I way off?, and if so, can someone enlighten me?

The other way round. Imagine you've got one of these implants, and a truck next to you turns on his transmitter. It's possible that hilarity might ensue.

Eddie:" Every time Catherine revved up the microwave, I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour or so."

patrick767		2011-12-02 03:30:07 PM

It's a small step from this point to the rise of cyborg super soldiers controlled by a nefarious villain dreaming of world domination. A small farking step.

Cybernetic		2011-12-02 03:32:21 PM

If you don't know your I pee address, how are you going to flush your cache?

Silverstaff		2011-12-02 03:40:06 PM

markie_farkie: .........LOOK OUT I NEED TO REBOOT MY ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER!!!!

Could be worse, somebody could remotely hack your artificial sphincter and give you a really crappy day.

clyph		2011-12-02 03:45:08 PM

Give something a network connection - especially a wireless one - and it is going to get hacked. Putting something that can be hacked remotely INSIDE YOUR FREAKING BODY is asinine.

markie_farkie		2011-12-02 03:48:53 PM

Silverstaff: remotely hack your artificial sphincter

This (new window) would be an amusing hack!!

Hobodeluxe		2011-12-02 03:49:41 PM

markie_farkie: .........LOOK OUT I NEED TO REBOOT MY ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER!!!!

I just spewed coffee all over the place reading that. good one

Fubini		2011-12-02 03:49:44 PM

clyph: Give something a network connection - especially a wireless one - and it is going to get hacked. Putting something that can be hacked remotely INSIDE YOUR FREAKING BODY is asinine.

The first steps with this technology is going to be medical monitoring applications. Once they work out the kinks then they're going to move onto more active control systems. One of those kinks will how to do these systems safely and securely.

ICU812		2011-12-02 04:02:08 PM

Silverstaff: markie_farkie: .........LOOK OUT I NEED TO REBOOT MY ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER!!!!

Could be worse, somebody could remotely hack your artificial sphincter and give you a really crappy day.

or make your whole week!

Thelyphthoric		2011-12-02 04:20:44 PM

It's freaky enough when the pacer nurse shuts off my heart for a sec just to check it with the very low range wireless control, I don't need script-kiddies farting around with it.

Man On Pink Corner		2011-12-02 04:47:05 PM

It's well past time to begin a mandatory drug-testing program at the FCC. Out of all the frequencies they could have used for this narrowband application, they decided it would share the 440 MHz ham radio band... an area of the spectrum that's already shared with other users including military radars.

The manufacturers who were looking to get into the business of designing and selling these devices would be crazy to open themselves up to that kind of liability. They really should be pounding on the FCC's desk and complaining to Congress.

ProfessorOhki		2011-12-02 04:54:52 PM

Will people who have these devices implanted need FCC labels.

Thelyphthoric: It's freaky enough when the pacer nurse shuts off my heart for a sec just to check it with the very low range wireless control, I don't need script-kiddies farting around with it.

I'm waiting for the first guy who dies while trying to overclock himself.

Thelyphthoric		2011-12-02 05:13:06 PM

ProfessorOhki: Will people who have these devices implanted need FCC labels.

Thelyphthoric: It's freaky enough when the pacer nurse shuts off my heart for a sec just to check it with the very low range wireless control, I don't need script-kiddies farting around with it.

I'm waiting for the first guy who dies while trying to overclock himself.

Autoeroticpacerhackxation?

scalpod		2011-12-02 05:38:16 PM

The SubGenius have used pee-mail for millenia.

clyph		2011-12-02 06:20:36 PM

Fubini: One of those kinks will how to do these systems safely and securely.

I won't be holding my breath.

There's no such thing as a secure wireless network - there's only less insecure.

edmo		2011-12-02 06:34:13 PM

Hacked humans will be turned into a zombie army! arrgghh

ArmyWarVet		2011-12-02 08:41:01 PM

So, rebuilding a TCP/IP stack will be refered to as the, "John Wayne Bobbit Proceedure?"

/got nuthin'

Jon iz teh kewl		2011-12-02 09:13:27 PM

C++

/ GOT NOTHIN

dbrunker		2011-12-03 05:34:41 AM

Man On Pink Corner: It's well past time to begin a mandatory drug-testing program at the FCC. Out of all the frequencies they could have used for this narrowband application, they decided it would share the 440 MHz ham radio band... an area of the spectrum that's already shared with other users including military radars.

The manufacturers who were looking to get into the business of designing and selling these devices would be crazy to open themselves up to that kind of liability. They really should be pounding on the FCC's desk and complaining to Congress.

Agreed, hams are NOT happy about this and with good reason. That's the most popular frequency range at the moment for hand-held and mobile radios.
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