flynn23 wrote:
] ] Wireless technology is becoming more and more prevalent,
] ] and many people have experimented with transmitting wi-fi
] ] over large distances. The Guinness World Book of Records
] ] distance for a wi-fi link is 310 kilometers, and was set
] ] by the Swedish company Alvarion (full story here:
] ] http://www.newswireless.net/articles/030307-record.html).
] ] Amateurs have been making antennas out of everything from
] ] Pringles cans to Primestar dishes, and getting amazing
] ] results. Sound interesting? Read on!
]
] WOOHOO! Nice shootin Tex!

Seriously, these people are so wannabe and they don't even pretend to keep it real.

Decius wrote:
] flynn23 wrote:
] ] ] Wireless technology is becoming more and more prevalent,
] ] ] and many people have experimented with transmitting wi-fi
] ] ] over large distances. The Guinness World Book of Records
] ] ] distance for a wi-fi link is 310 kilometers, and was set
] ] ] by the Swedish company Alvarion (full story here:
] ] ] http://www.newswireless.net/articles/030307-record.html).
] ] ] Amateurs have been making antennas out of everything from
] ] ] Pringles cans to Primestar dishes, and getting amazing
] ] ] results. Sound interesting? Read on!
] ]
] ] WOOHOO! Nice shootin Tex!
]
] Seriously, these people are so wannabe and they don't even
] pretend to keep it real.

do I detect a little Con Envy?

flynn23 wrote:

]
] do I detect a little Con Envy?

No con envy. I was at defcon 1. I just basically think this is lame. Antenna design is a very important field. Someone with new ideas about it is NOT going to be showing them off at defcon. There are writing about them in an IEEE journal somewhere. This is a bunch of idiots going out into the desert to see who has got the biggest amplifier. It is a straight up dick length competition, to be won by the person who spent the most money on equipment. Its symptomatic of a stagnating scene. This is not the edge you are looking for.

Decius wrote:
] flynn23 wrote:
]
] ]
] ] do I detect a little Con Envy?
]
] No con envy. I was at defcon 1. I just basically think this is
] lame. Antenna design is a very important field. Someone with
] new ideas about it is NOT going to be showing them off at
] defcon. There are writing about them in an IEEE journal
] somewhere. This is a bunch of idiots going out into the desert
] to see who has got the biggest amplifier. It is a straight up
] dick length competition, to be won by the person who spent the
] most money on equipment. Its symptomatic of a stagnating
] scene. This is not the edge you are looking for.

what you say is true about the scene stagnating, but I think it's more funny that an 'old grissled veteren' such as yourself is already complaining about it. It comes and goes in a big circle. ;-)

The result of this competition may indeed be a 'dick length' measurement. But I still believe that home brew development yields interesting applications. Who knows what we'll see.