rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
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Re: Outstanding
said by amigo_boy  :said by W1RFI :I am honor bound to point out that 902-928 MHz is an Amateur Band, ... do you think that Amateur users could use that band for all that relaying that Amigo_boy thinks should be done so that BPL can make strong radio noise in the ham bands? Ed, now you're being intentionally provocative. I've suggested more than once that 2 meter or 70 cm can be used. And, in the event of a disaster, 33 cm wouldn't be affected by local power meters that are out of service. It would also not be affected by propagation (common argument against BPL interference of HF, lower frequencies). Why do you need BPL? Can't you just use dial up? Dial up is even better than BPL because phone lines are everywhere (you can take cell phones everywhere now). And why do people need the Internet anyway if they can buy p0rn at a bookstore? Magazines are unaffected by power outages and they can withstand coffee spills better than a laptop. |
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amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
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| said by rf_engineer :And why do people need the Internet anyway if ... False analogy. Various access methods to the Internet are commercial. Not public gifts like hobby radio. Hobby radio is akin to a public park (who's users complain that it must be used exactly a certain way, err... until they themselves become pragmatic and ... oh well.).
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| said by amigo_boy :said by rf_engineer :And why do people need the Internet anyway if ... False analogy. Various access methods to the Internet are commercial. Not public gifts like hobby radio. Hobby radio is akin to a public park (who's users complain that it must be used exactly a certain way, err... until they themselves become pragmatic and ... oh well.). But what's so important about your access to the Internet? It's really just a hobby for you. You like to post in forums and I'm guessing you probably do some web surfing, IM ur BFFs, and listen to some tunes. That sounds like a hobby to me and not critical to our national infrastructure. The Internet is like a park with free gifts and the majority of what goes on really isn't that important. You can call your friends on the phone rather than IMing them. You can watch TV instead of web surfing. You can turn on the radio to listen to music. You Internet extremist people need to get a grip and realize you don't need the Internet to live and look at some of the alternatives.
(I'm kinda getting the hang of your way of thinking!! This is great! Everything is so much clearer, and now I have simple, wrong answers to everything! If I just keep giving the same wrong answers again and again, they'll become right answers once everyone gets frustrated and gives up talking to me!  ) |
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amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
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| said by rf_engineer :But what's so important about your access to the Internet? It's really just a hobby for you. A hobby I (and *billions*) pay for. Not a grant of *public* airwaves to a tiny minority who insist it must be used as [fill in the blank], but then [fill in the blank] and then... "but we're not being inconsistent. There is purity in pragmatism.".
Mark |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| said by amigo_boy :said by rf_engineer :But what's so important about your access to the Internet? It's really just a hobby for you. A hobby I (and *billions*) pay for. Not a grant of *public* airwaves to a tiny minority who insist it must be used as [fill in the blank], but then [fill in the blank] and then... "but we're not being inconsistent. There is purity in pragmatism.". But you can use cable, DSL and fiber, all of which are faster, bigger, and better than BPL and better for your hobby that you pay to do for fun. Your hobby isn't more important than the other non-amateur users of the spectrum like the government and military, the ones that use the majority of the spectrum that BPL interferes with. And it would be more pragmatic to not pay for an Internet hobby and just watch TV instead. And it's not billions, I think there are 30 million DSL, 30 million cable, and about 5,000 BPL users, so it's actually much less than billions (in the US) and is dwindling.
Have I mentioned you can get p0rn in places other than the Internet? |
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