tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post116942318164286210..comments2024-03-27T23:12:08.917-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Designed To Let Us Down... our deliberately frail cell phone systemDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4810251657200848122021-11-08T19:37:19.666-08:002021-11-08T19:37:19.666-08:00For something inbuilt into current smartphones, yo...For something inbuilt into current smartphones, you would want something like Qualcomm's LTE-Direct perhaps?<br /><br />https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/creating-digital-6th-sense-lte-direct<br /><br />There was a an effort at low power mesh relays, called DuckLinks, using literal rubber duckies stuffed with relays...<br /><br />https://www.project-owl.com/<br /><br />There's the whole 5G enterprise private deployment thing (which is basically formalizing the private hidden cellphone networks that drug cartels in latin america were doing), which could be implemented with a GNUradio setup running your own basestation in unlicensed spectrum.<br /><br />https://www.mfa-tech.org/<br /><br /><br />Or someone could formalize the ARMACHAT/Meshtastic ecosystem some more...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-85305417302220445372016-06-18T03:58:50.819-07:002016-06-18T03:58:50.819-07:00I will prefer this blog because it has much more i...I will prefer this blog because it has much more informative stuff.<a href="http://pugsvouchercode.soup.io/" rel="nofollow">technology voucher codes</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203162836976020375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-87203171657489288042016-06-18T03:58:02.055-07:002016-06-18T03:58:02.055-07:00Remarkable blog! 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I'm just remotely competent to respond, having worked for Intel, not the only hardware company on my resume, while my brother worked Verizon. And just off the cuff, this idea of peer-to-peer, would mean that it'd mean your cell phone's battery would run down within a matter of hours as it relayed other people's conversations around. But, perhaps you offer that there is generally no traffic to forward. However, the phone will will have to keep exchanging routing information with its neighours, in order to be *able* to forward traffic. This will suck the battery dry in a matter of hours. Now, before you set to work, trying to answer this 'battery life' issue, you might also consider that intermediate phones would be able to tap, reroute, or prevent any messages that you are contemplating. So this is a security issue (and those intermediate phones will meter your transmissions, too). Suppose that you dismiss that as a mere 'downside'. Then also, wireless links would have stupendous packet loss, which I think you stipulate, suggesting link layer retransmissions, which adds another quality issue, disastrous cumulative delay. And, if you've got no neighbors, you've got no calls. Imagine a car driving after a few hours, perhaps. Relays don't have to be in phones, to be an idea. Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915977609430813824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-45841368008719134582009-02-04T23:35:00.000-08:002009-02-04T23:35:00.000-08:00What about dual mode cell phones that have an emer...What about dual mode cell phones that have an emergency switch on them to a satellite network to avoid cell tower and landline network congestion?Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227422491062022037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-71579603447081095342008-04-30T16:01:00.001-07:002008-04-30T16:01:00.001-07:00Oh, and the first news story at ARRL.ORG today?Yes...Oh, and the first news story at ARRL.ORG today?<BR/><BR/>Yes, the Federal Government really _does_ work actively to screw up ham radio use. <BR/><BR/> There are three or four broadband- over- powerline systems that don't interfere with ham bands. There's one that egregiously screws up ham radio. <BR/><BR/>That's the one the FCC has been most eager to approve. Yep, the one that interferes with ham radio.<BR/><BR/>Go figure. <BR/><BR/>"Court Finds FCC Violated Administrative Procedure Act in BPL Decision (Apr 25, 2008) -- The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today released its decision on the ARRL's Petition for Review of the FCC's Orders adopting rules governing broadband over power line (BPL) systems. The Court agreed with the ARRL on two major points and remanded the rules to the Commission. ..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-66258928813665809032008-04-30T16:01:00.000-07:002008-04-30T16:01:00.000-07:00Oh, and the first news story at ARRL.ORG today?Yes...Oh, and the first news story at ARRL.ORG today?<BR/><BR/>Yes, the Federal Government really _does_ work actively to screw up ham radio use. <BR/><BR/> There are three or four broadband- over- powerline systems that don't interfere with ham bands. There's one that egregiously screws up ham radio. <BR/><BR/>That's the one the FCC has been most eager to approve. Yep, the one that interferes with ham radio.<BR/><BR/>Go figure. <BR/><BR/>"Court Finds FCC Violated Administrative Procedure Act in BPL Decision (Apr 25, 2008) -- The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today released its decision on the ARRL's Petition for Review of the FCC's Orders adopting rules governing broadband over power line (BPL) systems. The Court agreed with the ARRL on two major points and remanded the rules to the Commission. ..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-53414416601338676262008-04-30T15:57:00.000-07:002008-04-30T15:57:00.000-07:00> the sophisticated little > tranceiver radio ...F...> the sophisticated little <BR/>> tranceiver radio ...<BR/><BR/>Folks, while waiting for the future, you all can easily become licensed ham radio operators. Have a radio in your pocket that will work now, _and_ work for change.<BR/><BR/>http://www.arrl.org/<BR/><BR/>No Morse requirement any more. <BR/><BR/>There's an emergency ham operators group near you. <BR/><BR/>They check in with each other on several bands frequently. They probably will show up at your local fire station to get emergency communications going when the power goes out. <BR/><BR/>Don't just plead for technology to get better.<BR/>Get good at what we have now and then demand improvement from experience.<BR/><BR/>You can do this with a couple of hours' study of the question pool, available online, and an hour or so to take the exam. ARRL will have all you need to begin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-31304437808427311582007-08-03T12:29:00.000-07:002007-08-03T12:29:00.000-07:00Hi David, long time.Love your P2P idea, I'll bring...Hi David, long time.<BR/>Love your P2P idea, I'll bring it up next time I'm at m]Motorola. Someone posted the best answer to get your idea rolling- write about it in fiction. The list of things RAH developed in his stories is startling. A good story using your peer to peer concept is a great idea, or a movie. Disaster flicks do seem to be in vogue now! <BR/>Hope All is well,<BR/>Caterina PrydeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-22968948288982380932007-03-16T07:05:00.000-07:002007-03-16T07:05:00.000-07:00Slashdot has a pointer to one attempt to address t...Slashdot has a pointer to one attempt to address the fragile cell-phone system -- http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/03/16/1237201.shtml -- "A portable box, called the Tactical Base Station Router, can serve as a gateway for cellular communications and VoIP network calls. Developed by Alcatel-Lucent, it allows deployment of reliable services in disasters, search and rescue operations, and (as has seen use in recent years) military encounters. 'The TacBSR is available for U.S. government customers only' ..."<BR/>Which is very interesting in itself. No bottom-up outside-government-control systems here, by golly.Prester Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424346224025247217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1170367567357284022007-02-01T14:06:00.000-08:002007-02-01T14:06:00.000-08:00Just for reference since this entry is the source ...Just for reference since this entry is the source of the article, I've reposted the main article (with permission as given above) <A HREF="http://issuepedia.org/Designed_to_Let_Us_Down_%28by_David_Brin%29" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Dr.B -- let me know if anything isn't right. Still planning to re-post more articles as time permits.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169720886227258982007-01-25T02:28:00.000-08:002007-01-25T02:28:00.000-08:00David, the left in Europe is healthier and more di...David,<BR/> the left in Europe is healthier and more diverse than you give it credit for. It is however, much more pacifist than you seem to realise. This tends to make it of course knee-jerk anti-zionist and anti-american, more so than it should be. But don't take it personally. They can still be reasoned with. Remember Joschka Fischer and how he acted when in power.reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594313655855683716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169683588407745122007-01-24T16:06:00.000-08:002007-01-24T16:06:00.000-08:00DavidBecause I respect your opinion, I shall pause...David<BR/>Because I respect your opinion, I shall pause and reflect and go a-googling for more information.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I am being knee-jerk... or perhaps it's because I've never seen any liberal/leftist defend Saddam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169681539058708522007-01-24T15:32:00.000-08:002007-01-24T15:32:00.000-08:00Hwker, you are a decent & wise fellow. But I thin...Hwker, you are a decent & wise fellow. But I think you are being unfair to Nick Cohen. His article was an appraisal of the sorry state of the left in Europe, and their countless spasmodic idiocies.<BR/><BR/>It was no defense of George W. Bush. Indeed, the author seems to be struggling to make the same liberal vs leftist distinction that comes easily to many Americans. Recall when he said "American democrats can go and fight Saddam, then return home to fight republicans."<BR/><BR/>Let us be clear. I utterly despise the neocons for "correcting" the betrayal of 1991 in such a grotesque way, lying and meddling and creating the stupidest war plan in 200 years, pissing in the faces of all our allies, frittering our world goodwill, tossing away our budget, creating 100x as many casualities - on both sides - as were ever necessary, and so on...<BR/><BR/>Still, I do not apologize for correcting that betrayal. The horror of Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton is not that they went along this path part of the way with Bush. The horror is that they did not stand up ans say: "You have no credibility to lead us in this manner. You are incompetents - at best - and we demand our right to follow better men than you, when America does go into battle."David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169677934741371602007-01-24T14:32:00.000-08:002007-01-24T14:32:00.000-08:00DavidRe-read the 'wonderful' article. It still re...David<BR/>Re-read the 'wonderful' article. It still reads like a neocon apolegetic. I didn't oppose the war because I'm anti-Bush or pro-Saddam, I opposed it because it was a waste of time, resources, and blood... something you once said about the difference between 'elective surgery and life saving surgery' I believe? Taking Saddam out of power was something that Needed To Be Done (Someday), but should have waited until we had nothing better to do with our military. Now our troops are tied up in Iraq, when they could be finishing the job in Afghanistan, or helping out in Somalia, or dealing with natural disasters, or preparing/preventing the next big terror attack.<BR/><BR/>Memory is a funny thing. I'm remembering a conversation I had with a fellow sailor in January of 2003. I was sure that Saddam had no WMD, he was sure that Saddam had them... and he said "When Saddam gasses our troops, I'm going to find you and laugh in your face." My response? "If Saddam gasses our troops, I'm going to cry for our dead troops."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169668652841540702007-01-24T11:57:00.000-08:002007-01-24T11:57:00.000-08:00TB:The answer to the question "Why did Liberals su...TB:<BR/>The answer to the question "Why did Liberals support Saddam?" is "They didn't. Why do NeoCons lie about who Liberals support?"<BR/><BR/>Taking Saddam out of power was a good thing. How we went about it was wrong. We had more important things to do with our treasure, soldier's blood, and time. To point this out isn't liberal (unless Pat Bucanan is a liberal now).<BR/><BR/>My "Knee jerk reaction" to the phrase "Why did liberals do (blank)" is to find out what liberals actually DID. Since in this particular case, I already knew what they had done, I just called up a little of the hypocracy of the right with thier claim of "Why did Liberals support Saddam".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169660567000789632007-01-24T09:42:00.000-08:002007-01-24T09:42:00.000-08:00Reason: certainly the article is more nuanced tha...Reason: certainly the article is more nuanced than my few lines of summary - but I think I accurately stated the author's core message. He's a liberal/leftist who thinks far too many liberals are simply wrong regarding Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Hawker - Note that I said the article was "thought-provoking" - not "on target". <BR/><BR/>As it happens, I don't agree with the author's conclusion that we need to keep messing around in Iraq, nor that the invasion was justified. <BR/><BR/>Knee-jerk opposition of the Right, as you displayed, is my own answer to the question the article's author raised - allowing the neo-con Right to set the agenda for the Left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169660249788262462007-01-24T09:37:00.000-08:002007-01-24T09:37:00.000-08:00David and RobI'd be willing to NDA to discuss, add...David and Rob<BR/>I'd be willing to NDA to discuss, add me to any list.<BR/><BR/>kulervo@yahoo.comPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259273882196636930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169647740364847632007-01-24T06:09:00.000-08:002007-01-24T06:09:00.000-08:00Twinbeam...I don't know, why did those liberals li...Twinbeam...<BR/>I don't know, why did those liberals like Ronald Reagan, Donald Rumsfeld, and Dick Cheney support Saddam?<BR/>http://www.awolbush.com/rumsfeld_saddam.jpg<BR/>Picture of the liberal Donald Rumsfeld meeting Saddam at the bequest of liberal Ronald Reagan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169646639354079122007-01-24T05:50:00.000-08:002007-01-24T05:50:00.000-08:00Of course the applies doubly when the end result i...Of course the applies doubly when the end result is uncertain.reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594313655855683716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1169646516223165642007-01-24T05:48:00.000-08:002007-01-24T05:48:00.000-08:00Twinbeam: as you say, where does wifi fit into thi...Twinbeam: as you say, where does wifi fit into this?<BR/><BR/>David, most people find it really, really hard to grasp an abstract concept. They need a concrete example before the light dawns. Even then, they may not be able to step back and apply that example more generally (it seems, from my observations, to be a big difference between people with scientific and engineering backgrounds. Oh the joys of applying concrete examples to concrete skulls! But, enough of my teaching methods...)<BR/><BR/>I must confess I've been scratching my head over what you've actually patented. With 'attention allocation', though, you seem to be finding words that convey the idea. Is it to do with our senses (vision in particular) focussing on only one or two things at any given time, and presenting the information of the 'holocene chat' session in a way that accomodates that focus?<BR/><BR/>That is, of course, one big problem with online conversations: hearing, our traditional communication medium, is much more diffuse than sight.<BR/><BR/>What were those 'minor prior arts' you unearthed?Tony Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578160528746657971noreply@blogger.com