Comments on: hackaday lazy afternoons

By: doog

doog — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:07:06 +0000

Just a comment on the cell tower site, as a network engineer who works at a major wirless carrier I thought I’d check this out and compare it to our internal database/map tools… It turns out that site is missing a lot of towers, and that’s just from the carrier I work for. So I did some asking around internally, it turns out that carriers only have to report locations to the FCC because of FAA regulations, and as such the towers listed are only those above a certain height where they would need identification for aircraft. Any micro sites (like those on top of street lights or buildings) are not listed in the FCCs db, and this constitutes a large number of sites.

By: spam

spam — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:39:28 +0000

Where are you guys going to be located at DefCon. Are you going to have a table in the vendor area?

By: weirdguy0101

weirdguy0101 — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:31:35 +0000

I think the wi-fi light is just an extender.

By: carpespasm

carpespasm — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:37:18 +0000

the light bulb AP was cool, but they were pretty sketchy on the details of how they got the internet connection to the AP. i think they piped it in over the power line, but they didn’t mention how they did that. anyone care to elaborate on that part. cool hack though.

By: Kno One

Kno One — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:44:21 +0000

to do the manage add-ons trick, open ie go to toolsinternet options and on the “programs” tab click “manage add-ons” then scroll down to the WGA activeX add-on and disable it, ok everything closed and vwahlah(however you spell that) no more pirate copy checks. well at least for now till m$ takes a dif route to block the dl’s.

By: freakshow

freakshow — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:00:43 +0000

omg…that wifi from a ligtbulb socket if freaking genius! i dont think i would have ever thought of drawing energy from a lighbulb socket to power an AP. Props to Rob Flickenger!

By: carpespasm

carpespasm — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:33:40 +0000

micro$oft and the plan they have, already circumvented (never takes long for their security schemes), they’re not even requireing a detected pirated copy be purchased, they’re basically using it as a scare tactic ad. same as a magazine sending you subscription renewals disguised as strongly worded bills. no teeth.

By: ry

ry — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:06:06 +0000

that wi-fi light is a cool idea.
and ms copy protection fails again. figures. lol.

By: janitha karunaratne

janitha karunaratne — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:55:59 +0000

the move of microsoft was inevitable, some day it had to be done. i think this was quite a bad move in microsofts part, since now users with pirated copies of windows are forced to either buy windows (paying $) or switch to something else possibly a variety of linux. one more people start using linux they will get used to it, and the chance that they will stick to it also increases. they will also prefer to use linux at their workplaces where it might actually stop paying for windows now and using linux.

watch windows share drop, linux/mac share grow.

By: Sensesfail

Sensesfail — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:10:52 +0000

i heard there is a “manage add-ons” trick for ie that can get around the wga, but i cant find any info on it. anyone know anything about this??

By: Muhzark

Muhzark — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:40:47 +0000

you can pick up copies of windows at target for the same price as microsofts “discount”. i wish microsoft would just give up. the os sucks and so do they. get a better idea. to bad that will never happen thanx to contracts with dell and the uneducated majority.

By: drk421

drk421 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:11:29 +0000

this is why i can’t stand ups or fedex. they are pretty irresponsible. i’ve had the best luck with usps. at work we ship very expensive audio equipment usps, and we’ve only once had something get damaged, because the customer didn’t pack it correctly.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:42:15 +0000

see you at defcon. i get in at about 10:30 am on thurs too. :)

By: weirdguy0101

weirdguy0101 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:33:39 +0000

you guys messed up and forgot to out my name next to the wi-fi light.

By: gary

gary — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:04:35 +0000

windows problem… solved:

http://www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael/archive/2005/07/27/1026.aspx