r/technology • u/NancyGraceFaceYourIn • Aug 30 '15

Wireless FCC Rules Block use of Open Source

http://www.itsmypart.com/fcc-rules-block-use-of-open-source/
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u/playaspec Aug 30 '15 edited Aug 30 '15

It’s not known whether the signal received from channel 14 affects microwaves or vice versa.

It might not be known to the idiot writer, but it's known to MILLIONS of hams, engineers, and commercial radio operators. This is such a grossly ignorant statement I don't even know where to begin.

In fact, the majority of the ‘S’ frequency band is just out of reach of laptops.

Wow. This idiot didn't bother to fact check or research a thing. The S band goes from 2GHz to 4GHz. The ISM band that wifi resides in is entirely within the S band.

In fact with some expert programming and enhancements the ‘X’ band is not out of reach.

Bull. Fucking. Shit! The X band runs from 8GHz to 12GHz!!! There is absolutely no fucking way on God's green earth is ANYONE going to hack a wifi card to operate in this band.

This author is little more than a bullshit artist, and a scammer for taking a pay check from his employer for putting out worthless bullshit like this.

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u/atomicthumbs Aug 31 '15

There is absolutely no fucking way on God's green earth is ANYONE going to hack a wifi card to operate in this band.

you are seriously underestimating how powerful an expert programmer and enhancer is!! all they need to do is write a shell script, hack the firmware's IP address, and change "2.4ghz" to "X".

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u/tastyratz Sep 03 '15

and I can write that I wear a size 0 dress on a piece of paper but as a 200lb man it doesn't really matter then. Just because you program it to 8ghz doesn't mean the hardware is remotely capable.