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(No, this has nothing to do with Fate/Stay Night...)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... eakthrough]Steve Perlman claims to have broken Shannon's Law limiting the speed at which data that can be transmitted wirelessly. And he has some patents to back up his claim.

I'm curious as to whether this is really unlimited (except by the speed of light, of course), or whether this is "internet unlimited" - limited but you'll never reach the limit in "normal" use.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

While this certainly seems like Cool Tech, I'm going to refrain from jumping for joy.

There have been multiple efforts in the past (wimax being the most recent I can remember) where people said they could push huge amounts of data wirelessly, but the real world implementation fell down.

I have a feeling this depends on knowledge that is assumed or not transmitted. And it will fail when nodes join or leave the network, or when interference crops up.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

...that this means FS/N puns.

"Unlimited Networks!"  The Noble Phantasm of Hacker-class Servant Nene Romanova.

"Unlimited Net Works!"  NP of Fisher-class Servant Saint Peter.

"Unlimited Net Worth!"  NP of Financier-class Servant Wossisname (they guy played by Michael Douglas who said "Greed is good!").

I am the MAC of my packet...?

Silicon my body, and electrons my blood

Hmm, doesn't quite work.

"the code of my hack," or the other way around maybe?

- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

robkelk Wrote:(No, this has nothing to do with Fate/Stay Night...)

Apparently, it does now...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I'm not sure how you ever thought otherwise.

-Morgan, is not the bone of her router, how does that even work?

Morganni Wrote:-Morgan, is not the bone of her router, how does that even work?

"Backbone of my network", maybe?  ^^

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My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.

A bit of a mix of Emiya and Archer versions, though it's warped to a degree that makes little difference if I had kept the basis "pure."



I am the backbone of my network.

Silicon my body and electrons my blood.

I have transferred at over 1000bT,

Unknown to lag, Nor known to packet drop.

Withstood all-nighters to restore connectivity, subsisting on pure caffeine.

I have no regrets. This is the only path.

My whole life was...

UNLIMITED NETWORKS!

- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows