| Re: MIT researchers fight gridlock with Linux [message #793683] |
Sat, 09 February 2008 20:17 |
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On Feb 3, 9:49 am, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:39:42 -0800 (PST), Larry G
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> <gross.la... [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), researchers are
> >testing a Linux-based automotive telematics system intended to reduce
> >traffic congestion. CarTel is a distributed, GPS-enabled mobile sensor
> >network that uses WiFi "opportunistically" to exploit brief windows of
> >coverage to update a central traffic analysis program.
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> Don't they know that's illegal?
Non-Californian legal citation required for that assertion. If you
set up an open network, you're advertising available access. It's not
like it's trying to crack WEP or WPA networks where people are
expressly kept out. I don't particularly trust Californians to
understand this distinction...
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