Lazer beamed ethernet

**Ferrit** · January 16th, 2008, 10:21 PM

http://www.whirlwindusa.com/ebeam.html
Looks very cool not too sure how much but I may know in a day or 2.
1 thing though it cannot be mounted on a shark.

**houseisland** · January 16th, 2008, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

1 thing though it cannot be mounted on a shark.

Have you tried it with mutated sea bass?

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**NooNoo** · January 17th, 2008, 08:24 AM

And when a bird flies through the beam?

**CeeBee** · January 17th, 2008, 09:06 AM

I've seen these in action some 12-13 years ago, only they were beaming at about 1km (0.6 miles).

Originally Posted by NooNoo

And when a bird flies through the beam?

Isn't TCP/IP supposed to retry any failed packets???

**NooNoo** · January 17th, 2008, 09:10 AM

Yah, so what about the birds? Or do you just put a barbie underneath?

**Guts3d** · January 17th, 2008, 10:03 AM

How about stormy weather with big waves? Torrential rain? Snow? Big boats?

**CeeBee** · January 17th, 2008, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Yah, so what about the birds? Or do you just put a barbie underneath?

What about the birds? they are not helicopters to stay in the beam... The system that I saw was mounted on a raised structure on the top of a building with 12 floors.

**Ferrit** · January 17th, 2008, 04:04 PM

If 2 1/2's of a bird fall in the forest does anyone hear?

**houseisland** · January 17th, 2008, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

If 2 1/2's of a bird fall in the forest does anyone hear?

You live in BC, the land that spawned Greenpeace! You live on Vancouver Island, the birth place of Patrick Moore, the last refuge of eco-hippies, those who wear Cowichan sweaters and Birkenstocks, who use organic peanut butter as hair gel, and who play Scarborough Fair on flutes on street corners! And you think no one will notice when you slice that spotted owl in half with your ethernet light sabre? "Hah!" I say, "Hah!"

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**NooNoo** · January 18th, 2008, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by CeeBee

What about the birds? they are not helicopters to stay in the beam... The system that I saw was mounted on a raised structure on the top of a building with 12 floors.

But at a kilometre apart, it is entirely possible the bird will fly a distance in the beam, cooking gently as it goes

Seriously, there was a college here who put a wireless point to point across two buildings... the signal was forever dropping out and it was determined that the birds stayed in the path of the beam long enough to ensure that the network dropped completely.

**CeeBee** · January 18th, 2008, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

But at a kilometre apart, it is entirely possible the bird will fly a distance in the beam, cooking gently as it goes

Seriously, there was a college here who put a wireless point to point across two buildings... the signal was forever dropping out and it was determined that the birds stayed in the path of the beam long enough to ensure that the network dropped completely.

There can be no cooking as the power is very small (a keychain laser has <5mW and can beam as far as 1 mile despite a cheap optical system)
The system that I saw was being used by a bank... I highly doubt it was unreliable.

**NooNoo** · January 20th, 2008, 08:51 AM

awww come on, this could be the next way for itchy to get scratchy...

**Ferrit** · January 20th, 2008, 12:05 PM

[QUOTE=houseisland]You live in BC, the land that spawned Greenpeace! You live on Vancouver Island, the birth place of Patrick Moore, the last refuge of eco-hippies, those who wear Cowichan sweaters and Birkenstocks, who use organic peanut butter as hair gel, and who play Scarborough Fair on flutes on street corners! And you think no one will notice when you slice that spotted owl in half with your ethernet light sabre? "Hah!" I say, "Hah!"

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Well shhhhhhhhhh he was getting in the way of my silence.
The very silence we got from shutting down all those sawmills.
Oh and having a snack in your hair isn't something to be ashamed of.
Especially when its organic.

**houseisland** · January 21st, 2008, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

The very silence we got from shutting down all those sawmills.

Well... yah still got the chainsaws.

When is free trade not free trade?

Could it be when one country blocks the export of finished lumber saying the logging practices are unfairly subsidized but eagerly accepts the export of raw logs which provides jobs?