{"id":643,"date":"2007-09-10T15:58:27","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T14:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=643"},"modified":"2007-09-09T15:59:46","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T14:59:46","slug":"those-radio-waves-are-flooding-my-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/10\/those-radio-waves-are-flooding-my-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Those radio waves are flooding my brain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/326820913\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/136\/326820913_ac438a1ed2_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"You must protect yourself from those evil marketing rays\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBack in Morris, it was pretty rare to run across another wireless network at the house.  Every now and then you&#8217;d catch the edge of what was probably a base station somewhere else in the neighborhood, but usually we were the only visible network.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a wee bit different here in Colchester.  Sitting here in the apartment I can see almost 15 different networks, and I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if there are quite a few other &#8220;invisible&#8221; networks in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously designing tools to handle increasingly dense network environments is going to be a good career path for some time to come, as the sort of density we&#8217;re seeing here is going to more and more the norm.  Coming up with innovative solutions to these challenges is also going to be the kind of thing that&#8217;s going to require some substantial computer <em>science<\/em> (and\/or appropriate engineering) background (vs. web programming or a two year tech degree).<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in Morris, it was pretty rare to run across another wireless network at the house. Every now and then you&#8217;d catch the edge of what was probably a base station somewhere else in the neighborhood, but usually we were the only visible network. It&#8217;s just a wee bit different here in Colchester. Sitting here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/10\/those-radio-waves-are-flooding-my-brain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Those radio waves are flooding my brain!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,1,27,19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-an","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":528,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/09\/google-to-rule-the-world-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":643,"position":0},"title":"Google to rule the world soon?","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"9 Apr 07","format":false,"excerpt":"In a recent-ish column John Naughton argues that \"Google wants world domination\", and discusses how some of their recent business actions can be seen as an attempt to build and control a large, and perhaps controlling, share of tomorrow's internet infrastructure. 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