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[Acidburn 10]

there are some spots that just have piles of gunk, i was scraping it up with a spoon

[Acidburn 10]

i think i last washed the van in january when i drove it back up here. i hate having to pay $5 or $10 in quarters to wash the damn thing myself when i could do it for free back home...sigh, when i get a place up here...

road salt + sand + trying to keep rims clean = teh suck. also gets in the antenna spring and does chit in there, so need to keep that cleaned out.

ya, family hoses are nice

my rims dont like to stay clean at all, i get mad brake dust or something

[JimJ 11]

trying to find a carwash to get into is also an interesting exercise...not all are high enough.

[JimJ 11]

my rims dont like to stay clean at all, i get mad brake dust or something

i get that on my front ones...a lot.

[Acidburn 10]

trying to find a carwash to get into is also an interesting exercise...not all are high enough.

lol ya, i bet you have some problems with that

[JimJ 11]

well, the big antenna will clear 13 foot bridges, and that comes off...but the two on the roof aren't removable - the dual band coil loaded one tops out at around seven feet.

[JimJ 11]

i'll probably be adding another antenna soon

[Acidburn 10]

seven feet above the ground, or seven feet above the roof?

[Acidburn 10]

i'll probably be adding another antenna soon

sweetness, for what?

[JimJ 11]

seven feet above the ground, or seven feet above the roof?

above the ground, the vhf/uhf dual band whip is only around three feet tall.

sweetness, for what?

a 2-meter band antenna (around 144mHz) for GPS position tracking and that sort of thing. basically takes the input from the GPS into a circuit that takes the NMEA data and spits it out into a format that the radio will recognize, and send that out over the air. As long as I'm within a hundred or so miles of the nearest internet gateway repeater, I can look on any internet-connected computer in the world and know exactly where that tracker is, down to a few feet.

[JimJ 11]

http://findu.com/

to give you an idea of what you can play around with.

[Acidburn 10]

thats really freaking badass

[JimJ 11]

basically what cell phone companies are doing, the theory is identical.

[Acidburn 10]

my dad has a really old GPS, like 10+ years, no idea if he's looking to get rid of it or if itd work for what you need

[Acidburn 10]

basically what cell phone companies are doing, the theory is identical.

i dont want cell phone companies to know where i am

[JimJ 11]

i dont want cell phone companies to know where i am

they do if you have a newer phone, unless you specifically turned it off. By federal law, if you call 911, they have to know where you are...because otherwise, paramedics respond to the cell tower's site instead of you.

no idea if he's looking to get rid of it or if itd work for what you need

nah, thanks man...i think i've found what i need. some of the newer Garmin units are hella cheap, and hella accurate.

[JimJ 11]

cell phones are teh suck, though...probably one of the most overrated technologies in existence.

[Acidburn 10]

i dont want cell phone companies to know where i am

they do if you have a newer phone, unless you specifically turned it off. By federal law, if you call 911, they have to know where you are...because otherwise, paramedics respond to the cell tower's site instead of you.

no idea if he's looking to get rid of it or if itd work for what you need

nah, thanks man...i think i've found what i need. some of the newer Garmin units are hella cheap, and hella accurate.

i thought 911 couldnt track you on cell phones... so they have developed that technology?

thats cool, my dad has a newer Garmin thats pretty badass

[Acidburn 10]

cell phones are teh suck, though...probably one of the most overrated technologies in existence.

they are both awesome and horrible at the same time

[JimJ 11]

i thought 911 couldnt track you on cell phones... so they have developed that technology?

my last two Sprint phones had that option...turned GPS off except for 911 tracking. I've never actually called a 911 dispatcher on them, so I can't tell you if they work or not.

Cell phones are great for everyday chatting, and the minor annoyance (flat tire, car problems, etc...). When the chit hits the fan, so do the cell networks. That's why I've got the radios in the truck. Those don't go down.

[Acidburn 10]

i thought 911 couldnt track you on cell phones... so they have developed that technology?

my last two Sprint phones had that option...turned GPS off except for 911 tracking. I've never actually called a 911 dispatcher on them, so I can't tell you if they work or not.

Cell phones are great for everyday chatting, and the minor annoyance (flat tire, car problems, etc...). When the chit hits the fan, so do the cell networks. That's why I've got the radios in the truck. Those don't go down.

i have no idea if my chitty Siemens phone has tracking or not, dont feel like calling 911 to find out

ya, when they work they are good

your radios are so bad ass man, you'd be set if we ever got fudgeed

[Acidburn 10]

holy crap Brande Roderick is smoking hot

[JimJ 11]

Yes...yes she is

oh, some more ranting. it really bugs me about how people think cell phones (or any wireless technology, for that matter; bluetooth, wifi, wan's) are safe or secure...let's face it, folks, if it's over the air, it can be compromised. More often than not, somebody's listening that's not on the other end.

Most scanners are pitifully easy to modify to pick up cellular traffic, maybe just a clipped wire or diode here and there...if the Paris Hilton/Fred Durst thing isn't enough to get that in their minds.

[JimJ 11]

and that isn't even mentioning landline carriers, although with the coming of fiber it isn't as easy as taking a lineman's handset and jacking into your nearest PBX box with a test tone generator...

be afraid, be very afraid...

[Acidburn 10]

snooping isnt difficult at all, i've seen diagrams all over the net of how to do lil chit that will fudge with people