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    • Gators1G
      Gators1 @Jam
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      @Jam said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

      @Gators1

      This came as a shock to me:

      As of October 2025, there are approximately 8,475 Starlink satellites in orbit, with plans for up to 42,000 in the future. These satellites are part of SpaceX’s effort to provide global internet coverage.

      It stands to reason that there’d be a lot of them, but 8,500 headed to 42,000 was a surprise.

      Radio amateurs:

      https://hamradioprep.com/ham-radio-satellites/

      I remember the firs OSCAR which simply orbited the earth sending out HI in Morse code.

      … (another .) … (minus one .)

      Fucking forum only allows three of the same characters in a row, followed by either one “.” or “…” but not just two fucking dots!

      dit dit dit dit, dit dit

      Yeah, it’s all basically to increase the capacity available like with cellphones. Once they started doing broadband over cellphones, the existing towers got saturated and people were dropping connections. There was a mad dash to add more towers in places like NYC to support the traffic. The amount of spectrum you own limits the amount of bandwidth in a certain area, so to get more you build more towers closer together and turn down the power so you can serve more customers. Same deal in space, the more satellites you have, the more data you can push out of a particular area. Since SpaceX is covering large areas and doing broadband over satellite, they need a lot of them.

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      • JamJ
        Jam
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        There is a practical limit to the amount of traffic a single satellite may provide so It’s easy to see that thousands will be/are needed and this helps to the system less vulnerable to sudden destruction as well.

        Decentralization FTW!

        Here are specs on the AN/PRC 117(F):

        www.alldatasheet.com

        ANPRC-117F datasheet(1/2 Pages) HARRIS

        ANPRC-117F datasheet(1/2 Pages) HARRIS

        The Harris AN/PRC-117F(C) multiband, multimission, manpack radiois an advanced software-defined radio covering the entire 30 to 512MHz frequency spectrum, providing the warfighter with unsurpassedbattle-proven communications technology.The AN/PRC-117F(C) has embedded Communications Security(COMSEC)...

        The Chinese are making knock-offs which are available on Ebay and in other places.

        I would suppose encryption capabilities are not included.

        "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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        • Gators1G
          Gators1 @Tazz
          last edited by

          @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

          @Gators1 yeah,a few years ago i saw a guy in Galveston with a hand held antenna pointed out high over the Gulf and a heasdset. He way probably monitoring some drug trafficking conversation.

          Do they still use the prick (PRC) 117? I’ve seen those as portable units as well as installed in planes.

          I don’t think the military uses it, it’s pretty big. I watched this video talking about Operation Redwing where a bunch of Seals got killed in Afghanistan. They were using the military satcom network, but fucked up the radio settings. In the end they remembered they had an Iridium handset and used that to call for help, which they should have done in the first place.

          The REAL Operation Red Wings FAILURES You’ve Never Heard.

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          • Gators1G
            Gators1 @Tazz
            last edited by

            @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

            @Jam said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

            @Gators1

            This came as a shock to me:

            As of October 2025, there are approximately 8,475 Starlink satellites in orbit, with plans for up to 42,000 in the future. These satellites are part of SpaceX’s effort to provide global internet coverage.

            It stands to reason that there’d be a lot of them, but 8,500 headed to 42,000 was a surprise.

            Radio amateurs:

            https://hamradioprep.com/ham-radio-satellites/

            I remember the firs OSCAR which simply orbited the earth sending out HI in Morse code.

            … (another .) … (minus one .)

            Fucking forum only allows three of the same characters in a row, followed by either one “.” or “…” but not just two fucking dots!

            dit dit dit dit, dit dit

            And Starlink has some competition from Amazon.

            Amazon’s satellite communication initiative is Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of over 3,200 satellites designed to provide fast, low-latency internet service globally. The project uses advanced communications payloads, including optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) for high-speed data transfer between spacecraft, and has begun a series of launches to deploy its initial constellation. While the full service launch is pending the deployment of more satellites, Amazon is working to become a competitor to existing satellite internet providers like Starlink.

            Amazon is way behind though. They are still launching dildos full of tourists, not even their first orbital vehicles.

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            • TazzT
              Tazz @Gators1
              last edited by Tazz

              @Gators1 I was watching feed for the Starship 11 launch and they ejected eight mock satellites which were referred to as “Bricks” or steel plates One commentator said they were Amazon’s and the others LOL’d.

              GTFO

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              • JamJ
                Jam @Gators1
                last edited by

                @Gators1 said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                @Jam said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                @Gators1

                This came as a shock to me:

                As of October 2025, there are approximately 8,475 Starlink satellites in orbit, with plans for up to 42,000 in the future. These satellites are part of SpaceX’s effort to provide global internet coverage.

                It stands to reason that there’d be a lot of them, but 8,500 headed to 42,000 was a surprise.

                Radio amateurs:

                https://hamradioprep.com/ham-radio-satellites/

                I remember the firs OSCAR which simply orbited the earth sending out HI in Morse code.

                … (another .) … (minus one .)

                Fucking forum only allows three of the same characters in a row, followed by either one “.” or “…” but not just two fucking dots!

                dit dit dit dit, dit dit

                And Starlink has some competition from Amazon.

                Amazon’s satellite communication initiative is Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of over 3,200 satellites designed to provide fast, low-latency internet service globally. The project uses advanced communications payloads, including optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) for high-speed data transfer between spacecraft, and has begun a series of launches to deploy its initial constellation. While the full service launch is pending the deployment of more satellites, Amazon is working to become a competitor to existing satellite internet providers like Starlink.

                Amazon is way behind though. They are still launching dildos full of tourists, not even their first orbital vehicles.

                I can picture tourists filled with dildos but I am experiencing a failure of imagination picturing dildos filled with tourists.

                Can you provide a photograph for me?

                "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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                • TazzT
                  Tazz @Jam
                  last edited by

                  @Jam The Russian press is way ahead of Amazon

                  russian.gif

                  GTFO

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                    oyaji @Tazz
                    last edited by

                    @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                    @Jam The Russian press is way ahead of Amazon

                    russian.gif

                    lulz wut

                    © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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                    • JamJ
                      Jam
                      last edited by

                      I bet that, if you could turn up the sound, you’d hear the guy at the lectern is saying: “Don’t bend over! Don’t bend over!”

                      "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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                      • Gators1G
                        Gators1 @Jam
                        last edited by

                        @Jam said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                        @Gators1 said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                        @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                        @Jam said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                        @Gators1

                        This came as a shock to me:

                        As of October 2025, there are approximately 8,475 Starlink satellites in orbit, with plans for up to 42,000 in the future. These satellites are part of SpaceX’s effort to provide global internet coverage.

                        It stands to reason that there’d be a lot of them, but 8,500 headed to 42,000 was a surprise.

                        Radio amateurs:

                        https://hamradioprep.com/ham-radio-satellites/

                        I remember the firs OSCAR which simply orbited the earth sending out HI in Morse code.

                        … (another .) … (minus one .)

                        Fucking forum only allows three of the same characters in a row, followed by either one “.” or “…” but not just two fucking dots!

                        dit dit dit dit, dit dit

                        And Starlink has some competition from Amazon.

                        Amazon’s satellite communication initiative is Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of over 3,200 satellites designed to provide fast, low-latency internet service globally. The project uses advanced communications payloads, including optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) for high-speed data transfer between spacecraft, and has begun a series of launches to deploy its initial constellation. While the full service launch is pending the deployment of more satellites, Amazon is working to become a competitor to existing satellite internet providers like Starlink.

                        Amazon is way behind though. They are still launching dildos full of tourists, not even their first orbital vehicles.

                        I can picture tourists filled with dildos but I am experiencing a failure of imagination picturing dildos filled with tourists.

                        Can you provide a photograph for me?

                        Sorry, that space ship is obscene.

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                        • JamJ
                          Jam
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                          Wait until AI disconnects itself from our guidance.

                          You’ll get all the spaceship porn you could ever dream of!!!

                          "laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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                          • KilemallK
                            Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @oyaji
                            last edited by

                            @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                            @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                            @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                            @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                            @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                            Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                            Fck computers then.

                            Psst they can open your mail!

                            Legally?

                            With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                            A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                            Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                            Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                            .

                            https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                            Never go full Lithu-
                            Twain

                            No editing is gonna save you now-
                            Wingmann

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                            • TazzT
                              Tazz
                              last edited by

                              I went through Groupon and bought the Windows 11 license for around $10, far below the retail price.

                              I’ll probably buy this next through Groupon. It’s legit and works.

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                              GTFO

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                                oyaji @Kilemall
                                last edited by

                                @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                                Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                                Fck computers then.

                                Psst they can open your mail!

                                Legally?

                                With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                                A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                                Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                                Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                                .

                                Thx. I see times have changed.

                                Son of a bitch.

                                © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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                                • KilemallK
                                  Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @oyaji
                                  last edited by

                                  @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                  @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                  @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                  @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                  @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                  @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                  @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                                  Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                                  Fck computers then.

                                  Psst they can open your mail!

                                  Legally?

                                  With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                                  A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                                  Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                                  Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                                  .

                                  Thx. I see times have changed.

                                  Son of a bitch.

                                  It’s actually improved from earlier.

                                  https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                  Never go full Lithu-
                                  Twain

                                  No editing is gonna save you now-
                                  Wingmann

                                  http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG

                                  http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/20416/PTOB 101_resize.jpg

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                                    oyaji @Kilemall
                                    last edited by

                                    @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                    @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                                    Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                                    Fck computers then.

                                    Psst they can open your mail!

                                    Legally?

                                    With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                                    A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                                    Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                                    Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                                    .

                                    Thx. I see times have changed.

                                    Son of a bitch.

                                    It’s actually improved from earlier.

                                    When asked some time after 9ty-'leventy what sort of communication he used when he desired ultimate privacy, Jimmy Carter replied “the US Mail.”

                                    © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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                                    • KilemallK
                                      Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @oyaji
                                      last edited by

                                      @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                      @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                                      Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                                      Fck computers then.

                                      Psst they can open your mail!

                                      Legally?

                                      With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                                      A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                                      Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                                      Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                                      .

                                      Thx. I see times have changed.

                                      Son of a bitch.

                                      It’s actually improved from earlier.

                                      When asked some time after 9ty-'leventy what sort of communication he used when he desired ultimate privacy, Jimmy Carter replied “the US Mail.”

                                      Jimmy was a Boy Scout and beneficiary of laws passed.

                                      https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                      Never go full Lithu-
                                      Twain

                                      No editing is gonna save you now-
                                      Wingmann

                                      http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG

                                      http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/20416/PTOB 101_resize.jpg

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                                        oyaji @Kilemall
                                        last edited by

                                        @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                        @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                                        Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                                        Fck computers then.

                                        Psst they can open your mail!

                                        Legally?

                                        With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                                        A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                                        Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                                        Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                                        .

                                        Thx. I see times have changed.

                                        Son of a bitch.

                                        It’s actually improved from earlier.

                                        When asked some time after 9ty-'leventy what sort of communication he used when he desired ultimate privacy, Jimmy Carter replied “the US Mail.”

                                        Jimmy was a Boy Scout and beneficiary of laws passed.

                                        What does that have to do with the US Mail?

                                        © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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                                        • KilemallK
                                          Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @oyaji
                                          last edited by

                                          @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @Kilemall said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @oyaji said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @Tazz said in The Official fuck Windows 11/Microsoft Thread:

                                          @oyaji NSA can probably get anything they need by accessing one’s browsing, download history, and web traffic, through an internet provider or group chat like Discord.

                                          Of course, if someone does get arrested and a computer is seized, they’ll just get a search warrant for it’s contents and have some 11 year old hack into it to retrieve everything else.

                                          Fck computers then.

                                          Psst they can open your mail!

                                          Legally?

                                          With a warrant definitely. During WWII there was a lot of mail opening.

                                          A lot of that started way back with the anarchist scares.

                                          Nowadays theoretically only a warrant unless foreign or immediate threat. But of course there can be secret national security directives.

                                          Can the Government Open Your Mail Without a Warrant? - Wirth Law Office - Tulsa
                                          .

                                          Thx. I see times have changed.

                                          Son of a bitch.

                                          It’s actually improved from earlier.

                                          When asked some time after 9ty-'leventy what sort of communication he used when he desired ultimate privacy, Jimmy Carter replied “the US Mail.”

                                          Jimmy was a Boy Scout and beneficiary of laws passed.

                                          What does that have to do with the US Mail?

                                          Everything when it comes to assessing his capacity for historical perspective and what men insisting on shortcuts through troublesome laws will do.

                                          https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                          Never go full Lithu-
                                          Twain

                                          No editing is gonna save you now-
                                          Wingmann

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                                          • TazzT
                                            Tazz
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                                            I tried giving flight instruction to the grandson of Wiley Post, who had an air mail connection among other notable achievements.

                                            The grandson had good flight skills but was definitely lacking on the bookwork side. He never got the math calculations correct and finally admitted that decimal points confused him, so he simply left them out, yet continued using all the numbers after the point.

                                            So, 3.141592 became 3142592. His weight and balance calculations put the CG about 150ft behind the plane.

                                            His grandmother, Wiley’s wife, called me and was concerned about his progress and safety. She was funding his training but knew his limitations and was hoping he would find something else to do. He had a few more lessons after his first solo flight and then quit his training.

                                            The world was a safer place.

                                            GTFO

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