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iopus5: redact some more articles - tgtimes - The Gopher Times	Err	bitreich.org	70
hgit clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes	URL:git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes	bitreich.org	70
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1commit e52137bb2fd839ea6446af2c0cc70ea4ea31b5b3	/scm/tgtimes/commit/e52137bb2fd839ea6446af2c0cc70ea4ea31b5b3.gph	bitreich.org	70
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hAuthor: Josuah Demangeon <me@josuah.net>	URL:mailto:me@josuah.net	bitreich.org	70
iDate:   Sun, 29 May 2022 22:01:40 +0200	Err	bitreich.org	70
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iopus5: redact some more articles	Err	bitreich.org	70
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i  M opus5/article-tgtimes-animated-tex… |       1 +	Err	bitreich.org	70
i  M opus5/article-tgtimes-ascii-art-re… |       1 +	Err	bitreich.org	70
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1diff --git a/opus5/article-tgtimes-animated-text-art.mw b/opus5/article-tgtimes-animated-text-art.mw	/scm/tgtimes/file/opus5/article-tgtimes-animated-text-art.mw.gph	bitreich.org	70
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i .SH linuxconsole	Err	bitreich.org	70
i Animated ASCII art	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.2C 40v	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i With all the history of ASCII art and demoscene,	Err	bitreich.org	70
1diff --git a/opus5/article-tgtimes-ascii-art-rendering.mw b/opus5/article-tgtimes-ascii-art-rendering.mw	/scm/tgtimes/file/opus5/article-tgtimes-ascii-art-rendering.mw.gph	bitreich.org	70
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i .SH tgtimes	Err	bitreich.org	70
i Synthetic ASCII Art	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.2C 80v	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i Sometimes, an entirely new way to approach problems is found.	Err	bitreich.org	70
1diff --git a/opus5/article-tgtimes-bluetooth-brain.mw b/opus5/article-tgtimes-bluetooth-brain.mw	/scm/tgtimes/file/opus5/article-tgtimes-bluetooth-brain.mw.gph	bitreich.org	70
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i+.SH josuah	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Wireless, wireless everywhere	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.2C 60	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Wires! Cables! Connectors!	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Computer and electric systems seems to befriend with plugs and sockets.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Why is the computer industry running away from them for everything exposed to users?	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.IP "Where do I plug the cable?"	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Everyone needfully face this question at least once, be it the first time they own a computer.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+From the various connector shapes to choose from, to the various set of protocol the Universal USB connector supports,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+cables provoke confusion to cable-haters and computer neophytes.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.IP "Cables are ugly"	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+It might not be true for everyone, but computer manufacturers seems to say differently.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Starting with the name "wireless", that comes by opposition to wires, supposing they were something to avoid.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Cable management is a full time job for datacenter jockeys, and a chore for the cable-hating computer user.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.IP "Cables are immobile"	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Unless making use of an uncommon cable management strategy,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+objects connected to cables cannot be carried too far away without unplugging everything devices are connected to.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+So here comes wireless.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+While not frequent in large computer infrastructure, wireless is invading the market along with battery devices.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Using radio waves to make device talk to each other, at various frequencies, modulation, datarate and distance.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Ready to sacrifice any amount of good engineering to make itself more seducing to the market,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+marketting perpetuates the same illusion of making computer troubles fade away with wireless.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+From the Bluetooth protocol swamp of mixed edge-cases and compmlexity,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+to the security vulnerabilities of Wi-Fi,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+to the security vulnerabilities of Bluetooth,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+to the proprietary but popular protocols like LoRaWan,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+to the unreliability and unstability as opposed to wires,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+to the black box of wireless broadband such as UTMS and LTE,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Wireless does not have the same fame among developers valuing simplicity and reliability.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Even the United Army holds griefs against wireless such as Bluetooth,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+and disrecommand it for use by militaries:	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.FS	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN4771_Pam25-2-9_Final_Web.pdf	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.FE	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .QP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i Do not use Bluetooth devices to send, receive, store, or process classified information.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Nontheless, wireless is fun, beautiful, and filled with culture.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+While marketting pushed engineers from the wireless cliff,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+long before computer came, radio waves were put at good use in the most simple forms: radio communication.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+From the AM and FM radio stations to listen while on the road,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+the medium-range boat, airplane, truck, pedestrian talkies, and even satellite communications,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+hobbyists building-up their own antennas for inter-continental communication,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+garage door openners and remotely controlled drones...	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Complex and twisted wireless protocols are only a special case of radio communication,	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+and simple unobfuscated methods of communication are possible, and even frequent.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+Be it a simple and inexpensive RTL SDR dongle receiver	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .FS	Err	bitreich.org	70
i-https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN4771_Pam25-2-9_Final_Web.pdf	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+https://www.rtl-sdr.com	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.FE	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+to complete receiver-emitters such as HackRF	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.FS	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/one/	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.FE	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+or LimeSDR	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.FS	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+https://limemicro.com/products/boards/limesdr/	Err	bitreich.org	70
i .FE	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+among others, the gears for letting one experiment with radio transmissions.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+.PP	Err	bitreich.org	70
i+This is an invitation for everyone to discover or rediscover the universe of electromagnetic fields communication.	Err	bitreich.org	70
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