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Re: Mack the Harrs over (fwd)
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> Subject: Re: Mack the Harrs over
> Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 13:43:42 +0200
> From: Zooko Journeyman <[email protected]>
> > Besides, how much encryption is needed between two points if intercepting
> > the traffic is expensive, the communications protocol is undocumented (as
> > far as anyone outside NASA is concerned), and the actual frequency is also
> > hard to find?
>
> Not to mention that the communication protocol is apparently
> broken and drops most of the data. :-P
Really? You try sending data over 10 light-seconds using nothing but the
equivalent of your Mag-Lite flashlight and then pick it up AND successfuly
decode the data using nothing more than spare cycles in the DSN reception
network.
I suspect you are seriously underestimating the amount of noise betwix here
and there...
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