Re: Mack the Harrs over (fwd)

[Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>]

On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Jim Choate wrote:

> Forwarded message:
> 
> > Subject: Re: Mack the Harrs over
> > Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 13:43:42 +0200
> > From: Zooko Journeyman <zooko@wildgoose.dagny>
> 
> > > 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...
> 

I suspect you'd need a dish the size of your house to pick up the signal.

-r.w.