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Motorist with 'pizza-sized' Starlink dish fixed to the HOOD of his car is pulled over and ticketed by stunned officers in California
Daily Mail.com ^
| July 3, 2021
| Matt McNulty
Posted on 07/03/2021 12:58:35 PM PDT by Teotwawki
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To: BenLurkin
I’m pro-freedom but that’s just stupid.
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posted on
07/03/2021 1:39:18 PM PDT
by
dljordan
(Slouching towards Woketopia)
To: DannyTN
Yes, but this is a preius driver
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posted on
07/03/2021 1:41:35 PM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: ScubaDiver
"We have a KVH system for our boat. The capital cost is steep and the monthly service is even steeper. If Starlink will be a reasonable alternative, that would be great."Last I checked they weren't offering mobile services, but I believe it's coming.
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posted on
07/03/2021 1:46:05 PM PDT
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: Jonty30
Height restrictions probably forced him to put it on the hood of his car, instead of his roof.Intelligence with negative force probably prompted him to consider putting it on the car, and eventually the hood.
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posted on
07/03/2021 1:48:24 PM PDT
by
Ahithophel
(Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
To: Robert DeLong
Tractor trailers are still higher than that dish would mounted to the roof.And height of a home garage door or entrance to condo parking garage are lower than a tractor trailer, no?
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posted on
07/03/2021 1:53:47 PM PDT
by
Ahithophel
(Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
To: DannyTN
Near as I can tell, you just have to point it at the sky. Doesn’t matter where. There’s going to be so many seats up there, it won’t matter.
To: markman46
To: DannyTN
"Do you really need it while you are driving?"Yes, if you are also watching a movie.
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posted on
07/03/2021 2:06:06 PM PDT
by
UnwashedPeasant
(Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
To: ScubaDiver
Phased array of small antenna can be effectively steered by signal processing, based on time intervals between array elements.
To: MV=PY
Last I checked they weren't offering mobile services, but I believe it's coming.
Yeah, they're planning to try to use it for telemetry and video on the next Starship launch. That's about as mobile as it gets...
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posted on
07/03/2021 2:17:10 PM PDT
by
BikerJoe
To: Gen.Blather
To: dljordan
Gets points for Prius, loses them by adding to wind resistance and lowering driving range, thus using more energy. Plus obstructed vision and possible road hazard.
Off with his head.
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posted on
07/03/2021 2:32:47 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
To: Teotwawki
This is a Florida Man move.
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posted on
07/03/2021 2:43:16 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
To: Robert DeLong
I was thinking that somehow you have to keep the kids entertained on those long trips.
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posted on
07/03/2021 2:44:49 PM PDT
by
Ratman0823
(Q. What did California have before democrats? A. Electricity)
To: algore
Eventually they will be inside the car, under the glass, or part of the roof itself, using phased array steering to electrically aim the dish rather than mechanical.
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posted on
07/03/2021 2:51:04 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Organic Panic
I got ahold of the directors cut and in the end he actually fixes the washing machine. They always edit that part out of the down and dirty versions.
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posted on
07/03/2021 3:12:09 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I'm having Uncle Toms Rice. It's like Uncle Bens but just a bit more racis'.)
To: Teotwawki
Geez
just put it on the roof
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posted on
07/03/2021 3:53:46 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Mark
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posted on
07/03/2021 4:40:43 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
To: BenLurkin
Goof not informed that the car has a roof.
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posted on
07/04/2021 10:06:45 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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