BPL -- Some Humor
Michael J Kirk (AB9AZ)
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September 6, 2003
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INITIAL TESTS OF BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES SHOW MAJOR FLAW - True Cause of Major Northeast Blackout Revealed.
NEW YORK (AP) - Broadband over Power Line proponents met with a major setback last Thursday as their pilot testing of BPL was identified as the prime cause of the major power blackout that occurred in most of the Northeast and Canada that left over 50 million in the dark.
BPL Consortium spokesperson I.C. Cash indicated that BPL tests were progressing well with the initial all '1's test that started last Monday. "We were very pleased with our success at BPL's ability to send the all '1's pattern. But when we introduced the all '0's test last Thursday afternoon, we encountered a major flaw in our design." This flaw was responsible for the blackout that affected the region.
He went on to say, "This is new technology, you know, and the BPL Consortium
Technical team still has a few kinks to be worked out."
Specifically, Mr. Cash went on to say that broadband modulation of the power grid might turn out to be more of a technical challenge than previously thought. "We didn't realize that our modulation technique could wreak such havoc on the power grid. Use of direct modulation of power plants themselves for BPL transmission didn't work as well as planned. We are meeting this week to reevaluate our design."
Calls to FCC Chairman Powell for comments on this issue were not returned.
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BPL -- Some Humor
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by KG4RUL on September 6, 2003
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Given enough time and the possibility of a little profit, mythical business typhoons like your Mr. I. C. Cash would go so far as to find a way to install pay toilets for the Bears in Yellowstone Park. Given the Bear's lack of an opposable thumb, would that mean that Bears would no longer, you know, in the woods?
Dennis
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by K0BG on September 6, 2003
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Did you know that I.C. Cash is one of the pushers for no-code licenses? It's politics, pure and simple.
They say the oldest profession is prostitution, and the second oldest is politics. Personally I can't tell the difference.
Alan, KØBG
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by AA8LL on September 6, 2003
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You know we were denied a small LF allocation because it might upset the "delicate" power grid. I don't think they would want to risk the BPL for the same reason. You may call this humor but it seems plausable (enough) to me.
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RE: BPL -- Some Humor
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by NN6EE on September 6, 2003
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Wasn't it the same people who also swore up and down that their beloved "BPL" would be HARMLESS aka "It will not create noise folks TRUST US!!!"
Seems the fledgling "BPL" industry is quickly putting it's collective "Corporate Foot in it's mouth!!!"
BRAVO!!!
Jim/nn6ee
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by WA2JJH on September 6, 2003
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Gee, I thought the black out was caused by MARS being it's closest to the earth in 30,000 years! Ya know da extra gravitation from mars appogee orbit, and what not!(hi-hi)
HEY, BPL causing it sounds good to me!
Next time one of my non ham friends ask about BPL, I Will tell em, it as a power engineer powering up the BPL in OHIO! BETTER BUY A CABLE MODEM, DSL, OR stick with 56K PHONE LINE!
BPL can also be used as code for BIPOLAR LUNACY
disorder!
BPL= BROKEN PL! BPL= A US GVT CODE for BOOB-ONIC
PLAGUE. I Think HOMER SIMPSON has BOOB-ONIC PLAGUE!
OK ,their is a cosmetic surgery joke I can make out of this.
I think many HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS'S contract BOOB-ONIC plague from advice from thier over paid Agents and advisors.((I fully understand if this joke gets edited out) I even think it is a crummy joke that should be edited out!
BPL=BAD POOR LID. BPL=boring personal life!
73 and lots-0-laughs MIKE
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by N6AJR on September 6, 2003
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Come on folks the guys name is really I. C. Cash ( I see cash, the perfect name for an accountant).
The folks are having enough problems getting the 110 v to the house in one piece these days, how do they expect to do dsl too.
And what about the Power Outlaws who have a solar panel and an inverter hooked up illegally to the grid (that means plugged into a convienent socket), what will they do to the signal, and what will the sigmnal do to those fussy laser jet printers??
Some ideas just plain SUCK and BPL is one of them.
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by W5HTW on September 6, 2003
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<<by N6AJR on September 6, 2003 Mail this to a friend! Come on folks the guys name is really I. C. Cash ( I see cash, the perfect name for an accountant).>>
Huh? Maybe you are on the wrong dock -- no wonder you missed the boat! (Reminds me of that long-ago novel, "Under The Grandstands" by Seymour Butts.)
In fun
Ed
is one of them. <<
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by WA2JJH on September 7, 2003
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REALLY..TRUE STORY. There was some guy in the phonebook. His name was something like ADAM Zzzype.
When we were kids we would call him, and say is this MR
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzype!
First 10 times he said yes. After everybody saw his name, and did the same thing. MR ZZZype got an unlisted phone number.
Check out any phone book in the U.S., look for the last name in the book.
BPL I was asked about it from a non ham, non technical type. He asked what I Thought of it.
I GAVE A REAL GOOD BS story. I told him, yes it is very broadband. There is enough bandwith for a whole set of special control signals. I said eventually if you choose BPL, it would be possible for some agency to know every electronic device in his house!
If he installed a security camera, anybody within a 50 mile range could see what his camera was looking at.
BOTTOM LINE...he decided against BPL, and will go with a cable modem.
If you really think about it, my BS story is not too much of a stretch. SUPPOSE every thing you plug into the wall could have its own electronic BPL signiture! The implications are interesting!
I really mean think about it. See what you imagination comes up with!
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by KF7OM on September 7, 2003
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Thanks Michael,I almost died laughing! We can all appreciate your humor...Really great...
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by WB0WAO on September 8, 2003
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They say the oldest profession is prostitution, and the second oldest is politics. Personally I can't tell the difference.
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Oh it is easy to tell the difference.... a prostitute has more morals.....
73
Dennis - WB0WAO
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by KB0GU on September 8, 2003
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Are you serious about BPL causing the black out? Or is this a total spoof? If you are serious, then hurray and perhaps BPL will die a fitting death. I have always wondered about the control signals electric companies place on the line and interactions with the BPL concept, but I know little about their specific ways of controlling the grid this way and the other options that are used.
Anyway, if this is a real news story, I think BPL proponents have a lot more to worry about than the voice raised by amatuer radio operators.
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IEEE 4119.a 32/996 UGCL 2.1 Group Formed
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by AB0OX on September 8, 2003
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Cleveland (Reuters): The IEEE today announced the formation of an interdisciplenary study group to standardize and refine the current Utility Grid Control Language.
Industry experts and academics suspect that a software incompatibility between versions 1.7a and 2.0(beta) may be at least partially to blame for the blackout of August 14th, 2003.
"The cascading effect -- in which an "all clear" signal is sent concurrent to a massive request for additional power from a neighboring grid -- is suspected to occur when the Suspend Transformer Timer Reset command is held pending due to a check loop that refuses to time out," said an insider who refused to be named.
IEEE spokesman Louis Cannon today outlined the 2 major points of the IEEE UGCL 2.1 initiative. "First and formeost, we need to supervise if not suspend the passing of intergrid control commands until a language standard is agreed upon. Secondly[sic], in order that [in the future] intergrid command and control can be established in a multi-point framework, we will be rebuilding the Utility Grid Command Language based on the existing open source-code of the standard Unix kernel. We trust this will allay any public fears of instability or vulnerability within the nation's power system."
Industry analysts applaud the IEEE move, widely seen as a necessary precursor to establishing a graphical user interface for the strategic defense initiative.
Wall Street responded cautiously, unsure of intergrid compatability issues between the North American, European, and Asia-Pacific markets. "On the other hand," quipped one Wall Street insider, "Global Crossing left a lot of trans-oceanic cable just laying around, waiting for someone to put it to good use."
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by WD4AOG on September 11, 2003
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http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20030908.html
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by AA7PO on September 11, 2003
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When it comes to our current and ongoing form of capitalism, neither our children, family, friends, or hobbies are safe from the quest for power and job security. Many areas of government institute changes and deliberately overlook anticipated problems or defects in order to guarantee a need for their component's existence and continued funding. I know this as I am part of this ad absurdum. We will spend $1,000,000 to prevent the tax payer from receiving $5.00. It is out of hand -- even those of us within it cannot stop it or see the reasoning behind it. The bureaucracy has become an entity itself, and the dollar is its blood -- the individual no longer applies. Self-deceit has become the norm. Remember, 1 percent still controls 51 percent of the wealth on this small world, and they shall let no one take it from them. 73 my friends.
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by KE4ZHN on September 13, 2003
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Well, I finally went out and got my BPL hook up from the power company the other day. Wow is this connection fast, but I noticed some rather strange things happening in the house. I turned on the TV to watch the news, and all I got on my screen was popup banners and porn site links! So, after getting disgusted with that, I turned on the HF radio and the next thing I knew I was hearing strange funny noises coming out of the speaker of the rig. I swear it sounded like the streaming audio you hear from online ad servers! Enough of this I thought, its time to go have a snack. Upon firing up my microwave oven, suddenly I noticed the display on it scrolling the words www.AOL.com across it. Could I be seeing things I thought to myself? I switched on a lamp, and much to my surprise I saw web sites flashing in the bulb! Oh my god Im losing my mind I thought! After seeing all this wierd stuff, I thought it was time for a drink. I opened the fridge up for a cold one, and saw streaming ads flashing on the inside of my refridgerator! yipes! This BPL has got to go! Only one way to fix this puppy I thought, so I connected the output of my amplifier to the power line and fired it up. I loaded up about 1500 watts into the receptacle and wow what a light show I got! Flames began to shoot out of the wall socket and the next thing you know the entire neighborhood went dark! I turned on my battery powered radio to listen to the news to see if they knew who was responsible. After all, I was nervous after this experience and didnt want to get caught. The newsman said that internet connections were knocked out for a 1000 mile radius and the power was out in 50,000 homes! This BPL stuff is too way out for me I thought, I better go back to a DSL connection. And if you actually believe any of this nonsense...I got some great bridges to sell. One is located up in Brooklyn. Contact me if your interested.... ;-)
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