Brazilian Pirates Hijack US Military Satellites 359
blantonl writes "Brazilians all over the country are using modified amateur radio equipment to communicate with each other using US Military communications satellites — effectively creating their own CB radio network on the backs of the US Military. Recent efforts to crack down have resulted in arrests of some of the users, however the behavior still continues today."
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
That's a lot of pirates.
Re:Pirates? (Score:5, Funny)
thousands of Brazilians
Trazilians, you mean, surely.
Re:Amazing (Score:3, Funny)
The street finds its own uses for things
Re:Same Thing with Video Game Consoles (Score:2, Funny)
Those UFO satellites might be dated, but the technology on board sure isn't.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
ALL HAIL FSM!
~Touched by His noodley appendage~
Listening to Pirate Radio... (Score:5, Funny)
Costs a buck an ear!
HAHAHAHAHAH
I kill me.
An even easier option... (Score:5, Funny)
...would be to give the crews of these satellites some weapons to fend off the pirates.
Brazilian? (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, they are Brazilian. They have full waxing.. including their peg-legs.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
See, this is why Pirates beat Ninjas. What story have you read talks about Brazillian Ninja's taking over satellites? Somalian Ninjas hijack cargo ships? None, that's how many.
Ninja (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pirates (Score:2, Funny)
But how can you steal a frequency? :)
By letting scallywags grabbing bandwidth from the landlubbers.
Re:what's with the !pirates tag? (Score:2, Funny)
Unless Brazil has laws against doing that, it's legal in Brazil. Doesn't matter what the US military thinks.
I honestly can't remember a time when the US government ever thought that way.
Re:Wow! (Score:3, Funny)
If you would have bothered to RTFA, you would have discovered that the primary users of this system are truck drivers and loggers.
But whatever floats your boat....
Re:Ninja (Score:4, Funny)
A particularly cunning ninja would plant evidence that made it look like pirates performed a particular deed. You know, things like parrot droppings on the floor, and spraying walls with "arghhh, me 'arties".
Re:American military genius at work (Score:5, Funny)
durka durka, muhammad jihad.
Re:Amazing (Score:2, Funny)
We can just train an army of sharpshooters and have them fire their guns straight up when the satellite passes over. Each one would be aiming for a different Brazilian pirate.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Excuse me? Have you not heard about the Bermuda Triangle, UFO abductions, or Income Tax? All the work of ninjas.
Let them (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not used anymore... (Score:2, Funny)
So if i pirate Music with these Satellites... (Score:5, Funny)
If i pirate Music with these Satellites, does the RIAA sue the US Navy for "facilitators of illegal downloading" ?
I would be thrilled to read in the newspapers the next day that RIAA lawyers were water boarded 183 times by the marines...
Re:Amazing (Score:5, Funny)
The USA thought long and hard about this. They needed to shift data around the world and sniff for it. Huge amounts, everyday, all day. The last thing that would help is a big slow computer up in space. Encrypt, bounce (in space), decrypt You can swap out the ground stations and systems if the Soviets got the info. Swapping out a satellite is a pain. Back in the cold war all the Soviets could do was read encrypted traffic. Anyone can bounce their own 'data' too. US 'training' staff and private 'consultants' will track your position as you are transmitting. Now your "arrested" ie your not up on condortel for the SNI to "find".
Burma-shave.
Re:Wow (Score:1, Funny)
Heheh... Love this joke..
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."
"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"
His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.
Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"
Re:Ninja (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Pirates (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
no, the IRS proves Satan.
Re:So if i pirate Music with these Satellites... (Score:5, Funny)
nope, it is specified in the waterboarding for dummies guidebook. A suspect will immediately start talking, but that is only because they want you to stop. You must continue the process until you know that you are getting the truth. To get to the truth you simply count the times that the waterboarding is applied. Then thou must count to 183. 183 shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be 183. 184 shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count 182, excepting that thou then proceedeth to 183. 185 is right out.
Re:Can't let this one go without comment (Score:3, Funny)
It's true that our current income tax system is complex...
This is certainly an exciting off-topic thread. We really ought to have a poll/discussion on the merits of different forms of taxation!
Re:Military Satellite Piracy is all fun and games (Score:2, Funny)