Wireless Question

Stiffler2 · 30-11-2011 04:20PM #1

I have a wireless question / conumdrum.

How come wireless only came out in technology in mid to late nineties yet the Titanic which was built in 1912 sank and broadcasted a "wireless" distress signal.

If wi-fi has been around for nearly 100 years why have we only see it prop up recently.

El Weirdo · 30-11-2011 04:22PM

For fuck's sake.

chin_grin · 30-11-2011 04:22PM

marcsignal · 30-11-2011 04:23PM

wireless was an old term for radio. completely different thing to Wi-Fi

im invisible · 30-11-2011 04:23PM

Whist will ya! Im trying to listen to the wireless

Stiffler2 · 30-11-2011 04:25PM

marcsignal wrote: »

wireless was an old term for radio. completely different thing to Wi-Fi

I'm not talking about radio like Joe Duffy type radio
I'm talking about wireless technology and it's basically the same thing

MayoForSam · 30-11-2011 04:25PM

You couldn't have had wi-fi until after hi-fi had been and gone.

Top of that iceberg which sank the Titanic would have been a good spot to stick an auld antenna though.

Where To · 30-11-2011 04:25PM

Aaahh but the wireless used on the titanic was in black and white.;)

That is the difference OP.

chin_grin · 30-11-2011 04:25PM

Aliens.

Ellis Dee · 30-11-2011 04:26PM

El Weirdo wrote: »

For fuck's sake.

Don't feed the troll. And see the thread about the Galway county councillor who supposedly claimed Connemara would be a perfect place for cloud computing, because it rains there most of the time.:):):)

cml387 · 30-11-2011 04:27PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

I have a wireless question / conumdrum.

How come wireless only came out in technology in mid to late nineties yet the Titanic which was built in 1912 sank and broadcasted a "wireless" distress signal.

If wi-fi has been around for nearly 100 years why have we only see it prop up recently.

The Carpathia (which was quite nearby) had the wrong WEP key and therefore couldn't pick up the Titanic's wireless.

chin_grin · 30-11-2011 04:27PM

Ellis Dee wrote: »

Don't feed the troll. And see the thread about the Galway county councillor who supposedly claimed Connemara would be a perfect place for cloud computing, because it rains there most of the time.:):):)

Yeah, it was a fake story. :cool:

stevenmu · 30-11-2011 04:28PM

Right, from now on no one is allowed start a thread unless they can identify how these two items are linked:

chin_grin · 30-11-2011 04:28PM

cml387 wrote: »

The Carpathia (which was quite nearby) had the wrong WEP key and therefore couldn't pick up the Titanic's wireless.

It's SSID was ih8iceb3rgs.

marcsignal · 30-11-2011 04:28PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

I'm not talking about radio like Joe Duffy type radio
I'm talking about wireless technology and it's basically the same thing

it was a radio signal by morse code that the Titanic sent.
Wi-Fi is digital technology.

think old 088 mobile phone and 087 mobile phone

Captain Chaos · 30-11-2011 04:29PM

cml387 wrote: »

The Carpathia (which was quite nearby) had the wrong WEP key and therefore couldn't pick up the Titanic's wireless.

Yeah the others had the WPA2 security and better interwebz.

Stiffler2 · 30-11-2011 04:30PM

Titanic broadcasts a wireless distress beacon which is picked up by other ships who go to help the Titanic.

Wi-fi on laptops send wireless signals back & forth as well between router

There is no difference in terms of the technology so why was it lost for 80 years ?

chin_grin · 30-11-2011 04:30PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Yeah the others had the WPA2 security and better interwebz.

Their net froze because the captain was downloading too much pr0nz. He got distracted and then it sank. Aw. Sad sad story.

Where To · 30-11-2011 04:34PM

stevenmu wrote: »

Right, from now on no one is allowed start a thread unless they can identify how these two items are linked:

They were both made in Japan?

Stiffler2 · 30-11-2011 04:34PM

stevenmu wrote: »

Right, from now on no one is allowed start a thread unless they can identify how these two items are linked:

huh ?

Lead ? is that right ?

cml387 · 30-11-2011 04:34PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Titanic broadcasts a wireless distress beacon which is picked up by other ships who go to help the Titanic.

Wi-fi on laptops send wireless signals back & forth as well between router

There is no difference in terms of the technology so why was it lost for 80 years ?

You should have seen the world in 1992. Wire everywhere.
So it was obvious that something had to be done.

marcsignal · 30-11-2011 04:34PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Titanic broadcasts a wireless distress beacon which is picked up by other ships who go to help the Titanic.

Wi-fi on laptops send wireless signals back & forth as well between router

There is no difference in terms of the technology so why was it lost for 80 years ?

Wireless

Wi-Fi

any clearer ?

PandyAndy · 30-11-2011 04:35PM

Different frequencies and spectrums.

See here, here, here and here.

chin_grin · 30-11-2011 04:35PM

where do i go from here wrote: »

They were both made in Japan?

Stiffler2 wrote: »

huh ?

Lead ? is that right ?

The actual answer is that when the tape snagged you use the pencil to wind it back up again. Aw. Younglings.

Where To · 30-11-2011 04:37PM

chin_grin wrote: »

The actual answer is that when the tape snagged you use the pencil to wind it back up again. Aw. Younglings.

But they were both made in Japan.;)

red menace · 30-11-2011 04:37PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Titanic broadcasts a wireless distress beacon which is picked up by other ships who go to help the Titanic.

Wi-fion laptops send wireless signals back & forth as well between router

There is no difference in terms of the technology so why was it lost for 80 years ?

I'll leave it to a better wordsmith than me to explain

Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

cml387 · 30-11-2011 04:37PM

You stick the pencil in one of the holes and twist so the tape rewinds.

The more sophisticated user would whirl the "cassette" (as we called it ) around with increasing speed until it flew off into the corner and was destroyed.

Snakeblood · 30-11-2011 04:39PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

How come wireless only came out in technology in mid to late nineties yet the Titanic which was built in 1912 sank and broadcasted a "wireless" distress signal.

Smokesignals are also a wireless distress signal. So is waving frantically.

tony 2 tone · 30-11-2011 04:40PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

huh ?

Lead ? is that right ?

Lead? What the hell are you talking about?

MarkR · 30-11-2011 04:41PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

I'm not talking about radio like Joe Duffy type radio
I'm talking about wireless technology and it's basically the same thing

A radio broadcast is not the same as communication over a wireless network. So, No. Not the same.

I was going to go into detail, but this is after hours.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 30-11-2011 04:42PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Titanic broadcasts a wireless distress beacon which is picked up by other ships who go to help the Titanic.

Wi-fi on laptops send wireless signals back & forth as well between router

There is no difference in terms of the technology so why was it lost for 80 years ?

It was the only working prototype and sank with the titanic. It was rescued by an unmanned sub around 12/13yrs ago and engineers spent another few years getting the water out of it and getting it working again and sold the technology to the worlds computer/technology companies. Simples.

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