CSI:MIA - Toothing episode

geesh... it's bad when you have to learn about technology from TV and CSI.
But in doing some searching about Toothing (bluetooth messaging for sex),
it appears you have to direct a message to each receiver in the area,
vs a local broadcast to all listening devices...
which seemed to be implied in tonights episode.

Phil Schuman wrote:

> geesh... it's bad when you have to learn about technology from TV and
CSI.
> But in doing some searching about Toothing (bluetooth messaging for sex),
> it appears you have to direct a message to each receiver in the area,
> vs a local broadcast to all listening devices...
> which seemed to be implied in tonights episode.

Its all bollocks - search google for toothing hoax

Ash.

Phil Schuman wrote:

> geesh... it's bad when you have to learn about technology from TV and CSI.
> But in doing some searching about Toothing (bluetooth messaging for sex),
> it appears you have to direct a message to each receiver in the area,
> vs a local broadcast to all listening devices...
> which seemed to be implied in tonights episode.

Uh, did you notice that they claimed to increase the Bluetooth range of a
Blackberry to a mile by sticking a slightly bigger antenna on it? Google
"bluesniper" to get a look at what a real setup to get a mile out of
Bluetooth looks like.

While CSI is more accurate, technologically speaking, than, say, Star Trek,
take everything you see with a dose of salt.

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

"Ashley Pride" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Phil Schuman wrote:
>
> > geesh... it's bad when you have to learn about technology from TV
and
> CSI.
> > But in doing some searching about Toothing (bluetooth messaging for
sex),
> > it appears you have to direct a message to each receiver in the
area,
> > vs a local broadcast to all listening devices...
> > which seemed to be implied in tonights episode.
>
> Its all bollocks - search google for toothing hoax
>
here's the description of the hoax - at least about the sex part -
http://www.thetriforce.com/newblog/?p=53

here's some info on sending the Bluetooth (bluejack) message -
http://www.bluejacked.com/howto.html

compare Bluetooth RF vs 802.11 RF
http://www.mobileinfo.com/bluetooth/...th-vs-wlan.htm
>

David Chesler wrote:

>> hoax
>
> Glad to hear that it's no easier fulfilling the Prime Directive as a
> 20-something than when I was a youth. There is some justice in the
> world, although apparently there is more casual fellatio as well.
> Can't have it all.
>
> Dang, though, I wish I'd realized all I had to do was be rich and fit
> and beautiful and in South Beach, and have a beautiful woman introduce
> me to other beautiful women, and I could have gotten some without ever
> leaving the bar. I guess I shouldn't have been judging bars by the
> quality of the video games.

Actually, WingChicks (or more precisely "Wingwomen") is real
<http://wingwomen.com/>. Using one doesn't guarantee that you'll get laid
but it does help your chances--I remember a discussion one time in which
one of the women present described the phenomenon as "the chick seal of
approval".

That probably wasn't a bar though--more likely a club specializing in that
sort of thing, and a relatively mild one compared to Hellfire or Paddles in
New York.


--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

> hoax

Glad to hear that it's no easier fulfilling the Prime Directive as a
20-something than when I was a youth. There is some justice in the
world, although apparently there is more casual fellatio as well.
Can't have it all.

Dang, though, I wish I'd realized all I had to do was be rich and fit
and beautiful and in South Beach, and have a beautiful woman introduce
me to other beautiful women, and I could have gotten some without ever
leaving the bar. I guess I shouldn't have been judging bars by the
quality of the video games.

--
- David Chesler <(E-Mail Removed)>
Iacta alea est

"Phil Schuman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>geesh... it's bad when you have to learn about technology from TV and CSI.
>But in doing some searching about Toothing (bluetooth messaging for sex),
>it appears you have to direct a message to each receiver in the area,
>vs a local broadcast to all listening devices...
>which seemed to be implied in tonights episode.

Futhermore, the person who started the stories about "toothing" admitted it was
all a hoax. He had a great quote:

"I suppose its possibl;e that toothing could occur, but the odds are about the
same as writing a note asking someone to sleep with you, attaching it to a brick
and thowing it out on a crowded dance floor. It isn't going to happen."

I really couldn't care less is it is a hoax. Poetic justice
would be if Delko were to come down with a nice STD
as a result of his encounter with UP4ANYTHING.

"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Phil Schuman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>geesh... it's bad when you have to learn about technology from TV and CSI.
>>But in doing some searching about Toothing (bluetooth messaging for sex),
>>it appears you have to direct a message to each receiver in the area,
>>vs a local broadcast to all listening devices...
>>which seemed to be implied in tonights episode.
>
> Futhermore, the person who started the stories about "toothing" admitted
> it was
> all a hoax. He had a great quote:
>
> "I suppose its possibl;e that toothing could occur, but the odds are about
> the
> same as writing a note asking someone to sleep with you, attaching it to a
> brick
> and thowing it out on a crowded dance floor. It isn't going to happen."