06/12/15 Setting Out 05

9 Comments

1. 

   Coyoty

   June 12, 2015 at 1:10 am

   Knives are perfect for digging holes in your skin. Better than forks, and especially spoons. You might get a decent hole from a grapefruit spoon, though.
2. 

   TheLoneReader

   June 12, 2015 at 1:25 am

   @Coyoty Oh my god grapefruit spoons are terrifying. If you ever need to dig someone’s eyes out with your silverware…
3. 

   Raidne Skuldia

   June 12, 2015 at 2:52 am

   …Ah, yes. THAT’S why I read the comments – for the delightful conversation. 😛
4. 

   Owen Smith

   June 12, 2015 at 8:59 am

   You can’t encrypt a frequency, only the data transmitted on it. And unless it’s specifically been designed to be stealthy (which seems unlikely for a child tracker) you can still take bearings on the carrier. Also it depends whether the implants constantly send status, or are silent until queried. I work in computing and radio, and the way supposed SF treats both subjects irks me greatly. Hacking usually seems to involve scrolling a long text file up the screen…
5. 

   StarryGordon

   June 12, 2015 at 9:37 am

   You can switch through a list of frequencies known only to the transmitter and receiver. A rather old technique for masking transmissions, sometimes called ‘frequency hopping’, invented by Hedy Lamarr (see http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hedy-lamarr-not-just-a-pr/). The frequency sequence can be algorithmically adaptive which helps in case some frequencies are jammed.
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   night-gaunt

   June 12, 2015 at 1:09 pm

   Other than frequency hopping, you can use a quantum computer to do the hopping algorithm for you faster. Another means is to jam it. Build a miniature Faraday cage around it to block its transmissions. In this case digging it out of someone seems the only viable, painful, bleeding way.
7. 

   Muzhik

   June 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm

   @TheLoneReader, Grapefruit spoons might work in a pinch, but I prefer using melon ballers when I need to do that. Which I don’t need to do very often. Almost never, and I have no idea what happened to the Professor and why are you asking me these questions?
8. 

   Coyoty

   June 13, 2015 at 12:32 am

   The biggest problem with using a grapefruit spoon is they often squirt in your eye.
9. 

   Nathanyel

   June 14, 2015 at 3:49 am

   Don’t worry Coyoty, it’s just your own blood, not someone else’s.