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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (644691)	10/14/2004 2:01:48 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Enough. Since you insist on pushing this canard: You're right, it WOULD be a radio device. Earlier the fact that a radio receiver small enough to fit INSIDE the ear canal exists was proven. They are commercially available. Since you insist on pushing this canard. ieeexplore.ieee.org A single chip spread spectrum device. Spread spectrum, for practical purposes, IS scrambling (encryption is the correct technical term). The RF energy is spread in small chunks over a wide band of the RF spectrum. I thought of spread spectrum because one site suggested that someone go into the next debate with a wideband radio receiver that would cover the band used by that previous in-ear receiver and they should detect it, call the press, and nail Bush. Except if it's spread spectrum, that won't work. The energy is spread out so much that their energy meter will just bounce about the little bit it would due to random RF noise. A random sequence is used to determine what frequency band to use next, so effectively spread spectrum IS encryption. Now that sort of in-ear receiver, as far as I can determine, is not commercially available. But do you doubt the President could have one made if he wished? If you don't know it, the answer is "Yes". So that blows the "wires" theory. They're not needed. Another thing that can be done to make detection yet more diificult is form the RF energy into a beam aimed at Bush. Then you don't even need spread spectrum; some standing 50 or 100 feet away won't pick up anything of significance. That commercial receiver could be used. Wires? What wires? Do you honestly think the people around the President, those people your sides claims are such sneaky, evil geniuses, are stupid enough to use something that's so bulky it's easily detectable when they can get better from Radio Shack? Message 20641086 Let's see. First of all, the volume of sound emitted by that earphone reciever is HARDLY going to be loud enough that you could hear it. You couldn't hear it if you were standing next to him. And if you COULD, it would be so loud that, being inside his ear canal, it would destroy HIS hearing. Plus operating such a small device at such output would likely destroy IT. So you're left with someone offstage verbally prompting him with his lines to explain "the voice I heard reading his lines before he said them". Really? You believe that? You can't think of better ways of doing this? I can. Without that receiver too. It's not uncommon to insert a time delay in live TV broadcasts (I assume you saw this on TV and weren't actually there). If a glitched occurred which allowed you to hear the original utterance by the President, then the delayed version, you'd get the effect you described. You think glitches in electronic transmissions don't occur? BTW, what makes you think this would be the FIRST time a President was prompted with his lines? Do you think they ACTUALLY memorize beforehand every word of every TV speech they give? To me, the most chilling thing that's happened on SI, where many chilling things have happened, is Republicans saying 'who cares' about the possibility that their candidate was getting coaching from unknown parties from the sidelines in a presidential debate played supposedly on an even field. Do you think policy decisions are made solely and entirely by the POTUS? Or do his staff and the Cabinet get involved? Maybe "who cares?" IS the right answer. Decisions are made by a staff, not just the POTUS. Any pretense to the contrary is simplistic. Bulges? Lines? How about a heart shield? Clinton commonly wore one in public. It's a vest with plates front and back about the level of the heart to deflect bullets. This is what google came up with: bsst.de wpi.edu Figure 2.5 gives some idea of what they final sheild will look like. To assume the POTUS was not wearing protective clothing in what was essnetially a public venue, particularly at a time like this, is absurd. I think you'd do better to stick to areas you actually know something about.