[TriLUG] Wireless at Lowes

[Ian Meyer]

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cool. i hadn't tried, was just curious

ian
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On Nov 30, 2003, at 5:19 PM, David A. Cafaro wrote:

> You shouldn't be trying to get into their wireless network.  Also may
> want to check out this article (yes they have wifi):
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/33959.html
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 17:12, Ian Meyer wrote:
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>> on a semi-related note, i've noticed Yagi antennae inside several
>> Lowe's and was wondering if anyone had tried to get on the apparent
>> wifi that they use in store (the yagis were hooked to things that
>> might've been bast stations and looked the right size for 2.4 GHz
>> antennae).
>>
>> Ian
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>> On Nov 30, 2003, at 10:51 AM, Mike Mueller wrote:
>>
>>> Yesterday at Lowes I was ordering carpet.  The machine used by the
>>> customer
>>> service rep. have a distinctly non-windows look to it.  Closer
>>> inspection
>>> revealed an "X" window system.  Even closer inspection of the order
>>> entry
>>> screen on an application called Genesis revealed an permission error
>>> when
>>> attempting to write to /usr/local/log/blah.log.  I asked if the 
>>> system
>>> was
>>> new - it was.  It was running on an IBM branded platform.  I asked if
>>> the
>>> system was better or worse than what was used prior to the change -
>>> about the
>>> same was the answer, the user interface was superior.
>>>
>>> Could Lowes be using Linux at the PoS?  Seems possible.  Anybody on
>>> the list
>>> know for sure?
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