JTA: pirate radio's secret snitch, or just a retard?
 

In reference to:

http://www.thefrn.net/vines/read.php...,1028#msg-1028

1) Assuming for a moment that the FCC meeting with Bob Grove happened as you
claim it did, it took place *30 YEARS AGO*. Things change. If the FCC
didn't want public help in tracking down pirates then, they sure do now:
https://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/pir...dcast-stations

2) Triangulation of a signal doesn't require GPS to pinpoint it (as you
should know), and someone still has to go out into the field to confirm
operation and serve the NOUO / NAL on the operator.

3) What use would they have for a snitch? To make it easier to identify
the operator in question and know where and to whom to serve the NOUO / NAL.

So other than the fact that you still don't like Poet, what brought this
particularly ill-considered rant about, John? Your Bunny Buddy feeling a
little down and you thought you'd cheer him up a bit?

Seriously, every time you open your mouth or sit down at a keyboard and
start typing you just come off sounding like a complete idiot who is
chronically incapable of thinking through even the most simple concepts.

- Pedro.

JTA: pirate radio's secret snitch, or just a retard?
 

On 5/30/2014 2:41 AM, Pedro De Pacas wrote:
In reference to:

http://www.thefrn.net/vines/read.php...,1028#msg-1028

1) Assuming for a moment that the FCC meeting with Bob Grove happened as you
claim it did, it took place *30 YEARS AGO*. Things change. If the FCC
didn't want public help in tracking down pirates then, they sure do now:
https://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/pir...dcast-stations

2) Triangulation of a signal doesn't require GPS to pinpoint it (as you
should know), and someone still has to go out into the field to confirm
operation and serve the NOUO / NAL on the operator.

3) What use would they have for a snitch? To make it easier to identify
the operator in question and know where and to whom to serve the NOUO / NAL.

So other than the fact that you still don't like Poet, what brought this
particularly ill-considered rant about, John? Your Bunny Buddy feeling a
little down and you thought you'd cheer him up a bit?

Seriously, every time you open your mouth or sit down at a keyboard and
start typing you just come off sounding like a complete idiot who is
chronically incapable of thinking through even the most simple concepts.

- Pedro.


Of course another reason that the FCC loves a snitch is that it sows
doubt in the ranks of the pirate ops. If the ops suspect a snitch, but
don't really know who it is, then it's going to put a real damper on
activity, and maybe even prompt more snitching.

This is what happened with Pat's snitching; his big mistake was to make
a series of errors, as documented by Poet and on the Radio Paranoia
blog, that made it clear who the snitch was. Once it became clear that
it was Pat and his toadies doing the dirty work, things slowly started
to return to normal, leaving them out of the pirate mix. Seeing Pat get
the boot from Ragnar's site, and the old FRN go down in flames, has also
helped matters.