On Wednesday 01 April 2009 20:47:33 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Fellow Linux wireless hackers, > > We regret to inform you that Atheros is no longer going to be working > with the upstream Linux kernel community. We have received notice from > the Atheros Alien Reverse Engineering Division (AARED) that we have > given away too much information by opening up our drivers, furthermore > our batch of newly arrived organic-based wireless technology at AARED > is far too advanced and current wireless research cannot explain our > achieved max thoughput figures which violate The Shannon Theorem [1]. > The AARED also fears that the FOSS community will start creating > communication portals to parallel universes with our hardware[2], a > feature which is theoretically possible with our latest organic-based > wireless technology, but unfortunately cannot be allowed due to > regulatory consideration near the Council Chambers of Zion [3]. > > We may be able to address the communication portal regulatory > considerations through CRDA [4] and for this we do ask for you advice, > but please be aware that we already are facing hard questions from the > NSA, specifically from Agent Smith [5]. The NSA ultimately fears that > the alien community we have reversed engineered their wireless > technology from may be watching us and may soon start sending hostile > ships to earth for retribution, these concerns are coming directly > from The Architect [6]. > > The Atheros Linux team > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_theorem > [2] > http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-great-cosmic-roller-coaster-ride > [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_(The_Matrix) > [4] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA > [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Smith > [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect_(The_Matrix) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" > in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html April fool?? :D:D -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html