[TriLUG] Wireless at Lowes

[David A. Cafaro]

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:
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> > 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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> > Mike Mueller
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