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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the three-guesses-and-the-first-two-don't-count dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

For several weeks, citizens of North Olmsted, Ohio—a small town a few miles west of a NASA research center—have been plagued by a mysterious force that has blocked their garage openers and car key fobs from functioning. But after many attempts by amateur sleuths and expert technicians to determine the source of the vexation, the problem has been resolved.

According to the New York Times, North Olmsted officials first began receiving reports about the issue in late April. Since then more than a dozen residents of the town and the neighboring Fairview Park have told authorities about their inability to use garage door openers and key fobs.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/a-mysterious-force-has-been-blocking-car-key-fobs-in-th-1834551015


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Fishscene on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:49AM (9 children)

    by Fishscene (4361) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:49AM (#840547)

    "...problem has been resolved."

    .... So maybe tell us??

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:54AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @12:54AM (#840549)

    we need just one volunteer to rtfa - i'm too tired today

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:06AM (#840556)

      Let's just say they didn't cure the rogue tinkerer's autism.

    • (Score: 2) by Rich on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:10AM (1 child)

      by Rich (945) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:10AM (#840558) Journal

      The mysterious frequency was coming from the home of a local inventor. The man had built a device that notified him if someone approached his property when he was tinkering in his cellar. It was persistently putting out a 315 megahertz signal. (A radar?) The councilperson would not reveal the man’s identity since he has special needs. "There was no malicious intent of the device".

      So that's how to get away. Thinking about it, I think I sometimes have the special need to build a hardware widget, too. Alas, us mere mortals will have to go the extra length of EMI testing. See EEVblog #1178 - Build a $10 DIY EMC Probe, if you're on a budget. $2 for the semi-rigid cable, $7 for the wideband amp, and another dollar for the wire to the scope. Works wonders (at least to 100 MHz) even with the stock FFT of a little Riglol.

      • (Score: 1, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:25AM

        by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:25AM (#840589) Homepage Journal

        Folks, it's not the first time there's been problems with a Frequency. Back in the 80s, before anybody knew how important the Frequencies would become. They came after Dan Rather. And many people said it was Fake News. Wasn't Fake. There were 2 thugs that beat him up. Muggers. Trying to get a Frequency from him. But he, very bravely, wouldn't give it to them. He never squealed. And amazingly, he survived. CBS News is one of the worst. But that guy is no song bird!!!!

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:23AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:23AM (#840559)

    The mysterious force is called clickbait.

    • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:15AM

      by driverless (4770) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:15AM (#840709)

      Pure clickbait. The very pedestrian "Hobbyist tinkerer causes RFI that upsets remote controls" really doesn't have the same ring.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @08:59PM (#840992)

      This, thousand times. Not cool SN.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:08AM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:08AM (#840640)

    "...problem has been resolved."

    .... So maybe tell us??

    Evrybody in the neighbourhood was neuralised.

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
  • (Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Wednesday May 08 2019, @06:15PM

    by The Archon V2.0 (3887) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @06:15PM (#840922)

    NVM, fixed it.