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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
terrysb
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Date: December 04, 2007 02:05PM
As most people on this board are aware I have been running the scanner site that rebroadcasts Fairfax Police and Fire channels over the internet. I also rebroadcast Potomac Air Traffic Control on a separate channel on the server.
The site has a steady stream of listeners every day. Lately, we seem to have attracted a few listeners who choose to use the chat capability on the site for purposes other than discussing scanner traffic. Foul/abusive language and derogatory comments to other users on the site is in my view inappropriate.
The rules for using the site are simple:
1. Do not use nicknames that are outright vulgar.
2. Use the chat capability to discuss scanner-related information only.
I am not trying to be prudish. There are plenty of places on the internet if you wish to engage in the above behavior. Since our listeners include law enforcement personnel, public safety professionals, young people, as well as many visitors to this board and from elsewhere the aim is to maintain the high road and not let unnecessary banter degrade the quality of life on the site.
We have also had multiple attempts by people trying to hack the site to gain administrative access. Some additional safeguard measures have now been put in place to reduce the likelihood of success for these attempts. I have also disabled the chat capability temporarily for anonymous users so as to discourage the above behavior.
I hope that a small group of users does not spoil it for the masses. If the situation continues, however, we will need to resort to user registration as a means of controlling access to the scanner.
The site has a steady stream of listeners every day. Lately, we seem to have attracted a few listeners who choose to use the chat capability on the site for purposes other than discussing scanner traffic. Foul/abusive language and derogatory comments to other users on the site is in my view inappropriate.
The rules for using the site are simple:
1. Do not use nicknames that are outright vulgar.
2. Use the chat capability to discuss scanner-related information only.
I am not trying to be prudish. There are plenty of places on the internet if you wish to engage in the above behavior. Since our listeners include law enforcement personnel, public safety professionals, young people, as well as many visitors to this board and from elsewhere the aim is to maintain the high road and not let unnecessary banter degrade the quality of life on the site.
We have also had multiple attempts by people trying to hack the site to gain administrative access. Some additional safeguard measures have now been put in place to reduce the likelihood of success for these attempts. I have also disabled the chat capability temporarily for anonymous users so as to discourage the above behavior.
I hope that a small group of users does not spoil it for the masses. If the situation continues, however, we will need to resort to user registration as a means of controlling access to the scanner.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
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Date: December 04, 2007 02:33PM
Wow, see nothing on the interwebs is safe these days. People trying to hack a police scanner stream, imagine!
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
TheMeeper
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Date: December 04, 2007 03:59PM
Foul/abusive lamguage and derogatory comments to other users on the site is in my view inappropriate
If these knuckleheads don't stop you can just tell them to come here, where they can curse and chastise others for no reason without any consequences. :))
BTW, thanks again terrysb for running such an awesome site.
If these knuckleheads don't stop you can just tell them to come here, where they can curse and chastise others for no reason without any consequences. :))
BTW, thanks again terrysb for running such an awesome site.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
Anonymous Coward
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Date: December 04, 2007 05:40PM
What's the address of the site? Sounds interesting.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
lyle j
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Date: December 05, 2007 07:29AM
terrysb, does you site also pick up other FD channels such as 4B, 4C and so on?
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
terrysb
()
Date: December 05, 2007 08:21AM
Yes, the scanner is set up to scan all of the incident channels as well.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
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Date: December 05, 2007 02:24PM
Remember, it was KOT who acutally bothered to type in all the stuff about how to use the scanner.
Hey Terry, just wanted to thank you for providing such a great service to the county of Fairfax. You should set up a donation page.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2007 02:24PM by KeepOnTruckin.
Hey Terry, just wanted to thank you for providing such a great service to the county of Fairfax. You should set up a donation page.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2007 02:24PM by KeepOnTruckin.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
TheMeeper
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Date: December 05, 2007 04:06PM
> was KOT who acutally bothered to type in all the stuff about how to use the scanner.
Yes, and I also remember that you reminded us all of your wiki-accomplishment the last time I posted a link to it. :))
Yes, and I also remember that you reminded us all of your wiki-accomplishment the last time I posted a link to it. :))
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
j
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Date: December 07, 2007 01:43AM
I wonder if cops go online and try to find live video/audio of us working in offices and doing our jobs...no wait I don't wonder...they dont. Life...girls...get them.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
DOOBIE
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Date: December 07, 2007 12:40PM
All I get is this message:
[12:38:40] Connecting to boris.serveirc.com
[12:38:44] No reply from server
Maybe the server is offline
or maybe teamspeak is not running on it
[12:38:40] Connecting to boris.serveirc.com
[12:38:44] No reply from server
Maybe the server is offline
or maybe teamspeak is not running on it
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
bdimag
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Date: December 07, 2007 12:50PM
j Wrote:
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> I wonder if cops go online and try to find live
> video/audio of us working in offices and doing our
> jobs...no wait I don't wonder...they dont.
> Life...girls...get them.
no - they come see us in person and bug us... Tampons.. get them.
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> I wonder if cops go online and try to find live
> video/audio of us working in offices and doing our
> jobs...no wait I don't wonder...they dont.
> Life...girls...get them.
no - they come see us in person and bug us... Tampons.. get them.
Re: Use of the Fairfax PD/FD Scanner Site
Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
()
Date: December 07, 2007 04:42PM
He probably uses pads.
@ Meeper. You are true.
@ Meeper. You are true.