HOWTO: Take over a Taco Bell Drive-Thru

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-02-23 03:01pm

Great fun

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2004-02-23 04:16pm

LMAO, that's great. In-fact, it's given me an idea for this summer.

Ryoga · Post by **Ryoga** » 2004-02-23 04:56pm

I must be getting old

The thought of screwing with some random strangers seemed hilarious, but when I clicked that link it seemed kinda sad to me. It was fairly obvious the manager was trying to fix things....

I dunno, I guess I'm a Robin Hood type of pranking.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-02-23 05:17pm

Oh, that's great. Now I want to do it.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2004-02-23 06:20pm

That's amusing.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-02-23 06:27pm

Why Pachelbel's Canon in D at the beginning? And dude, that's an ooooold story.

Never seen the video before, but those idiots were doing this (and got caught, IIRC) a month ago at least.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-02-23 06:39pm

Rogue 9 wrote:Why Pachelbel's Canon in D at the beginning? And dude, that's an ooooold story. Never seen the video before, but those idiots were doing this (and got caught, IIRC) a month ago at least.

Showing their faces on a video doing the crime doesn't help.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-02-23 08:15pm

Does anyone know what general bandwidth region a radio would have to operate on to interact with the drive through at, say a mc donalds? Out of curiosity of course...

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-02-23 09:44pm

Erm- do they use a land line, or is it a frequency? It would have to be something off the regular bandwidth- probably below 80 MHz or above 120. Just a random guess, though, may not be terribly coherent.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-02-23 10:55pm

The Aliens wrote:Erm- do they use a land line, or is it a frequency? It would have to be something off the regular bandwidth- probably below 80 MHz or above 120. Just a random guess, though, may not be terribly coherent.

Its a frequency. It stated that quite clearly in big bold letters at the end of the clip.

EmperorChrostas the Cruel · Post by **EmperorChrostas the Cruel** » 2004-02-23 10:59pm

Taco Bell uses a land line from their store to the speaker, but the employee talkes to the land line via a wireless headset. The reciver, and the power packs are usualy both in the manager's office
In effect, you are just tapping into the system. If your transmitter is much more powerful than the store's unit, (not hard given the store's link uses a 4 AA cell regargable power pack, all 100 milliwatts of it) you are just shouting down the store's link.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2004-02-24 02:30am

HAHA! That is friggin' hillarious given some of the people I know, and their antics.

This is *so* giving me ideas for the summer.

FYI, some portable ham systems can work from a good 1/2 mile or more to pull that shit. One of my friends was fucking around with McDonalds from my car one time with one of those things. Most of those units are 3 watts or more, my friend's is 5 watts, and is about the same size as that hand scanner thing shown in the movie.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-02-24 02:32am

The line between a funny practical joker and an obnoxious asshole is crossed when people start suffering losses, such as financial losses or business disruptions. Keep that in mind, Hyperion.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-02-24 06:51pm

I didn't see the clip, I'm on a 56k and bandwidth is precious, Rogue9.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-02-24 07:03pm

Hyperion wrote:HAHA! That is friggin' hillarious given some of the people I know, and their antics.

This is *so* giving me ideas for the summer.

FYI, some portable ham systems can work from a good 1/2 mile or more to pull that shit. One of my friends was fucking around with McDonalds from my car one time with one of those things. Most of those units are 3 watts or more, my friend's is 5 watts, and is about the same size as that hand scanner thing shown in the movie.

You like jail? Because that's where you're headed if you do that.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2004-02-25 11:10pm

Hey, I never said I did it. I just find it amusing, especially since Taco Bell has botched up all of my orders for lunch in the last month. (started going to TDM since it's better food and reliable service)

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-02-26 03:11am

Rogue 9 wrote:You like jail? Because that's where you're headed if you do that.

Under what charges?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-02-26 03:13am

Uraniun235 wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:You like jail? Because that's where you're headed if you do that.
Under what charges?

Same charges the guys who did that are in for. I forget exactly what. I'll look tomorrow; its 1:17 am here and I have class in the morning.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-02-26 12:19pm

The FCC is highly unforgiving of such things.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2004-02-26 11:08pm

Probably some kind of harrassment charges and FCC laws being broken, not sure which ones exactly. Also puts anyone doing that kind of stuff directly in the line of fire from that store for lawsuits for lost profit.

EmperorChrostas the Cruel · Post by **EmperorChrostas the Cruel** » 2004-02-27 12:57am

Broadcasting on a restricted frequency,(<infraction) broadcasting without a license, (<infraction)interfering with a permitted radion broadcast, (<felony) use of public airwaves to facilitate a crime. (<felony)Crimes? Trespassing,disorderly conduct, vandalism, and a list that continues for the creative DA.
These idiot were using the RADIO for commiting crimes.
When you involve the Railroads, or Banks, the Feds get in on it post haste.
Deliberatly screwing up any commercialy licensed radio communication is a serious felony as far as the FCC is concerned. They needed an FCC permit to operate that system. You are interfering with the Federal governments regulating the airwaves.
Even though it was Taco Bell, they will hammer you with the same penalty as if you interfered with fire/medical/air traffic controle radio traffic.
This infractions alone could be hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
This would be plea barganed down to 5 digit fines.

Breaker breaker, be advised, do NOT mess with Uncle Charley! 10-4.