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Mid-Air Messaging?

Posted by michael on from the think-of-all-the-spam dept.

boogahsmalls writes: "HP has been working on a nifty little project by the name of Cooltown that allows users to "paint" the air with comments using GPS and mobile phones. A more extensive write up is available over at New Scientist."

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  1. The funniest thing about this... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is that HP's site mentions "will the real Bruce Perens please stand up" - and calls slashdot "www.slashdot.com". Prophetic, maybe?

    - A.P.

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
    1. Re:The funniest thing about this... by linzeal · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Will the real Bruce Perens please stand up I almost forgot about that. Does bruce even post anymore?

      http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=userinfo&nick=Bruc e+Perens

      and I quote
      I used to post a lot on Slashdot. These days, it seems to be run by a bunch of whining kids, and I don't take it seriously any longer. (empasis mine) Is he talking about the slashdot crew or just in general?

      --
      An Education is the Font of All Liberty
  2. Let me get this straight... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred in September, followed by a deadly and bloody WAR against the Islamic faith (against the holiest of Muslim clerics and scholars, the beloved Taliban leaders of the Afghanistan people) and now we're struggling to bring order to Afghanistan with the establishment of an interim government, as well as tightening the noose over the Al Qaeda group (a terrorist cell with possibly the coolest name around) in the mountains of Tora Bora, and you people have the gall to be discussing GPS-based wireless information services???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!

    The bodies of the thousands of innocent civilians who died (and will die) in these unprecedented events could give a good god damn about an incredible abuse of IPv4 (unless these people have done the right thing and are using IPv6 in these devices), your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddies is *not* "getting on with your life"). The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!

    You people disgust me!