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Chicago Proposes MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

Posted by Hemos on from the i-got-no-strings-to-hold-me-down dept.

stumble writes: "This article lacks many details, but the idea is that Chicago wants to bring broadband to the masses and is accepting proposals to design and build a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN): 'The project, called CivicNet, is aimed at bringing a broadband network with integrated data, voice and video capabilities to every nook and cranny of Chicago over the next 10 years.'"

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  1. MAN? by Dirtside · · Score: 2, Funny

    *looks at story*

    *looks at Beowulf joke*

    Forget it.

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    "Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
  2. Yeah, but... by BoarderPhreak · · Score: 0, Funny

    We all know that the real work will be done by a woMAN right? :)

  3. Hmm... by cascino · · Score: 1, Funny

    Chicago Proposes MAN
    Yeah, it's OT, but this headline reminded me of the infamous Ian Malcom line from 'Jurassic Park'...
    "God creates dinosours. God destroys dinosours. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosours. Dinosours eat man... Woman inherits the Earth."
    Well, that, and I'm sure someone will make a joke about Chicago being the codename for Windows 95, and how Microsoft wants to take control of the human ra... nevermind, I'm hopeless ;)

  4. Next coke machine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    aimed at bringing a broadband network with integrated data, voice and video capabilities to every nook and cranny of Chicago over the next 10 years.

    ping crack_whore1351.CivicNet
    no route to host
    no route to host


    Drat, she's out. :(

  5. Already Outdated by fobbman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear that the Powers That Be are working on the successor to M.A.N., tentatively called W.O.M.A.N, or Wireless Omnipresent Metropolitan Area Network. One of the last known remaining bugs is a few days a month performance is a bit tempermental, to say the least.

    1. Re:Already Outdated by 11thangel · · Score: 3, Funny

      This doesn't just outdate M.A.N., but it at the same time implements new protocols which it is fully aware M.A.N. is incapable of understanding. M.A.N. has tried to overcome this and merge networks with W.O.M.A.N., but has failed miserably due to communications errors.

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    2. Re:Already Outdated by zmooc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well...it's said that this performance-bug doesn't occure until the device is a few years old. Just get a new one every few years and you should be fine:) There are also rumours that the problems suddenly disappear when the device gets really old, but I haven't been able to confirm this. I've also heard rumours that the performance problems are accompanied by `some other kind of trouble' somewhere around the Communication Unit for Network Troubleshooting. I'm about to investigate this Unit now so I will let you know when I know more about the nature of these problems.

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  6. Support open standards... by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    If M$ had their way, they'd branch off a rib of this new network and create a Windows-only MAN, or WoMAN.

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  7. NAN - Neighborhood Area Network by abischof · · Score: 5, Funny

    So.. if you create your own NAN (Neighborhood Area Network), are you sticking it to the MAN?

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  8. ..and the WOlrd Metro Area Network is called? by syncronis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that when, (and it will) the MAN expands and becomes a WOrld Metro Area Network it will be called WOMAN?

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  9. In other news by selectspec · · Score: 3, Funny

    The city also came up with a new plan entitled, "hand out of lots of cash to everyone." The plan puts large piles of cash in the hands of anyone who lives in the city. The city doesn't intend to fund the project, rather leave such minor details to the private sector.

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  10. Re:I hope this doesn't end up like Boston... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey, lighten up on Chicago. Just because the Millenium Park wasn't completed by the millenium, and is now so grossly over budget that some insiders were talking about scrapping it doesn't mean that Little Dick's cousin always gets the bid. Friends sometimes get it, too :)