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Mega Public WAN In Sydney
Chris Meder writes: "As posted on CFGN - The Nation , gibed by the recent unreasonable price hikes in Broadband connectivity in Australia, which come already after a strained relationship between Broadband users and the major telco/ISP Telstra BigPond Internet, a group of people in the largest Australian metropolitan city of Sydney have decided to form a city wide amateur wireless network. The team behind this clever idea have also put up a detailed graphical database of people interested and are still looking for more numbers to get this off the ground." This last part reminds me of the Global Access Wireless Database, as featured here. Update: 01/23 18:53 GMT by T : Reader Peter Mann wrote to point out that "there's a mailing list for a similar
wireless project in Sydney at http://sydney.air.net.au."
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I didn't want to leave this space blank.
Damn...I'm usually so good about that checkbox.
Between Linux and Windows, Linux turns up more results. With a search between Linux and Microsoft, Linux is again the clear winner by turning up more results.
Windows is a commonly used word that can be used when discussing computers and operating systems but also when discussing "an opening in the wall of a building for admission of light and air that is usually closed by casements or sashes containing transparent material (as glass) and capable of being opened and shut". The name Linux on the other hand is unique and is only used when discussing computers and operating systems. This makes Linux even more popular with the results we obtained because erroneous results from searching Windows will have to be subtracted from the total.
A search of "Linux sucks" turns in less results than "Windows sucks". With this information we can clearly deduce that Linux is superior in everyway.
For fun we will search for "Linux sucks ass". Next we will seach for "Windows sucks ass". The results you ask? Windows turns up more proving Linux is in fact better. Still do not believe me? Then click the links and find out for yourself!
We will now search for Linux homosexual and then Windows homosexual. The results are utterly shocking. Windows users are by far more homosexual than Linux users.
With a search of linux "technologically inclined" and windows "technologically inclined", the winner is Microsoft.
Now we will get to the serious stuff. Searching for linux "dirty bearded gnu hippies" and then for windows "dirty bearded gnu hippies", Linux comes up with more results telling us there are more "dirty bearded gnu hippies" using Linux than Windows.
Well, I hope I have given you the knowledge to pick the operating system thats right for you. Until next time, good 'ay!
Conclusions:
Linux is more popular than Windows
Linux is superior to Windows in everyway
Linux users are nothing but a bunch of "dirty bearded gnu hippies"
Windows users are squalid ravaging homosexuals
Windows users are more technically inclined than Linux users
-Metrollica
when i raize mah' trigga finga...
all y'all muthafuckas hit da flo'
*Whew* Got that out of my system.
Anyway, where's the map for free wireless access points in the city? Koala's don't surf.
Gabe, thank you for the purchase of the Mtn. Dew for the apartment. I feel the urge to continually acknowledge my gratitude toward you.
Signed,
Mark [your apartment-mate]
America's beginning was full rebellion and revolution. It seems to me that Australia is doing better in that category than America is now-a-days. America is no longer about revolution. Now it's all politics, profit, and popularity. America is only going downhill. Australia, although no better than America, still has some spirit left in it's people. The Austrilian people are disappointed with the broadband pricing and so they got together and are working to solve it. They didn't leave it up to the government or the corporations to do it for them, they are taking the charge.
I think this is time for people to really start thinking. It is time for a revolution. Not like those you read about in your history books. No one needs to die. People need to work on fixing the system. There should be no reliance on a central authority. There is too much centralization these days. We are humans, not machines. Why not start acting like humans and throw out the old rules. Australia is not perfect, but the people have a better sense of what freedom really means. Check out http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/ this is Brian Martin's page. He teachs over at the University of Wollongong in Australia, after reading some of his material you'll realize what I mean by a better sense of freedom.
I find no reason why one man/woman can be a hundred or a thousand times richer than another. All men are created equal. In our constitution it says. Yet our practice is otherwise. No I am not communist, and no I do not believe that every man should make exactly the same as any other, but our current state of "equalness" is ridiculous. When the system is flawed, do not say "Atleast it's better than other systems", FIX IT.
I'm done with my rant, go ahead, mod me down. Supression only seems to help the problem doesn't it?
Question everything.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
I would have submitted this first, but i was hit by a flying pig on the way to my computer..
Mess Stuff Up
I've seen lots and lots of stories about some backwater called Australia here, recently. I wonder why? I'm actually looking for slashdot.org. They have relevant stories there, stories that people actually give a fuck about.
Legal advice may not be necessary if they never share a broadband pipe, or even a modem, that connects to another ISP, telecom, or whatever.
The idea I've always promulgated is this: build a new internet using the wireless tech. Eventually lasers or tightly focused beams can provide backbones through which local WANs can communcate.
The Internet has been taken over by corporations and the guv'mint. The flimsy yet powerful excuses of hackers, child porn and terrorists were enough to get our doors kicked down.
Damn the Internet, damn the law, and gawd damn the lawyers. Let's bring the joy back to our world again. Get a kilt and some blue paint. Time to moon the emmeny.
Breaking News -- Terrorists have attacked the United States.
Once again, middle-eastern terrorists from Osama bin Ladens' Al Qaeda terrorist network have attacked The United States of America. The attack of September 11, 2001 pales in comparison to this highly coordinated, massive attack.
The White House, the Capitol Building, and the United Nations building are smoldering in ruins after being attacked by truck bombs and hijacked commercial airliners. Thousands of government officials are presumed dead while rescue efforts are being hindered by intense heat and smoke.
There are reports of further attacks in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Miami.
* Unconfirmed: Rumors are surfacing that the heart of Los Angeles was attacked using multiple 10-ton ammonium nitrate truck bombs detonated in multiple locations.
* Confirmed: Large portion of downtown Chicago sprayed with anthrax via multiple cropduster aircraft. Sadly, the terrorists operating the cropdusters were able to disseminate almost their entire arsenals of anthrax before being shot down by US military F-16's. In this first ever wide-spread biological attack, millions of innocent men, women and children were exterminated like insects.
* Confirmed: Nuclear explosion in New York City. A rental truck carrying an unidentified type of nuclear weapon was detonated in New York City early this morning. Details are sketchy, but US Government officials are saying the blast was somewhere in the magnitude of 15 megatons.
President Bush and Vice President Cheney are believed dead in the White House destruction.
Nuclear strikes have been launched by the United States military against Phillipines, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Somolia. All of these countries have been hit by at least five Titan II ICBM's and one 100-kiloton thermonuclear warhead; millions are believed to be dead.
Martial law has been declared across the entire US in an attempt to try and control the wide-scale looting in major US cities. High ranking military commanders have assumed control of the military retaliation, as the President and Vice President are presumed dead.
Government officials who weren't killed in the attacks are now attempting to keep control the chaotic country from the bunkers under the White House. The US Government is broadcasting nationwide television and radio announcements to inform the public of the status of the country.
I suggest you all stop what you are doing and spend some time with your families, because quite frankly, World War 3 is upon us.
More details to come.
Who am I?
(Yes, I'm Australian.)
proof, n. A demonstration that a conclusion is implied by certain premises and axioms.
Might as well be; you're just like 'em.
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That thread is hilarious and STILL being moderated! Moderators, are you guys complete fucking dipshits or what?
I come from queensland, and am not a "redneck".
who thought that the whole male population of Sydney would spontaneously masturbate? Mega public wanks and all that...
:o)
Who ever modded this up is clueless.
-This is a point that is brought up every time a wireless topic is started. -> a troll if you ask me. (lookup the definition of a troll).
-The poster says is does not know anything about aussie law.
-I think no lawsuit here, you are just disconnected. Unless a highprofile hack was done from this network.
-Damn, i just reacted to something i declared a troll.! 8-)
just my 0.02