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County-wide Wireless Broadband
An anonymous submitter sent in this story about a Maryland county providing wireless broadband to everyone, well, almost everyone, anyway. The article doesn't mention how much the service costs, and I don't see anything on the network's website either. There is a good page of information about the network, though.
Allegheny Co. Maryland is a pit of boredom. Not that that is a bad thing. I went to school for a few years out there, and there was NOTHING to do. Not a single thing. Okay, drink heavily. And go to the cheap first run movie theatre.
I wish them well with the project. I remember how bad the FM radio reception was. Even with towers and repeaters at the tops of the highest peaks, it was still spotty, at best. It varied with where you were, what time of the year (not all of the foliage is pine trees), the temperature, etc.
I'd comment more, but at this point in time, the link is broken.
(Oh, the boredom was nice. Particularly in Winter and Summer session. Plenty of time to read, relax, meditate. But it can get a little grating after a while.)
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
"What is Allconet?
ALLCONET is our public Web site for Allegany County and consists of a partnership of four entities -- the Allegany County Library System, the Board of Education of Allegany County, the Allegany County Commissioners, and the City of Cumberland. ALLCONET is an innovative and creative approach to meeting the information needs of our schools and communities."...
...until you bastards go out there and slashdot them.
Sent from your iPad.
hack his way out of jail with a Pringles can!
am I the only one that thinks thats the funniest recurring troll post in a long while?
it certainly beats the page widening crap Cmder was posting before!
No kidding...
Attention Slasdot Editors,
Please check links before you post an article. You can't blaim this one on the submitter. It takes about 4 seconds. There really is not other excuse. It bothers me to see such obvious lack of caring from a site who is asking their users to pay money and subsribe. For what?
Thanks,
The Slashdot Community
Moon Macrosystems. Sun's biggest competitor.
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.
Wowzers! I just did a trace route and learned that the webhosting company who serves the webpage mentioned in the slashdot article has a secretary who lives not five minutes from my brothers house. jesus what a coincidence.
boy, cmder, you really blew the page wide open with that one.
wheeeee.
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And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco . y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .an d .all .the .upstanding .citizens .of .slashdot .a re .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds . This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destructi on .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot . reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He . rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and . actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .How ever .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negativ e .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .th reshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .th e .regular .good .citizens .of .slashdot .reading . slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is . reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson-C mdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .s lashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .i s .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the . numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening . no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the . workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That . would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact . that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .aff ect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Tr olls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noo ne .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .s lashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially . doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .i s .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdo t .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .th e .upstanding .citizens .of .slashdot .are .readin g .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is . hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .sl ashdot .just .heard .the .sad .news .on .CBC .r adio .Comedy .actor-writer .Alan .Thicke .was .fou nd .dead .in .his .home .this .morning .Even .if . you .never .liked .his .work .you .can .appreciate . what .he .did .for .80's .television .Truly .a .Ca nadian .icon .He .will .be .missed . .Show .me .That .Smile .The .Growing .Pains .The me .Song .Show .me .that .smile .again .Ooh .show . me .that .smile .Don't .waste .another .minute .on . your .crying .We're .nowhere .near .the .end .We'r e .nowhere .near .The .best .is .ready .to .begin . As .long .as .we .got .each .other .We .got .the . world .Sitting .right .in .our .hands .Baby .rain . or .shine .All .the .time .We .got .each .other .S haring .the .laughter .and .love .The .average .Jo e .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .n egative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is . underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very . good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed . by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply . moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you . have .all .the .regular .good .citizens .of .slash dot .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So . nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .F lounderson-CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to . destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .at tention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch . like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page . widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .fo und .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .thres hold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for . the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .A DVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .t rolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .se en .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bor ed .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is . essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls . And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco . y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .an d .all .the .upstanding .citizens .of .slashdot .a re .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds . This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destructi on .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot . reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He . rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and . actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .How ever .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negativ e .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .th reshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .th e .regular .good .citizens .of .slashdot .reading . slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is . reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson-C mdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .s lashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .i s .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the . numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening . no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the . workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That . would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact . that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .aff ect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Tr olls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noo ne .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .s lashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially . doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .i s .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdo t .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .th e .upstanding .citizens .of .slashdot .are .readin g .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is . hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .sl ashdot.I .just .heard .the .sad .news .on .CBC .ra dio .Comedy .actor-writer .Alan .Thicke .was .foun d .dead .in .his .home .this .morning .Even .if .y ou .never .liked .his .work .you .can .appreciate . what .he .did .for .80's .television .Truly .a .Ca nadian .icon .He .will .be .missed . .Show .me .That .Smile .The .Growing .Pains .The me .Song .Show .me .that .smile .again .Ooh .show . me .that .smile .Don't .waste .another .minute .on . your .crying .We're .nowhere .near .the .end .We'r e .nowhere .near .The .best .is .ready .to .begin . As .long .as .we .got .each .other .We .got .the . world .Sitting .right .in .our .hands .Baby .rain . or .shine .All .the .time .We .got .each .other .S haring .the .laughter .and .love .The .average .Jo e .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .n egative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is . underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very . good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed . by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply . moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you . have .all .the .regular .good .citizens .of .slash dot .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So . nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .F lounderson-CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to . destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .at tention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch . like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page . widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .fo und .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .thres hold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for . the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .A DVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .t rolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .se en .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bor ed .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is . essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls . And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco . y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .an d .all .the .upstanding .citizens .of .slashdot .a re .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds . This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destructi on .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot . reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He . rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and . actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .How ever .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negativ e .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .th reshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .th e .regular .good .citizens .of .slashdot .reading . slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is . reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson-C mdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .s lashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .i s .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the . numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening . no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the . workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That . would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact . that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .aff ect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Tr olls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noo ne .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .s lashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially . doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .i s .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdo t .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .th e .upstanding .citizens .of .slashdot .are .readin g .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is . hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .sl ashdot
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