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spacepleb writes "A solar and pedal powered bi-directional satellite connection shared out over 802.11b. Given the difficulty of satellite connectivity alone in Europe, these guys turned some heads."
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I've got no idea what the link is about, but I'm guessing thier bicycle just got a lot harder to push.
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Now all we need is a three hundred metre tall trebuchet to launch the satellite itself into orbit, and we're as green as Kermit :)
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All those people pedaling the bicycle were producing carbon dioxide, which leads to global warming.
They could have just burned the grease from the guys hair that was peddling the bike to create enough steam power to power the whole camp... That or they could have made candles out of it and turned all the lights off.
Sorry, but those dreads look pretty nasty....
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... the server's been slashdoted. :)
Amongst adult users, in general, females seemed to be more proficient and less complaining than males when given free use of the network. Males complained more, and were less open to learning. This was an overall feeling between us after the 5 days.
Guess they weren't in tune with the Earth Mother, or something...
they used a two-seater bike so two people could pedal at once? Or maybe they could hire Lance Armstrong for a LAN party...
"Lance, pedal faster, my ping sucks"
Green internet connection huh? Well lets see here... hmm depends on a sattelite with an apple airport for a connection and yet no mention of all the pollutants released in the atmosphere from the rocket.
Lots of plastic chairs in the pictures that's not good.
Cars! My god these people drove!
Looks to me like it's just a bunch of yuppies doing their yearly feel-good protect the earth thing, and getting some excercise at the same time. When I saw that pic of the dude on the excercise bike I thought "Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go!"
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Would that mean the leading pedal pounder would get a Green Jersey as opposed to a Yellow one?
Just for your info, the Green Jersey already exists. It's awarded to the rider with the most sprint points in The Tour de France . But it's the mountain bikers who are the real tree huggers... Wham! (ouch...)
Great... the first Slashdot-related fatality...
"Too much web traffic kills Internet bicyclist..."
-- Terry