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Dave Hughes' Campaign To Connect 6 Billion Brains
polarfleece writes "The Asociated Press has a fine story about Dave Hughes, one of my personal heros. For those of you who may never have heard of him, he is THE pioneer in the use of wireless networking for mass connectivity. His main website is at wireless.oldcolo.com." An anonymous reader also point to the profile of Hughes accompanying the article.
Any relation to Howard?
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A1miras
Dave Hughes certainly doesn't look the part of a technology trailblazer. The burly, 74-year-old retired Army colonel could stuff a scrawny computer geek in his Stetson.
But the real question... How is he at Counter-Strike!
"So he let troops paint tanks in psychedelic colors, drive them in road rallies and bring wives and girlfriends along as navigators. He stocked base hangouts with beer and go-go girls, encouraged black troops to stage Guerrilla Theater and brought in such diverse political speakers as Cesar Chavez and William F. Buckley."
I wonder how "strongly encouraged" his retirement was......
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
For a pioneer of mass connectivity, he sure does have a boring webpage.
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At first glance I thought it said "Collect" 6 billion brains...
/. was going to ask for donations.
I thought
Someone once said to me, 'cultivate your own garden,'" Hughes says. "I said, I'm going to use a microprocessor as a hoe and a modem as a wheelbarrow."
...and if he happens to come upon /., he'll get plenty of fertilizer to assist in cultivation...
Soko
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
What we'd hear from some (in)famous brains of our time:
George W. Bush's brain: I must remember to chew my pretzels. Bomb Iraq. I must remember to chew my pretzels. Bomb Iraq. I must remember to chew my pretzels. Bomb Iraq.
Tony Blair's brain: I must do whatever Dubya says cos Dubya's a smart man and he obviously knows what he's doing. Now where's my leash?
Saddam Hussein's brain: I didn't have anything to do with that attack. Why's George picking on me all of a sudden?
Osama Bin Laden's brain: Boy, am I glad that George's forgotten about me!
Bill Gates's brain: With all these wars to worry about I think the Government's forgotten about me. Time to pull out those plans for world domination again.
Pamela Anderson's brain: Gee, My boobs are looking kinda small. Time to call the surgeon again.
Britney Spear's brain: Damn that Christina's dirty. I wish I was.
Justin Timberlake's brain: Damn, I wish I was Michael Jackson. I'd love to be in his shoes.
Michael Jackson's brain: Damn, I wish I was with Justin Timberlake. I'd love to be in his trousers.
Slashdot editor's brain: Hmmm, yet another duplicate story/obvious hoax/shameless plug for a "me too" product. Now where's that "post" button gone?
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Zombies: Brains. Brains! BRAAAIIIINSSSS!
[Zombie's tap heads of /. readers and Homer J.]
[FX: Hollow echoing sound]
[Zombie's exit stage right in pursuit of more fruitful sources...]
Yeah, brain donations from /. - that'll work....plenty to spare...
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Isn't this how all the weird/dangerous stuff in the anime Serial Experiments Lain got started? Cool.
Ignorance is bliss and I'm suicidal.