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Dave Hughes' Campaign To Connect 6 Billion Brains

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yes-there-are-good-guys dept.

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.

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  1. Whoa... by fruity1983 · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a pioneer of mass connectivity, he sure does have a boring webpage.

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  2. Ooooooooh... CONNECT 6 billion brains by JHandey · · Score: 5, Funny

    At first glance I thought it said "Collect" 6 billion brains...

    I thought /. was going to ask for donations.

  3. Re:But... by BrookHarty · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, its been 20 minutes, I was expecting more posts. I didnt know much about the guy, so after a quick google search. Found the Wales site that was mentioned in the article. http://www.arwain.net/arwain.htm Pretty good site too, warchalking info and all. :)

    Also he was named one of the 100 most influential individuals in the Computer Age. Lots of article on his use of Spread spectrum, and demoing it at colleges across the USA.

    Sounds like a very interesting guy. At 74, doing all this work for schools across the world, he actually understand the need for the Internet and open information. (For his gathering of information, legal, etc...)

  4. Just what every industry needs by Nemus · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Every industry needs a dedicated, colorful, and sometimes frighteningly aggressive and determined character to give them flavor. This sounds like a cool dude.

    One does have to wonder though if connecting previously sheltered cultures, like Sherpas who rarely leave their home area, or small tribes in South America, will encourage them to join the rest of the world. If I had no previous contact with the outside world's mass culture, one look at the internet would scare the living hell outta me. Slashdot alone would convince me all ousiders should be killed on sight.

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  5. Re:The Internet of the 1970's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    The reporter is apparently too young to remember that before the Internet was available to the public, there were things called "billboards".

    I guess you're too young to remember also.

    They were called "Bulletin Board Systems," or BBSes.

    Sheesh, I feel old.