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McDonalds to go Wireless?
crayongod writes "The AP, by way of AOL *yipe*, is reporting a pilot program by McDonalds to provide inhouse WiFi with the purchase of a combo meal. This sure will make roadtrips a lot easier." An hour of access per combo meal. Additional hours can be purchased for $3... or another zillion calorie combo meal. Mmmm. Healthy.
Do you want fries with that?
My <1000 UID is with a hot chick
a port scan with that?
WiFi and calories: talk about "the Cowboy Neal option!"
Now I can get fat twice over.
The Political Programmer
Do the geeks who would be excited by this really need another reason to eat junk food and sit on their butts while Web surfing?
Vincent J. Murphy
Spandex Justice
Will their WiFi uplink connection be as fat as their "food"?
Black holes are where God divided by zero
Your kids can now get fat and surf porn at the same time. A lawyers dream come true
Renders new meaning to the term MAC-address.
Be sure to ask the cashiers, managers and the person cleaning the restrooms if they truly "love to see you smile."
Who goes to McDonald's with the intention of hanging out? Personally, I don't want to be seen or recognized when I'm plucking down a few dollars for some cardiac arrest food.
*Ronald voice* You have new mail!
i doubt that aol.com is going to be slashdotted. you must be new here...
Spilled hot coffee - melted my keyboard; shorted my laptop
Greasy fingers from French Fries caused marks on screen & keys devaluing laptop
Internet access points were under heat lamps causing data not to be secure
Yell & scream & rant & rave... it's no use... you need a shaaaave ~ Bugs Bunny
This could be harmful for McDonalds. What if a customer says something like "Its full of worms" talking about Klez?
Technically there is now no reason to ever leave McDonalds.
Sir, would you like an IP with that order?
Should I super-size your bandwidth?
Honestly, I'm wondering what the training implications of this will be.
01101001 01100001 01101101 01101110 01101111 01110100 01100001 01101100 01100001 01110111 01111001 01100101 01110010
Mind the gap...
like an opportunity for a lot of sacked dot commers to say they work in IT again
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
They want to silence the slashdot crowd. So, free internet access with a big mac, who does that target? people like us... make us get fat and die, no more MS bashing.
Next they will announce 'free' broadband for a week with the purchase of a carton of smokes.
Now if they'd offer hot showers and bunks, I'm all set.
I just hope the girl who can't figure out why I gave her $12.05 for a $6.55 lunch order isn't going to be responsible for getting the MAC of my Airport Card into the access control system.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
I recommend earplugs. Or a shotgun.
(No, just fire it into the air, scare em a little. What did you think I meant, you psychos?)
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Yes. By all means get that web surfing in.
... like watching your kids.
You'd hate to be distracted from doing other things
I'm seeing a new symbol with a pair of arches personally...
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
Could give a whole new meaning to 20 Billion served.
Having the ability to hook up to the net while my kids are going down the static electricity slide is a great thing.
You actually bring up a good point. I can just picture myself about to send the One Perfect Email, when my kids run over fresh off the slide. "Whatcha doin' dad?" *ZAP* "Er, nothing now."
Would that be a peta-bite? ...oh... oh... I'm so sorry, I couldn't stop myself...
My cube. My friend. My solace. My prison.
I think that customers lingering in McDonalds will help quite a bit. A McDonald's "Meal" only stay with most people for under an hour, so after a really nasty dump, you're hungry again! If I were to stay there for 3 hours using their wireless, I could easily eat 4-5 combo meals and not gain a pound!
I was in McDonalds the other day and the standard menus above the cashiers were replaced by hi def plasma screens with the menus printed on them. They also had ads running for their various food items. It looked fantastic, although I try not to eat there on principle.
It would be great if someone hacked into their wi-fi network and change the menu items to include more exotic items:
French Fries $2.49
Chicken Nuggets $3.99
Grimace Testicles $1.99
OddManIn: A Game of guns and game theory.
"Would you like Internet Access?" the 15 year old hottie asks you.
Um, you need to spend less time at the PlayLand and more time with adults. Sick bastard.
-nd
or to quote Denis Leary:
"I'm trying to bring them up the right way. I'm not spanking them. I find that I don't have to spank them; I find that waving the gun around pretty much gets the same job done."
"Would you like a drink with your order?"
"Yeah: CODE RED please.... AHAHAHAHAHA "
"*sigh* (another fucking slashdot wanker) Sorry sir we only carry Coca Cola products at McDonalds...."