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Oil-Cooling 802.11 Infrastructure

Posted by timothy on from the unusual-means-admirable-end dept.

gomoX writes "A group of 802.11b fans in Tordera, Spain, are running a wireless node on the roof of a building, with the idea of a free wireless network for everyone on the neighbourhood. Its a system running linux with a home made can antenna, mounted on a plastic tool box in the roof. To keep it cool under the sun and protect it from rain, wind, they have immersed it into vegetable oil (yes, the whole thing). As oil is non-conductive, everything should run fine. The site is in Spanish, here is the google translation and the google cache."

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  1. Interesting.. by nukey56 · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. I've never had deep-fried RAM before.. could be tasty.

    1. Re:Interesting.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think it's a businessmodel!

      1: Write free software
      2: ?
      3: Cool stuff with oil.
      4: Profit!

    2. Re:Interesting.. by Ponty · · Score: 4, Funny

      If its traffic is anything like mine, there'll be a lot of deep-fried Spam! (badam bing)

  2. Comments overheard on the rooftop by itwerx · · Score: 3, Funny

    "That should run pretty slick!"

    And a few weeks later...

    "Eww, rancid!"

  3. Would that be ... by bizitch · · Score: 4, Funny

    WI-FrIed?

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    1. Re:Would that be ... by Aliencow · · Score: 4, Funny

      Gives a new meaning to the word "hot"spot!

  4. Calling Dr. Hannibal... by MrWa · · Score: 5, Funny
    It presses in the Pinguino to go to the Forum of TorderaWireless...

    It also rubs the lotion on its' skin, or it gets the hose again...please do not be pressing in the penguin, as that excites the penguin too much.

    Thank you for your support.

  5. fried chips by pyrrhos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those people got the "fried chips" idea all wrong

  6. World's largest deep dryer by onthefenceman · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'd better hope that no one posts a link to their server or the whole town will be able to cook their fries in it too...

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  7. Re:Their word of warning by identity0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    God, that sounds like some bad tech support joke -

    (in Spanish):
    "Your hard drive failed, sir?"
    "Yes, yes, it was running fine just a few days ago, but now it won't read or write at all."
    "Hmm. Odd. Is the drive plugged in and installed properly?"
    "Yes, I immerssed it in a vat of vegetable oil."
    "..."(sound of head banging against wall)

    I wonder if that broke the warranty...

  8. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion