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Community Networking Made Easy

Posted by timothy on from the but-this-one-goes-to-11-km dept.

Rob Flickenger writes "I for one am sick and tired of all of the work it takes to build out wireless community networks. Evidently, so was the Linksys Community Network: a Real Network project for the masses. It's about time somebody did something to bring Wi-Fi to the People."

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  1. umm... check the clock, folks by David+E.+Smith · · Score: 3, Funny

    April Fools jokes are only really funny when posted on April Fools Day. At least here, that day has been over for about half an hour.

    1. Re:umm... check the clock, folks by Repugnant_Shit · · Score: 3, Funny

      And not a moment too soon. Although that Evil Bit article was interesting, and so was the Evil Bit article.

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    2. Re:umm... check the clock, folks by DaZedAdAm · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't forget the Evil Bit article and the Evil Bit article!

    3. Re:umm... check the clock, folks by Victa · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah well, I didn't even start seeing the jokes until the day (1/4) had been over for 8.5 hours, not even taking into account the supposed 12 noon shutoff point...that would make the first joke I saw 20.5 hours late...

    4. Re:umm... check the clock, folks by t0ny · · Score: 2, Flamebait
      April Fools jokes are only really funny when posted on April Fools Day. At least here, that day has been over for about half an hour.

      You forgot to add that they are not funny, tho.

      I thought everyone was just being hyper-critical the other day, but these jokes really were very fuckin stupid. Guess everyone was right.

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    5. Re:umm... check the clock, folks by Farley+Mullet · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't think they really compared with the Evil Bit article, though!

  2. Screw that shit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Real Networks have *NO* place on my computer...

    *checks*
    *uninstalls RealPlayer*
    Ahemm, Real Networks have *NO* place on my computer.

  3. Not That Funny by Ken@WearableTech · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not that funny but people are always leaving the defaults (linksys, tsunami, etc)

    Kids please remember to read the WLAN Security FAQ before playing.

  4. How am I supposed to get free broadband? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Internet access wants to be free!

  5. That's fscking FUNNY, yo! by rco3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, Ha! Ha, Ha. Ha. Ha.

    Ha. Ha. No, really. Ha. Seriously.

    Hey, can we extend this April Fool thing another day? Maybe we could get some other stories duped as well, not just the fiendishly clever and daringly sophisticated RFC3514 repeat joke? Heh. That was really funny, too. Ha. No, no, I mean it. Ha.

    Man, these Slashdot editors know how to party, huh? Parodying themselves, posting the same story Over and OVER and OVER, like they sometimes do UNintentionally... ha. It'd be even funnier if... if... well, if it were funny at all.

    Whoops, I meant, "Ha. That was funny, yo."

    [yawn]

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  6. This just in!! by mao+che+minh · · Score: 3, Funny
    Slashdot editors over-do April Fools Jokes in grand fashion! CmdrTaco, site founder, uses this faux holiday to make light of his tendancy to duplicate news submissions with a long running and thoroughly unfunny repeat posting of an "evil bit in IPv4" story! General Tommy Franks will speculate upon this development.....

    Oh wait! Geraldo Rivera has just reported from the front lines that Slashdot editors have indeed made one last unfunny April Fool's post well after the April 1rst UN sanctioned deadline! The violation in question appears to be an equally unfunny LinkSys-does-something-post! Amazing! We have satellite imagery incoming......

  7. How Ironic by divide+overflow · · Score: 4, Funny


    Here it is, April 1, and I have 5 moderator points to use or lose. What a waste. All dressed up and nowhere to go.

  8. Re:Now seriously though... by akb · · Score: 3, Informative

    It would be nice if there was a way to intelligently bond multiple wireless connections into one.

    Simple.

    Put 2 (or 3) wireless cards in each of 2 boxes. Configure corresponding cards on each machine to be on nonoverlapping channels and as appropriate for connectivity. Configure channel bonding for your OS.

  9. I hate this day by TinoMNYY24 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does slashdot think it's appropriate to post lies on national lie to people day? First of all, it stops most people from even getting on the internet for at least 24 hours (like me), but with the internet being more international these days, they can cause problems. I had to stop my chinese neighbor from frantically selling stocks TWICE today because I told him slashdot was a reputable news source. I guess I won't be making that mistake again.

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