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Three-wheeled Wireless Internet
An anonymous reader writes "I just found this article which describes how a group of people in the UK built a 3 wheeled trike-type rickshaw to give visitors to a festival mobile Internet access. An interesting read for those /.ers into wireless networks, it also gives good information about the use of satellite for net connectivity and renewable energy sources. They do a good job of lightening a dry subject with a dash of humour." (The festival here is The Big Green Gathering, which sounds like a low-key, English version of Burning Man.)
I already had this mental image of people riding around, delivering paper printouts of http-requests and...
eh, nevermind...
Mind you, they did apparently have some stiff competition from InterDump Inc, the company responsible for the festivals internet-enabled portaloos.
The Big Green Gathering is similar to the Burning Man with the exception of a total lack of 14 year old Californians off their heads on mescaline.
Whether this is a plus or a minus depends entirely on your age.
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Sounds like the premise for a bad Kids in the Hall sketch, with one of the gang on fire and acting totally low-key about it. Either that, or I'm amazingly sleep deprived.
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For those who are too lazy to read the entire article, I'll point you to the good stuff: Wifi Chick, complete with iBook.
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
Uh... Is this a trick question?
The average slashdotter must be now drooling at the sexy chicks . Whatever keeps women within 10ft and can be built from spare hardware in their parents' basement is OK for the average slashdotter.