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WiFi On Two Wheels

Posted by timothy on from the steve-mcqueen dept.

MeGaBiTe1 writes "Yury Gitman is not the average cyclist from Brooklyn. His goal is to bring more easily accessible free wireless hotspots to the masses. To do this, he has created what he calls the Magicbike, a bicycle equipped with a laptop, power supply and antenna. Gitman's bike has allowed people in NYC to browse the internet freely in local parks and gardens. 'I am like the ice cream man, but with no music and I deliver free wireless access and not ice cream'."

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  1. "I am like the ice cream man, only not..." by JessLeah · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how long it will be before a cop pulls over his bike and tickets him for inappropriate and bizarre analogies...

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  2. Wardrivers by RucasRiot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet the wardrivers with GPS are going nuts trying to pin him down while he's riding.

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  3. so... by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can we just buy one of those magic bicycle and keep it in our room?

  4. I am like the ice cream man... by CritterNYC · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but with no music
    ... and with wireless internet service instead of ice cream
    ... and with a bike instead of a truck
    ... and it's free instead of costing money
    ... and I'm really more of a boy, not a man

    ... come to think of it, I'm nothing like the ice cream man at all... I was just talking outta my ass.

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  5. Slashdotted bike? by yawhcihw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully the site isn't hosted on this bike...if it got slashdotted and crashed, we could all get sued for his injuries!

  6. Like an oscillating fan of internet access. . . by iustus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He's coming around the park again~ Quick! hit
    the reload button while you have the chance!"

    -- Connected to Wi-fi bike boy --
    -- 11.00 mbits per second --
    -- signal stregnth low --

    *swoosh*

    --wireless internet conneciton unavailable--

    "damnit. . . "

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  7. That's a deep analogy by steveha · · Score: 4, Funny
    His "I'm like the ice cream man" analogy reminded me of this:

    To me boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

    --Deep Thoughts (by Jack Handy)


    And let us not forget the classic:

    The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.


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