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Wiring a Neighborhood?
mklencke writes "I'm part of a project that is developing a small neighborhood of about 30 houses in the Netherlands with technology, durability and ecological features in mind. We are looking at centralizing the Internet, TV, phone and radio access. Options we have come across are a central satellite dish, a central subscriber line, etc. Preferably, fiber optics will be used. However, it is very difficult to have a good overview of possibilities, and fiber optics technology is apparently very expensive to implement. Have any Slashdot readers been engaged in a similar project? Do you have hints or resources on how to go about wiring our neighborhood?"
tee hee
the only thing better than centralization is censorship.
What's up with the Netherland on Slashdot tonite? the last 3 articles are about "dutch" this or other (well, the Google article one was about a Dutch auction, but still...)
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Why don't you be an entrepreneur and buy a T1 line and then sell access to your neighbors.
I'd tell the home owners association to fuck the hell off and let me worry about my own internet connection.
How to wire a Dutch neighborhood:
1) Steal bicycles
2) ???
3) Profit
Whatever solution you go for, you may want to RFID the neighborhood's bicycles just to know where they get off to (aside from the canals).
if anyone comes in and says to use linux everywhere i swear i will fucking kill you
mod parent up good points raised
Why did you mention you work at a porn site? It doesn't seem like much in the way of bragging rights.
It would be if he still worked on his share of large-scale pipe- and cable-laying projects at that porn site!
Ha ha, made you look.
Don't believe anything I say. I crash test crack pipes for a living.
Off topic, but you might want to see this - pictures of a guy eating out of the litterbox, then even worse - feeding cat litter to a baby. What is the world coming to?