Wheat Field Wi-Fi

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 7, 2004 @02:07AM from the amber-waves-of-broadband dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The world's largest wireless network is not the proposed network in Philadelphia. It's in Walla Wall, Washington. Built by the Columbia Rural Electric Association, the network covers an area larger than the state Rhode Island. The network is already operational in the rural Washington State farming community of Walla Walla."

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Ummm.... by Laivincolmo · 2004-09-07 02:08 · Score: 2, Funny

Why put it in the middle of a wheat field...?
1. Re:Ummm.... by Cygnus78 · 2004-09-07 02:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's because the government wants nerds to go outside and see the real world.
2. Re:Ummm.... by WormholeFiend · 2004-09-07 02:18 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Why put it in the middle of a wheat field
  
  dunno, but we're going to have to come up with new terminology:
  
  war-plowing
  war-sowing
  war-harvesting
  war-cro pdusting...
3. Re:Ummm.... by 3dr · 2004-09-07 04:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Wheat field wi-fi? Need to shorten that.
  
  We-fe wi-fi.
If you build it they will... by taxman_10m · 2004-09-07 02:12 · Score: 3, Funny

ah nevermind.
This is fantastic! by unknowns · 2004-09-07 02:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Why? Networked tractors of course!

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Biggest Little State in the Union by blues5150 · 2004-09-07 02:14 · Score: 3, Funny

covers an area larger than the state Rhode Island.
Unfortunately, this could never happen in Rhode Island because you'd have to buy off too many politicians.

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1. Re:Biggest Little State in the Union by JUSTONEMORELATTE · 2004-09-07 02:21 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Unfortunately, this could never happen in Rhode Island because you'd have to buy off too many politicians.
  
  But it's September, and the really big sales start next month! (wait for the "buy one, get one free" days)
  
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"an area larger than the state [of] Rhode Island" by JessLeah · 2004-09-07 02:18 · Score: 3, Funny

Big deal. Most of my closets meet that description. Now if only I could get one of those walk-in models...

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wala wala, washington? by minus_273 · 2004-09-07 02:21 · Score: 3, Funny

i thought they made that name up for old bugs bunny cartoons!

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world gone mad? by antimatt · 2004-09-07 02:25 · Score: 4, Funny

HOLY CRAP! Walla Walla made it to Slashdot. I suppose next we'll have President CowboyNeal.

This is probably the biggest thing to happen to this valley since, oh, the Ice Age.
1. Re:world gone mad? by ztirffritz · 2004-09-07 03:20 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Before too long, I'll be able to tell people that I live in Yakima without them saying, "Oh, I'm sorry."
  
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Obligatory Simpsons quote by ajkst1 · 2004-09-07 02:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Krusty: OK, memorize these funny place names: Walla Walla. Keokuk. Cucamonga. Seattle --
Homer: [laughs] Stop it, you're killing me! [laughs more] Seattle.
Krusty: [groans]

-- The trials of teaching Homer, "Homer the Clown"
I can see it know, running windows by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-09-07 02:30 · Score: 3, Funny
US News reports that crop circles were back. This time the phoenomena are stranger and more intriguing than ever.
Dr. M. Shamalanian had this to say:
- This is clearly evidence of an intelligence besides our own, and evidently an attempt from a different species at communicating in our own words. It certainly isn't human communication, since the spelling mysteriously confuses words and numbers. Probably an indication that the Alien life form has a hard time distinguishing between our similiar characters .
- Nevertheless, the phrase "w3 7337 Pwnz j00" is definitely some form of archaic attempt at communiation in our own language.
Obligatory Wafarming Joke by drewzhrodague · 2004-09-07 02:31 · Score: 3, Funny

Of course, I have to bring-up warfarming, the practice of farming while discovering wireless networks. Impressive that it's larger than the area of RI. People used to tell me I was nuts when I would bring-up wireless networks, now even wheat-fields are getting 'em! Anybody wardriven this area?

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