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Sanswire Demonstrates First Stratellite
Sterling D. Allan writes "Pure Energy Systems News (PESN) reports that GlobeTel Communications Corp. debuted their Sanswire Stratellite last week to over 300 people, including members of the media, personnel from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. and international commercial interests, as well as investors and shareholders. Stationed in the stratosphere, well above the jet stream, powered by film solar photovoltaic units, the device will make wireless communications available anywhere in the U.S., including on airline flights. One Stratellite will have a payload capacity of several thousand pounds and clear line-of-sight to approximately 300,000 square miles, an area roughly the size of Texas."
Municipal wifi is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of!
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No trees were killed in the creation of this post. However, many electrons were inconvenienced.
interesting.
The press release fails to point out that the demonstration was an abysmal failure and not even the wasteful spendthrifts from the pentagon were interested in putting in an order. Film at eleven.
Now I can download porn on my cell phone at 20,000 feet! And join the mile high jack off club of dateless Slashdotting losers! In soviet Russia, stratalite launches YOU!
Is that a Metric Texas or an Imperial one?
Straight out of Del boys mouth. "I just got one of those new Stratellite dishes"
It doesn't work at night. ;)
As usual I was reading the summary and skipping about every other line. I do this until I find something interesting to me.
I was quite interested to learn that:
over 300 people, including members of the media, personnel from the U.S. Department of Defense, Stationed in the stratosphere, well above the jet stream.
and I think to myself "WOW those guys are WAY up there"
Obama is a twitter sock puppet
Who is going to be famous for shooting it out of the sky?
They are actually building this Hindengurg. If this thing so much as casts a shadow over my house, there will be hell to pay!
Can anyone parse,
"...utilizing proprietary lifting gas technology",
in a way that makes sense?
And a -1 Overrated for using your karma bonus to post the above. Talk about not knowing when to say when.
What happens when this thing malfunctions and falls out of the sky?
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
This really adds a new dimension to the term "Vaporware".
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
An amusing and false troll gets moderated +5 Informative, despite the troll's pleas to moderate as a joke. Film at eleven.
Slashdot mods on crack. You don't even want to see this film.
Well, I tried to mod this funny, but I was told the comment was at its limit. So I tried to make it overrated, so someone could mod it back up as funny, but it said I'd already moderated the comment. Oh well. Damn slashcode bugs.
...are these giant jetstream straddling, solar-powered technological oasies available as luxury homes? I imagine with carefull planning you could drag the definition of "hermit" kicking and screaming in exciting new directions.
"...utilizing proprietary lifting gas technology"
What, a BALLOON?!
I understand the area covered in Texases, but what's this "pounds" of payload? How many VW's is that?
Maybe they need, you know, to be able to attach nickname or something to posting so we can tell one AC from the other. Oh, wait..
Here's a thought:
If these puppies are to be up there for 18 months (yes, I RTFA), will they comprise a new "environment" that species could adapt to?
The floaty things would make a great rest area for migrating birds or bugs. Birds that migrate at 65K feet, that is. Maybe I should rethink this...
Cloned foods give the statement "We had that last week!" a whole new meaning.