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Really Remote Internet Access

Posted by Zonk on from the can-we-have-a-souvenir? dept.

RexDart writes "The BBC Online has profiled Duane DeFreitas, an adventurer and guide living in Guyana. He's three hours away from the nearest town (in the dry season; three days away when it's raining), yet has full internet access via satellite. His latest project: setting up Skype for phone service, as soon as he can import a microphone and speakers. Yet more proof that the internet is truly everywhere. Mind the jaguar."

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  1. I wonder... by TheOtherAgentM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you think he is worried about identity theft?

    1. Re:I wonder... by MoonBuggy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd be more worried about the mind rays getting to me - can you imagine how hard it can be to get a proper supply of hat-making foil out there?

    2. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      If his head gets shrunk will it take less space to store his mind?

    3. Re:I wonder... by floodo1 · · Score: 1, Funny

      theres special foil for hats? drats, ive been using reg tin foil!

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  2. Upgrade by tinfoilgrrl · · Score: 5, Funny
    Mind the jaguar.

    Surely he's using Tiger by now.

    1. Re:Upgrade by ajlitt · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, he meant to say "beware of leopard"

    2. Re:Upgrade by Kris_J · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Lynx is far more portable.

  3. Hmmm... by rackhamh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three hours away from the nearest woman.

    I wonder what sites he vists most often?

    1. Re:Hmmm... by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

      Slashdot? Like everybody else here?

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    2. Re:Hmmm... by thegamerformelyknown · · Score: 1, Funny

      The principal one, of course, is that - with very little to do in the evenings apart from drinking rum and listening to the insects - the whole of DeFreitas' family wants to use the internet at once.

      Seems to me he's married :| !!

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  4. Guyana.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Jungle pr0n!
    All natur4l!
    Hot Guyana locals!
    Guyanagirl!
    Girlanaguy!
    Girlanaguyanagi rl!
    Check out my live feeds at...

    --D. DeFreitas

  5. We need to get him to set up a website by Solr_Flare · · Score: 3, Funny

    So that we can legitimately claim that there is literally no place on earth safe from being slashdotted.

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  6. if you were stranded in the middle of nowhere... by MaroonWarrior71 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...what one thing would you bring with you? apparently this man chose the wrong answer as a child

  7. he better not get too used to it by spirit_fingers · · Score: 2, Funny

    When the rainy season happens and his solar panels become useless it's bye-bye World of Warcraft, hello Pin-the-Leech-on-the-Jaguar!

  8. I like how the story mentions carnivorous jaguars. by windowpain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because the carnivorous jaguars are much worse than the vegetarian jaguars, believe me!

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  9. Re:Mic & Speakers by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny
    a computer generated voice which isn't as good as a human voice yet. There's also more lag in a typed conversation
    ... nuk-uh-leah ... wepins ... o' ... massss ... dE-struk-shen ...

    That's one of the great things about voice synthesizers - you can make them do a bad imitation of anyone if you play around with the spelling a bit.

  10. Re:As a former guyanese by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 3, Funny
    Just like to note Guyana has hotdogs, cheetos, televisions, and mobile phones.

    So, it really is a god-forsaken place after all.

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