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The Ballpark Stadium of the Future

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-cellphone-isn't-that-cool dept.

thejrwr writes to mention a CNN article about the ballpark stadium of the future. The new Cisco stadium for the Oakland A's will be a paragon of the company's technologies, with cellphones carrying personal data used for advertising and identification purposes. "Cisco, which makes the routers, switches and other devices used to link networks and direct traffic on the Internet, is trying to shed its image as solely a maker of networking infrastructure gear. The company also hopes to capitalize on products and services that utilize the network. One example is TelePresence, a technology similar to video conferencing that Cisco introduced last month that aims to deliver a three-dimensional feeling that the participants are all in the same room."

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  1. Technology advances... by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ad technology that is.

    The best part is you cannot leave the stadium until you buy at least $100 worth of advertised product, but you get to do it with your cellphone! Yay, how cool! Go Cisco!

    People really still drag themselves to a stadium through all that traffic when HDTV exists?

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    1. Re:Technology advances... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Cisco, which makes the routers, switches and other devices used to link networks and direct traffic on the Internet"

      It looks like CNN needs more knowledgeable technical people.

  2. terminology change by cucucu · · Score: 3, Funny

    pitch: ping
    home run: tracert
    out: ttl expired

    you say...

    1. Re:terminology change by hadhad69 · · Score: 2, Funny

      and if your losing.. ipconfig /flushdns

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  3. So how much is all this going to cost? by The+Creator · · Score: 2, Funny

    Give me a ballpark figure.

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