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Google Confirms Intent To Bid for 700MHz Spectrum
narramissic writes "Today Google put an end to the 'will they or won't they' debate with the announcement that the company intends to join in the bidding for 700MHz wireless spectrum in late January. 'We believe it's important to put our money where our principles are,' Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, said in a statement. 'Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world. No matter which bidder ultimately prevails, the real winners of this auction are American consumers who likely will see more choices than ever before in how they access the Internet.'"
My principle is this: if you come in my house, please don't piss all over my toilet seat. I take a great deal of pride in my toilet seats; I have several crafted from pure ivory, extracted from an elephant I shot myself. Covered in exquisite carvings, the detail is impressive, and many male guests appear to become distracted, and piss all over the seat. It really makes me angry!
I also have to mention that I have used the power of Linux and Open Source Software to solve this problem, but to no avail. I have written lengthy Bash scripts, tweaked my configuration files and even recompiled my kernel but this seems to be one area where the power of Linux and Open Source Software cannot help.
I would try Windows, but it does not have the power of Linux and Open Source Software, instead it is for the sheep who piss all over my toilet walls.
I mentioned Linux, can someone mod me up, please?
god damn son, that is some hard core own.
Excuse me while I go check my gmail and upload last weekend's pictures to Picasa...
I've got a 3.5 MHz Spectrum in the attic if they want that.
Reduce, reuse, cycle
Google chose to announce this on a Friday to piss off Robert Cringely, who now has to wait an entire week to write wild speculations about Google's plans.
"An attempt at a Utopia project (dear Lord, if it happens, don't "Gutopia")..."
I think "Gootopia" is what you're getting at, as "Gutopia" would be pronounced "gut-opia."
However, if Google were to undertake such a project with the assistance of Richard Stallman, "GNUtopia" might be more appropriate.
I would like to thank you for making your toilet seat IP Open Source, so in the spirit of Open Source, I would like to submit a bug fix. In the next release of your toilet seat, put the exquisite cravings on the bottom of the seat. This will encourage your Windows using guests to 'lift' the seat, thus reducing the the amount of piss landing on the seat. This will also allow the top of the seat to be a smooth surface, making the user interface more comfortable for users when sitting, which is when the exquisite carvings would be obstructed from view anyways.
I eagerly await the official release of version 0.42 of Exquisite Toilet Seat.
I've never seen any sound evidence put forth that Google aren't building a moon base. So, as far as I'm concerned, it's a sure thing! Here's to hoping they make good use of all that lunar land.
Are you sure? According to google 2+1+1+1 only makes five blocks.