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Navajo Nation Losing Internet Access
An anonymous reader writes "Due to contracts that are allegedly FUBAR, and associated wrangling, the Navajo Nation is being cut off by its satellite ISP. This is the final stage of the process, which already deprived chapter houses of access last April. While the business mechanisms play themselves into the expected ludicrous snarl, the real question may be: Is there a place for an inexpensive ham/technogeek/FOSS solution that could bypass the antics of the for-pay providers?"
http://xkcd.com/257/
I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
They're binary, right?
John McCain to the rescue.
Seriously. He's the man for this job. It's in his domain. It'll be a good test of his influence and his geek credibility.
And he's advertising on slashdot now. That's so cool.
Help stamp out iliturcy.
"Is there a place for an inexpensive ham/technogeek/FOSS solution that could bypass the antics of the for-pay providers?"
Of course, it's all so simple! We could all build little F/OSS rockets out of plywood, duck tape and bailing wire, putting libre communications satellites based on Pringle's can technology into geosynchronous orbit!
Wait, so it's impossible to troll amateur radio? That..That's j...I ca...It's imp...-head explodes-
I know it can be tough to go low-baud after having high speed internet, but don't these guys have a working implementation of TCP/IP Over Smoke Signal?
IP over malfunctioning ACME rocket?
On the Oregon Cost born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days
Here goes whatever karma I've built up, but oh-fucking-well:
1. Native American Government is much much less transparent about their business than is normal in a 'Western' government, allowing shenanigans that even their own people would protest.
You insensitive White Man! You and your Western style of government and business is evil and corrupt! Don't you realize, Evil White Man, that bribes and corruption are part of our Native American culture?!
The Great Spirit manifests itself in suitcases filled with money!
"The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
Nonsense. Taco Bell is destined to achieve domination after Franchise Wars. I, for one, welcome our new pseudo-Mexican masters.
I was thinking something like a dynamite powered ornithopter for dumping boulders covered in data on the desired destination, but that works too :P
Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
Hey man. You can't speak badly about the current administration here in America! We are FORWARD thinkers. Go on, with all your listed examples above, name one other country that has managed to put so many of the mentally disadvantaged into such prominent positions.
None?
America == Open.
We put our flaws out there for all the world to see. We don't see China lining the streets with mental midgets when the Olympics goes there but here, in the land where we're all equal, we'll parade 'em out to shake the hands of dignitaries from around the world.
Sorry, couldn't resist. It is almost time for these tired old bones to get some sleep.
I really wrote that so that I could say that that was an interesting post that you made. You should journal it some time so people can refer to it. Or wikipedia it as JD's Theorum or the likes.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
>deduce the internet connection from taxes
Pray tell, Watson, how would one do that?
Worst. Poem. Ever.
How hard is it to run a kosher bidding process?
I thought they were Native Americans, not Jews.
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?