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White Space Plan Would Reuse TV Spectrum

An anonymous reader writes "A collection of companies including Microsoft, Google and Motorola are teaming up for a new white space wireless network plan. The White Spaces Database Group, as it will be known, plans on formulating a plan to create, govern and maintain a wireless broadband network on abandoned analog television spectrum. When the spectrum is finally vacated in June, the group hopes that system in place which will allow for the creation of an open wireless broadband network which will be accessible by any device. The FCC officially approved keeping the spectrum open back in November, despite staunch opposition from telco firms."

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  1. Gay niggers going bump in the night by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    me either, scary..

  2. White space? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why you being racist like that? Do whites really need more space? Don't they have enough already?

    1. Re:White space? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, we could start calling dark fiber "Black Fiber"...

    2. Re:White space? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I guess if it uses multiple wavelengths on a single strand, we'll have to call it "colored fiber."

  3. Re:Welcome to Niggerbuntu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That you actually put effort into copying and pasting this product of an unhappy childish mind suggests that you should look for professional help and/or consider medication.

    Some points of accuracy for your text. First, the attempt to dismiss African culture with insults does not work. There are many good ways to criticize Africa, but they do not rely on contempt for the amount of melanin in the skin. You need to find better metrics. There is, despite the attempts of thousands of people who share your medical condition, no correlation between skin color and level of "humanism".

    Second, you attempt to associate free and open source software with "stealing". This is a self-defeating insult since it's so obviously the opposite of the truth. As sarcasm, it does not work. I'd suggest calling it "amateuristic", or "naive", or even "chaotic". But "stealing" does simply not hurt.

    To help you, it's as if someone gave you a large chocolate cookie, and you threw it away, saying it was excrement. Basically, no-one would mind, and you would look like a fool, which you are.

    Finally, you appear to evoke the Creationism vs. Evolution fights by referring copiously to monkeys. Again, if you want to insult humans, do so by pointing to aspects that are truly offensive, such as their ability to waste the bounty of cheap modern-day communications with drivel like your post. Referring to our evolutionary heritage - while perhaps the most accurate part of your text - is simply not hurtful. It's like pointing to a car and saying, in a sneering voice, "look, a mechanical horse!"

    My advice would be to see, in order, a physician, a pharmacist, and an English teacher.

    Thank you
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  4. Re:Automatically say no. by Abcd1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any time Microsoft and Google decide to partner on something, you know the rest of us are just going to get screwed.

    Because why, exactly? And before you start, try going with a reasoned argument, rather than paranoid ramblings. I know that's asking a lot, but...

  5. Re:How the telcos will respond by n6kuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    > I live in Lancaster PA.

    No worries. You Amish don't watch TV anyway.

    --
    If you disagree with me on social issues, then it's pretty clear that you are a narrow-minded bigot.
  6. Re:Automatically say no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Trust me, you're paranoid.

    Somehow, I don't see that attempt working.