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If You Can Decentralize the Internet, Mozilla Has $2 Million For You (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the call-pied-piper dept.

Mozilla and the National Science Foundation want a new internet. And they want it to be free and accessible for everybody. From a report: They'll pay $2 million for it. On Wednesday, the two organizations issued a call to action for "big ideas that decentralize the web" as part of the "Wireless Innovation for a Networked Society" challenges. The challenges include getting the internet to communities off the grid, with proposals like a backpack with a computer and Wi-Fi router inside.

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  1. In this thread: by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 4, Funny

    -Can't do it, it's too late
    -Need more money
    -Brendan Eich! ahahgfhahadgdaha!

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    Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
  2. Start the Pied Piper jokes in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure how to do it, but I know it'll involve middle-out compression.