I don't think that it's so much about who will pay and how but the fact that there is a free sliver of spectrum out there for me to use. I would love to be able to set up a low power transmitter in my neighborhood.
It would go something like this:
1. Invest a small amount into setting up the network. Like maybe $1000.
2. Test just how far a connection could be made from the "tower" (ie. the deck at the back of my apartment).
3. Go to all the local businesses in range and ask them if they would be willing to support a free internet for the local community and maybe some free advertising for about $20 a month.
4. Use these businesses to pay for the bandwidth to the internet.
5. Not profit! But break even.
This, I think, would be a great way to put back a little into my local community. Something that I haven't really been able to do as a Geek.
You could also replace "low power transmitter" with "mesh network" but I have a feeling that the high latency on a mesh network would kill things like Skype.
Try using a compositing program. Something like Nuke will enable you to paint on all the layers using a OpenEXR file. It's kind of a cheat but it can be done.
Actually you can use a bump map (which just changes the angle light is reflected without deforming the actual surface) to create a displacement map (which actually moves the polygons up and down). You just have to play a little with the depth to get it right. And when using something like RenderMan which does displacement almost as fast as other renderers do bump maps it doesn't take long to figure out the right depth.
Nothing to worry about here. Three programs that I don't use: Vista, Word and Google Desktop. Though I think I'll be a little more aware of how the software I use can be looking around my computer and getting information without me realizing it.
I have a linguist friend that knows about 7 languages and he told me that by far the Russian language is the best to pick up chicks with. Something about whispering softly to them was the trick.
I know that planets aren't considered dark matter but I always wonder if the scientists out there are taking into account all the planets and asteroids out there that we cant see. I mean every other day, it seems, I'm reading about new gas giant planets detected around distant suns and the articles always make out as if its a surprise to the guys who found it. Is it possible that we might have underestimated the amount of planetary debris that we just can't see with current telescopes?
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I don't think that it's so much about who will pay and how but the fact that there is a free sliver of spectrum out there for me to use. I would love to be able to set up a low power transmitter in my neighborhood.
It would go something like this:
1. Invest a small amount into setting up the network. Like maybe $1000.
2. Test just how far a connection could be made from the "tower" (ie. the deck at the back of my apartment).
3. Go to all the local businesses in range and ask them if they would be willing to support a free internet for the local community and maybe some free advertising for about $20 a month.
4. Use these businesses to pay for the bandwidth to the internet.
5. Not profit! But break even.
This, I think, would be a great way to put back a little into my local community. Something that I haven't really been able to do as a Geek.
You could also replace "low power transmitter" with "mesh network" but I have a feeling that the high latency on a mesh network would kill things like Skype.
Good luck with that.... http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/25/blue_dogs/index.html
Try using a compositing program. Something like Nuke will enable you to paint on all the layers using a OpenEXR file. It's kind of a cheat but it can be done.
Actually you can use a bump map (which just changes the angle light is reflected without deforming the actual surface) to create a displacement map (which actually moves the polygons up and down). You just have to play a little with the depth to get it right. And when using something like RenderMan which does displacement almost as fast as other renderers do bump maps it doesn't take long to figure out the right depth.
Japan is a relatively small island, with little space for farming and herding.
And you wish to compare the entire USA, with it's HUGE wilderness areas to Japan?
Well then. Let's compare the USA to something a little more similar:
From the article: "Canada at 7.6 mbps"
That is more than double the speed. And Canada is bigger by about 300,000 square Km as well as having only a tenth of the population.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything about the fish consumption.
Nothing to worry about here. Three programs that I don't use: Vista, Word and Google Desktop. Though I think I'll be a little more aware of how the software I use can be looking around my computer and getting information without me realizing it.
I have a linguist friend that knows about 7 languages and he told me that by far the Russian language is the best to pick up chicks with. Something about whispering softly to them was the trick.
I know that planets aren't considered dark matter but I always wonder if the scientists out there are taking into account all the planets and asteroids out there that we cant see. I mean every other day, it seems, I'm reading about new gas giant planets detected around distant suns and the articles always make out as if its a surprise to the guys who found it. Is it possible that we might have underestimated the amount of planetary debris that we just can't see with current telescopes?