I live in Jacksonville who is working on a free public wireless zone (municipally sponsored). You can tell that there are pros and cons to a city running something like this such as reduced access, reduction of profits for businesses wishing to compete in this space, increased privacy concerns, and guaranteed standards. Businesses offer guaranteed service, fewer freedoms, more privacy issues, and the potential for an oligopoly. In comparison, grassroots wireless requires a good-citizen mantra. It requires Joe Consumer to open his bandwidth up, provide the access point, pay his bill on time, and manage the solution. In return it's unregulated and open to innovation and creativity. It's a tough decision as to whether businesses, governments, or individuals should run these zones...
As many have noted, this movie includes a truckload of references to Smith's earlier works as well as other films. Most of them are great in-jokes and a way to pay homage to his greatest characters. The one thing you walk away from the film feeling however is that Kevin Smith made this movie so he could hang out with people he likes. In fact, it almost seems like the entire purpose of the movie was to get to dance with Morris Day and the Time.
To me, it's a much-needed slap in the face to people that make all the hideous stuff that gets churned onto the screen these days. Finally, a guy having fun with a movie...
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I live in Jacksonville who is working on a free public wireless zone (municipally sponsored). You can tell that there are pros and cons to a city running something like this such as reduced access, reduction of profits for businesses wishing to compete in this space, increased privacy concerns, and guaranteed standards. Businesses offer guaranteed service, fewer freedoms, more privacy issues, and the potential for an oligopoly. In comparison, grassroots wireless requires a good-citizen mantra. It requires Joe Consumer to open his bandwidth up, provide the access point, pay his bill on time, and manage the solution. In return it's unregulated and open to innovation and creativity. It's a tough decision as to whether businesses, governments, or individuals should run these zones...
As many have noted, this movie includes a truckload of references to Smith's earlier works as well as other films. Most of them are great in-jokes and a way to pay homage to his greatest characters. The one thing you walk away from the film feeling however is that Kevin Smith made this movie so he could hang out with people he likes. In fact, it almost seems like the entire purpose of the movie was to get to dance with Morris Day and the Time.
To me, it's a much-needed slap in the face to people that make all the hideous stuff that gets churned onto the screen these days. Finally, a guy having fun with a movie...