ypcall
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| 08 Jul 2013 02:04 PM |
I felt this was an interesting topic for discussion. It's a project by google for those of you who don't know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96tYpEk1Ao
I found it to be a really great idea although the flaw will always be not everyone can afford the technology.
What will this do to internet prices and speeds? Do you think it will work? |
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MrChubbs
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| 08 Jul 2013 02:07 PM |
| I've heard of the idea, but it seems rather impracticle to have to launch(and keep launching replacements) for ballons that cover only a small area of land. |
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booing
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| 08 Jul 2013 02:28 PM |
| Before you post links, you should wait, ypcall. |
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bohdan77
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| 08 Jul 2013 02:29 PM |
| I knew someone would say something about his name. |
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| 08 Jul 2013 08:45 PM |
@booing
Bah, it doesn't matter. The link is called in protected mode, so the error won't propagate anyway. |
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dekkonot
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| 08 Jul 2013 08:49 PM |
| I honestly believe this is a step in the right direction. Yay. |
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| 08 Jul 2013 08:52 PM |
| I'm pretty amazed by the design of the Project Loon website. Very inspiring. |
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dekkonot
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| 08 Jul 2013 08:56 PM |
Indeed.
On a side note, why is your group title not CamelCase? |
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booing
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| 08 Jul 2013 09:08 PM |
Colorful,
I made a crashing joke. |
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LuaWeaver
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| 08 Jul 2013 10:09 PM |
@Booing, heh.
@Dekko
>CamelCase? camelCase, PascalCase, Sentence case, Brief cas
while obamacare() do benefitMiddleClass() end --LuaWeaver |
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| 08 Jul 2013 10:25 PM |
That would be great to get cheap internet access like that but we could never fully rely on such an unprotected system. Any fool with a laser pointer and a telescope could cause thousands of people to lose internet access.
Let's also not forget that looking at the sky doesn't count as wire-tapping. There are very, very, very, few things you could safely do over a balloon network. |
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dekkonot
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