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- skelliewag, on 08/18/2008, -7/+239Google furthers its quest for world domination. I get free wireless everywhere.
Sounds fair to me. I'm in. Plus, if Google run the world like they run their company, we should get free snacks and bean-bags, too. - Irco, on 08/18/2008, -2/+71Is a good thing they are being honest about it, admitting there is a business interest, but at least they look to expand their market by being the best on what they do and not forcing their services to anyone. There aren't that many large corporations that do that anymore.
- morninglorii, on 08/19/2008, -3/+52Anyone else think this was going to be about clean web design?
- Oreium, on 08/18/2008, -10/+42Now this is what the U.S. really needs! We must not allow the corporate plague to hi-jack OUR spectrum.
- hootie233, on 08/19/2008, -0/+28They should have mentioned free wifi in the title
- TVarmy, on 08/19/2008, -1/+27This is very pro-consumer. More high-speed internet penetration = more consumer choice. More consumer choice = freer market. Unless you run a cell phone company or ogliarchist cable/DSL distributor, this is a very, very good thing. However, I imagine they have a pretty strong lobby.
It helps Google, as they'd likely invest a lot in it and start their own service, but it really helps any internet product/service. It's like when electricity first reached the rural areas, and then the appliance companies grew and got more manufacturing jobs, and the rural homes became more modern and efficient, so they were able to get more done and lead a better quality of life. Good for people, good for the market, and since this distributes the data without needing to lay infrastructure, probably good for the environment, too. - FreeTalkLIve, on 08/19/2008, -2/+23They should have called it GreySpace. WhiteSpace is so racist.
- TVarmy, on 08/19/2008, -1/+18We'd download snacks over Youtube like in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory. Of course, it'd be very shrunk down. They'd do the same thing for Google China's search results.
- GreenAlien, on 08/19/2008, -4/+20Cute. A five paragraph rant in response to one word.
He probably meant MrBabyMan always duplicates other people's stories on a regular basis. Situation normal then. - SeventhSon, on 08/19/2008, -1/+14It gets the job done.
- benologist, on 08/19/2008, -1/+14GAYTALITY!
- ExRe, on 08/19/2008, -2/+14It is absolutely great that big companies are getting behind this. There is no chance for a few companies to take on ISP's/Phone Companies alone, but with the backing of these major corporations this may have a chance.
Just think, a future with free (or cheap) internet access available anywhere. Or how about getting rid of those nasty cell phone providers and using all wireless IP phones? - afruff23, on 08/19/2008, -2/+14I didn't know Google isn't a corporation...
Conversely, I didn't know the FCC was a corporation...(they're the ones causing these problems) - juggaleaux, on 08/19/2008, -0/+11Direct link, skip the blog:
http://freetheairwaves.com/ - demosthenes7, on 08/19/2008, -0/+10Yeah, but this looks a lot more interesting.
- inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+10Are you seriously arguing against free wireless internet?
- DragonCharmer84, on 08/19/2008, -1/+11Battle of the Titans: Google vs. Walmart. Who will win?
- Straightlord, on 08/19/2008, -2/+11HITLER WAS RIGHT
Apple strudel IS delicious! - topgigmedia, on 08/19/2008, -1/+10Can't wait to see those napping pods popping up all over the place!
- MadEnvoy, on 08/19/2008, -1/+10For some reason I hear the theme music to Mortal Kombat in my head right now.
Fight! - BugMeNot2, on 08/19/2008, -2/+11Heh.
MrBabyMan vs. msaleem - KingGorilla, on 08/19/2008, -0/+8LOL I dugg you up because you commented on the wrong article
The most polluted city on earth is that way vvvvvv - Daniel591992, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7http://digg.com/tech_news/Free_the_Airwaves_A_Proj ...
You are correct. - GBowski, on 08/18/2008, -10/+17very interesting concept.
- dacheetah, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7It's a universal natural phenomenon, it belongs to everyone. Some (most) countries have parts of it regulated in order to allow better use of it in that area. Travel to Pluto, and you can use any part of that same spectrum however you like.
- max1018, on 08/19/2008, -3/+10Oh get over it.
- inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7And Google is a collectively owned daycare center that give all their profits to widows and fallen soldiers? You must be high...
- TVarmy, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6They're asking to use the unused space. I'm sure the FCC would come down on them pretty hard if they were interfering with a major channel, and probably public access TV, too.
- wastern, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6free wireless internet plus all TV on-demand via the tubes. everyone wins
- FUR10N, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6yeah, I kind of agree. It's not that great of a design, but I wouldn't say it looks horrible.
- purzzzell, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6Walk up to a soda machine, hit a button, watch a 30 second ad for a new movie coming out on Friday, soda comes out.
- inactive, on 08/19/2008, -4/+10If the New World Order includes free broadband, I'm in!
- Jincopunk, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6imagine hackers turning all the lights green
- thedpshow, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5I thought it was an offensive new website, WhiteSpace, the social network for white people.
- Culyt, on 08/19/2008, -10/+15For ***** sake its not like the story isn't interesting.
I don't care if MyBabyMan is some kind of mental nut job that does nothing except scour the web for articles for Digg, or if he is an elaborate perl script automatically submitting everything every put onto the web or a test of the first strong AI system.
The stories that end up on the front page are generally as interesting as any of the other crap and since he has a high number of the interesting articles there is bound to be a fair number of people following him and therefore digging the next one.
Just a large number of people that want to bitch and cry conspiracy theory because their stories didn't make it.
If you think there is some elaborate Digg cartel going on then watch his stories he submits and check the people who are digging the articles early on, can check their entire history and see if they are commenting, or newly signed up.
☢ - azAZ09, on 08/19/2008, -2/+7Digg both. They're small
- FreeTalkLIve, on 08/19/2008, -2/+7I was just being an ***** about it.
- SteveLRowe, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5I totally don't think it's racist but "Grey Space" does make more sense. It's made up of interchanging black/white squares.
- dillibob, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5unlike cruel Leonidas who required you to stand, google only requires you to kneel
- TopherT, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5Because the people of a free republic are entitled to the resources of that republic. We have not sold any airspace, only leased it, it is held in common.
- josepablos, on 08/19/2008, -1/+6FREEE INTERNEEEEEEEET!!
hoo yeah!. - TVarmy, on 08/19/2008, -1/+5Imagine communication between cars and GPS units, as well. We'd get to take advantage of machine readable traffic reports, etc, to find the fastest way to our location. Also, cars that drive themselves could benefit from a mesh network with the other self-driving cars. They'd form a formation to minimize drag (like in the Tour de France), stop and accelerate in sync, carefully maneuver themselves to get regular cars at a safe distance, and so on, making for a smooth ride that gets better mileage than most human's could ever hope for.
And, there's the obvious benefits of free radio stations and radio services (i.e. last.fm and Pandora, as well as podcasts) from anywhere in the world. XM-Sirius, or whatever the merged corp is calling itself, would need to either find a better use for their satellites or go out of business. I imagine they'd sell their satellite bandwidth to create coast-to-coast whitespace to cover the dead spots, but with higher latency. For a small fee, it'd be worth it for important things. Public radio would flourish, as A: it's free, and B: No ads, and C: Cheaper to distribute. After IP takes over this area, that opens up even more whitespace to the internet on the old radio waves, but the radio stations will remain, just with much less overhead. Same goes for the TV stations. And the cell towers.
Frankly, it's a little scary, in a way. As the internet gets faster and more prevalent, the other wireless and wired services become obsolete and get converted into IP. True, IP is easier to hack, but this is still a pretty good thing, especially considering mission-critical things can always be encrypted, and we already manage a lot of sensitive information online without too much risk (i.e. online banking, paying bills online, buying stuff online with credit cards or even DIRECT DEPOSIT!?). It's almost like a digital zombie infestation, only this time the zombies make your service faster, and give consumers more choice. - Kevunism, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Wow, freetheairwaves.com is an ugly website. Any designers over there at google, or just scientists and engineers?
- JeffMaster, on 08/19/2008, -2/+6oh god please, I'm so freaking tired of HughesNet I could scream!
- TVarmy, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Good point, wastern. If we have high speed internet (I'd say at least 8 Mbps), most services we use could be done over it. Phone and HD would be possible. HD may require some caching on slower speeds, but it could work, especially as compression technologies and processing speeds get better. Since a computer/media server/game system will probably act as an intermediary anyway, those will have processing speed to spare and be able to stream a simpler, but higher bandwidth, stream to the TV.
The devices with less processing are likely to be portable, and thus have lower resolutions, which are two problems which cancel each other out. Higher bandwidth stream of a lower-quality vid works out well on a device that would just scale it down anyway. - jeremyosborne81, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4I'd digg that.
- fredrockbluff, on 08/19/2008, -2/+6I, for one, welcome our Google overlords.
- BoneheadFarker, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4That sounds more like an senior citizen dating site.
- zdiggler, on 08/19/2008, -1/+5
- MoundOfManure3, on 08/19/2008, -1/+5I had actually thought of an idea that this would help with.
Imagine if cars had a wifi signal that could communicate with traffic lights so that the traffic lights would be able to determine a better system of letting cars go through. Almost like there was always a police officer directing traffic. Except you know how police are dumb and the pig? well this would be a computer...which isnt the pig. -
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