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Re: Project Loon

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Post by LoganCale »

sethvincent wrote: post #16

I'm more excited about this than Google Glass.

In some regards, so am I, though this comment made me think that in some regards, Loon is a necessary component of Glass's success. There are huge areas of even just the U.S. which don't have cell/wireless internet coverage and Glass would be fairly useless, or significantly less useful, there currently.

Re: Project Loon

#32

Post by hnriot »

pizza wrote: post #22
simonsarris wrote: post #12

"I love those who yearn for the impossible." -Goethe I wish other large companies showed such ambition. Telecoms like AT&T can't even be bothered to roll out the network upgrades they promised in the early 2000's.

Minor nitpick: AT&T has done a shit-ton of research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs edit: apparently a different beast than today's AT&T

And little things like Unix

Re: Project Loon

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Post by [deleted] »

simonsarris wrote: post #12

"I love those who yearn for the impossible." -Goethe I wish other large companies showed such ambition. Telecoms like AT&T can't even be bothered to roll out the network upgrades they promised in the early 2000's.

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Re: Project Loon

#35

Post by ameen »

LoganCale wrote: post #11
ekianjo wrote: post #10

Project Loon to bring NSA Spying to Everyone :)

While the geek in me acknowledges this is an awesome project and I'm really glad to see them giving it a try, the sarcastic cynic in me had the first thought that this was a great way to bring the the remaining 2/3 of the world under NSA surveillance.

Unfortunately, if more people start using the Internet the NSA database will inevitably grow. I wonder how long it'll take the whole human population is covered by the NSA.

Re: Project Loon

#36

Post by hacknat »

pizza wrote: post #22
simonsarris wrote: post #12

"I love those who yearn for the impossible." -Goethe I wish other large companies showed such ambition. Telecoms like AT&T can't even be bothered to roll out the network upgrades they promised in the early 2000's.

Minor nitpick: AT&T has done a shit-ton of research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs edit: apparently a different beast than today's AT&T

I'm sorry. What have you done for me lately? C and Unix don't count.

Re: Project Loon

#37

Post by nuclear_eclipse »

pizza wrote: post #22
simonsarris wrote: post #12

"I love those who yearn for the impossible." -Goethe I wish other large companies showed such ambition. Telecoms like AT&T can't even be bothered to roll out the network upgrades they promised in the early 2000's.

Minor nitpick: AT&T has done a shit-ton of research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs edit: apparently a different beast than today's AT&T

That's not quite the same AT&T that everyone knows of today...

Re: Project Loon

#38

Post by hnriot »

LoganCale wrote: post #31
sethvincent wrote: post #16

I'm more excited about this than Google Glass.

In some regards, so am I, though this comment made me think that in some regards, Loon is a necessary component of Glass's success. There are huge areas of even just the U.S. which don't have cell/wireless internet coverage and Glass would be fairly useless, or significantly less useful, there currently.

Yes, but do you really think those rural areas are going to want to walk around lie cyber dorks? The corp I work for has already banned glass on premises.

Re: Project Loon

#39

Post by aidenn0 »

pizza wrote: post #22
simonsarris wrote: post #12

"I love those who yearn for the impossible." -Goethe I wish other large companies showed such ambition. Telecoms like AT&T can't even be bothered to roll out the network upgrades they promised in the early 2000's.

Minor nitpick: AT&T has done a shit-ton of research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs edit: apparently a different beast than today's AT&T

Minor nitpick: The company now known as AT&T is essentially Cingular wireless; they bought the remnants of AT&Ts cell network and the rights to the name.
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