Facebook completes construction of first full-scale aircraft, Aquila [video]
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#2Planes that fly for 3 months at a time on sunlight, bringing the Internet to people isn't cool?
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#3This is quite a thing.
Does anyone know how they're achieving the 10gbps data rate? I'm wondering if they're doing something like vortex beam forming... http://www.gizmag.com/twisted-light-beam-data-transmission-v... and http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030401809... (Although this article is about using a physical fiber).
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Why is that so horrible that marketing ad money pays for it?
And it's also not obvious that there 'is no other way to get there', but rather that way of getting there got there first.
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#7Just, no.
This is frightening on many levels. A facebook plane? To get people on facebook, right? To get them on the internet is secondary to Zuckerbergs goals here, lets be honest. A walled garden? Come on. It should be the whole internet or they shouldn't even bother.
A walled garden, with no security protocols, with the intention of getting the entire world on facebook? Not cool.
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#8May 14th, 2024:In other news, today marks the 11th time in recent months that ISIS terrorists were able to shoot down a Facebook Aquila V.9 autonomous internet drown. Cutting off Facebook and general internet access to millions of Facebook users in the arid region.
Officials from Facebook, the NSA, and the NTSB were unavailable to comment.
This tragedy highlighted on this, Mark Zuckerberg's 40th birthday.
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#9Just, no. This is frightening on many levels. A facebook plane? To get people on facebook, right? To get them on the internet is secondary to Zuckerbergs goals here, lets be honest. A walled garden? Come on. It should be the whole internet or they shouldn't even bother. A walled garden, with no security protocols, with the intention of getting the entire world on facebook? Not cool.
Yes. Most people and companies have to justify their extensive time and boat loads of money spent. He wants to grow his business and he's willing to invest to do it. If Coca Cola built roads to villages to sell their products, you would also be unhappy?
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There certainly are other ways. It is a shame the world isn't a better place. Turn off your computer and get out there and get it done. Complaining because a company needs to align its investments with future growth doesn't help. Many companies only make plans for the next several quarters. It's actually refreshing when one does research that will pay off in a decade.