Google goes loony
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http://www.google.com/loon/[^] I suppose only Google could pull off something crazy like this. However my first thought on seeing this in the news was, people in far-off regions are probably better off without internet. Second thought was, free prawn worldwide (I mean, how many people are going to look at pictures of cats? Seriously!). I'm really turning into a cynical old c**t :sigh: .
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http://www.google.com/loon/[^] I suppose only Google could pull off something crazy like this. However my first thought on seeing this in the news was, people in far-off regions are probably better off without internet. Second thought was, free prawn worldwide (I mean, how many people are going to look at pictures of cats? Seriously!). I'm really turning into a cynical old c**t :sigh: .
Personally think it's a fantastic idea. But I think the balloons would work better closer to home.
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http://www.google.com/loon/[^] I suppose only Google could pull off something crazy like this. However my first thought on seeing this in the news was, people in far-off regions are probably better off without internet. Second thought was, free prawn worldwide (I mean, how many people are going to look at pictures of cats? Seriously!). I'm really turning into a cynical old c**t :sigh: .
I think it's a very good idea (if you can keep the balloons away from flight paths, airports, powerful telescopes and so forth). Think of it this way: They are going to be relatively difficult to shoot down, and can't be disconnected to hide what a repressive government is doing in the same way that a land-based connection can. Plus, free wifi that works outside my garden? Brilliant! There are downsides, yes. But I'm sure there are ways around them.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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I think it's a very good idea (if you can keep the balloons away from flight paths, airports, powerful telescopes and so forth). Think of it this way: They are going to be relatively difficult to shoot down, and can't be disconnected to hide what a repressive government is doing in the same way that a land-based connection can. Plus, free wifi that works outside my garden? Brilliant! There are downsides, yes. But I'm sure there are ways around them.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
I think it is a good idea as well. I looked a bit further into it, and it is a paid service. The balloons will travel at a height twice that of airplane flight patterns. However they will still need to coordinate with the FAA and other authorities when they send the balloons up, and bring them down. For now, they are targetting rural locations, to bring more users into the internet. 2.2B have broadband access, 4.8B do not. More potential advertising revenue for Google. Oh yeah, this was another idea dreamt up by the guy that created Google Glass.
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http://www.google.com/loon/[^] I suppose only Google could pull off something crazy like this. However my first thought on seeing this in the news was, people in far-off regions are probably better off without internet. Second thought was, free prawn worldwide (I mean, how many people are going to look at pictures of cats? Seriously!). I'm really turning into a cynical old c**t :sigh: .
It might be a late April fools joke :cool:
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CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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http://www.google.com/loon/[^] I suppose only Google could pull off something crazy like this. However my first thought on seeing this in the news was, people in far-off regions are probably better off without internet. Second thought was, free prawn worldwide (I mean, how many people are going to look at pictures of cats? Seriously!). I'm really turning into a cynical old c**t :sigh: .
So finally, free internet in cross-country flights seems a possibility :)
