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West Chester, PA | talk about a waste of money talk about a waste of money- this is as bad as the guy who wanted to release hundreds of weather balloons for wireless communitction, then collect them as they fell back to earth. | |
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bigxl31
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Englishtown, NJ | Re: talk about a waste of money I hope it crashes | |
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| Re: talk about a waste of money said by bigxl31  :I hope it crashes Oh? And why is that? Because you hate the Swiss or you work for a Telecom?
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
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| Re: talk about a waste of money Who doesn't hate the Swiss. With their holier than thou cheese and their delicious chocolates.
Don't forget their non aggressive stance on EVERYTHING. I mean, how can you NOT hate a country that won't get off the bench when it comes to a friendly armed conflict between nation states?
And don't get me started on that damn "Swiss Miss". I took her out, bought her dinner, and drinks (a big hairy dog with a barrel around his neck brought us brandy) and what did I get?
Nuthin'. I'm telling ALL my friends she's nothing but a tease....
/sarcasm off
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clubs: | Re: talk about a waste of money Swiss Miss is a brand of powdered chocolate drink mix. THAT is where you went wrong. Mix her in some hot water and drink.
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Jafo232
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| Re: talk about a waste of money Here comes the wireless bashing.. I dunno about you, but I would rather have a few blimps that you cannot see floating around than millions of miles of cable laying all over the place.
If these blimps can stay in the air for long periods of time between maintenence, they would make much more sense than any wired technology.
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| Re: talk about a waste of money said by Jafo232 :Here comes the wireless bashing.. I dunno about you, but I would rather have a few blimps that you cannot see floating around than millions of miles of cable laying all over the place. If these blimps can stay in the air for long periods of time between maintenence, they would make much more sense than any wired technology. Too late, they already started about five and six levels back in this thread.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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Phoenix, AZ | So to DOS that annoying user on IRC, You just take out your bow an' arrows haha 
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rachelsfx
join:2004-09-27
Pensacola, FL
| I wonder who the investors are? I gotta lot of stupid ideas that need funding.
My Ideas:
Psychic powered Wi-Fi
Virtual Reality (a small device implanted in the brain that allows you to do anything including playing XBOX in your head---No handset--and going to college in 12 hours)
Self-cleaning clothes
An DNA upgrade to make Men less Impossible
An engine that NEVER needs Gas
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LilYoda
Feline with squirel personality disorder
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Mountains
1 edit | Re: talk about a waste of money said by rachelsfx :An engine that NEVER needs Gas Done already
Compressed air engines, one's french, the other Korean
»www.mdi.lu/?newlang=eng
»www.energine.com/
Wikipedia on the french one: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_car
Many ppl are thinking it's a scam, due to lack of product released since 1998. But apparently, the company has been audited by one of the highest engineering research dpt in France, and they concluded that it was based on a technology that works. Apparently, noone wants to invest in developping this technology... Too risky I suppose.
Oh well, when Hyundai releases it on a massive scale, then I guess European and American car manufacturers will just scream "now where the heck does that thing come from? Damn Koreans!" while making a loud "pop" when they get their head out of their behinds 
OK, everyone get back on topic now 
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MysticGogeta
The Robot Devil
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clubs: | Hindenberg Anyone? It will be like the Hindenbrg but worse no one will really care that much just spend the money on laying down more fiber optics. | |
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jmycknshk
...bring your green hat
join:2004-07-02
West Chester, PA | Re: Hindenberg Anyone? 32 million buys a lot of fiber... | |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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1 edit | Re: Hindenberg Anyone? said by jmycknshk :32 million buys a lot of fiber... Actually $32 million doesn't go very far when the costs of fiber installation are included. | |
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jmycknshk
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West Chester, PA | Re: Hindenberg Anyone? sounds like someone's gettng ripped off... | |
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Orwell1984
@fdn.com | Yes i believe it would only connect about 16,000 dwellings. | |
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs: | Ummmm.....you fiber on the brain folks need to read the article. I do not know of many mobile phones tied to a tether. It sounds like data transmission may be a secondary purpose.
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clubs: | Re: Hindenberg Anyone? Thanks T, I did not think to point that out but you are correct.
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| The fabric contained elements sometimes _USED_ in rocket fuel the coating did not contain rocket fuel.
If you wish to use that logic then you can say that we use rocket fuel to stop our arm pits sweating because they both use aluminium as an ingredient. | |
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MysticGogeta
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| Re: Hindenberg Anyone? Trying to point out that I don't see many people wanting there broadband come from a blimp and would rather have DSL or Cable so I have my doubts about this being successful and they will end up with a hole in there pocket wondering why they didn't just deploy more fiber | |
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Orwell1984
@fdn.com | Run fiber to cell phones? The Hindenburg was full of explosive gas, Modern lighter than air ships use inert helium gas. | |
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MysticGogeta
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| Re: Hindenberg Anyone? I dont see the use of useing a blimp build more cell phone towers and put more fiber instead of sending it up and worrying about it eventually failing what if they send it up and it dont work? I guess Discovery will make a pit stop and repair it on its way back who knows? | |
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@fdn.com | Re: Hindenberg Anyone? If anything happens to the gas bag the electronics are contained in a way that allows a safe return to earth. If this tech works they can cover an area that would take substantially more money to cover with towers. | |
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RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
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| A good experiment Glad someone is trying something that is different. It will be interesting to see if the negative posters so far are right or if it will be a Holy Grail in the Mountains of Switzerland, or if the truth lies in between. The theory is good, but what will be the real life aspect?
I like how Swisscom (the AT&T/Verizon/SB of Switzerland') is poo-pooing the idea. How many times have we heard that in the last 150 years (cars, computers, lights, etc)?
The only thing I see wrong "Transmitting on earth causes lots of radiation, because you have to penetrate countless buildings," Alavi says, arguing that phone connections are more reliable when transmitted from above because the signals are unobstructed by manmade or natural objects. is that many people are still in buildings when they use a cell phone. Now it has to go DOWN through the buildings. Of course, those who are truly mobile may benefit.
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jmycknshk
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West Chester, PA | Re: A good experiment you have a point about the radiation, but it still has to penetrate buildings-either you have a tower on the ground or in the sky, it still has to go through several layers. and does anyone think about what this will do to planes in flight? | |
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| Re: A good experiment said by jmycknshk :and does anyone think about what this will do to planes in flight? Probably nothing. Remember that most aircraft are metal cages. Also, consider that most radars put out a very high power pulse (measured in kilowatts in aircraft transmitters and megawatts from ground stations) with no problems to the planes being painted. Also they fly over terrestrial TV/radio stations that broadcast 100's of kilowatts.
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Toadman
How do you like these Apples
join:2001-11-28
Medina, OH | Re: A good experiment I think jmycknshk's concern may be in regards to airspace and not RF. Anyway, the blimp is operating at 68,851 feet which is much higher than commercial airliners at 30,000 - 35,000 ft. | |
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| Re: A good experiment said by Toadman :I think jmycknshk's concern may be in regards to airspace and not RF. Anyway, the blimp is operating at 68,851 feet which is much higher than commercial airliners at 30,000 - 35,000 ft. Could be possible. I forgot that a lot of the kids that post here have no clue where commercial aircraft roam (btw I was on one flight that broke 39000, still a long ways away )
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jmycknshk
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West Chester, PA | no, i was referring to RF | |
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pb5k
more cowbell
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Glendale, AZ
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| Re: Great Idea - Go Blimpband Good point. Geosync satellites are at ~35,000 kilometers above sea level, this one is about 21km so latencies shouldn't be unbearable (maybe even viable for VOIP or gaming). The only issue I'd worry about is whether the blimp could be adversely affected by wind and atmospheric conditions, given how low it is - how much would it take to get blown off course?
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interestingfortticd
@verizon.net | bimpband interesting, (for me to poop on ::Triumph the Insult comic dog strikes again)
Seriously, what would you do with such a thing? Hide thepiratebayorg servers on it so the swedish police/riaa can't raid it again? | |
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John_W
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Worcester, MA
clubs: | MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm Blimpie's | |
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theboz1419
join:2003-02-12
Elgin, IL | Maybe because all the mountains It would be cheaper than anything else, since they live a country that is mostly mountains. | |
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rideboarder
welcome to the social
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| Re: Maybe because all the mountains said by theboz1419 :It would be cheaper than anything else, since they live a country that is mostly mountains. Not that many people in Switzerland live in the mountains, most of them live in the flat lands. Virtually every telephone line in Switzerland (95%) is able to get ADSL. So I think that this technology most likely won't be used that much for broadband, since everything is pretty well covered already. | |
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