Marshall Kirkpatrick · 2006-04-13 00:06:35

Sweet! Have fun in Bangalore! I've heard there's nothing better for a funky couple than a trip to Bangalore.

NoteMe · 2006-04-13 03:21:57

I am not sure if I want to know the answer, but what is you "My Mighty Mouse’s gray nipple stopped working."?? If it is stuck on you, please don't show any pictures..:D - ØØ -

HiMY SYeD · 2006-04-13 08:01:00

Now that SBC has gone lower case for their AT&T neo-moniker, the UNDER SURVEILLANCE in upper case reads as if it is a screaming txt msg. Wonderful find.

Lloyd D Budd · 2006-04-13 14:38:57

Thanks for the headlines! Niall seemed like such a nice guy. Flipping my mouse over and rolling the nipple around solved a similar problem for me. I am also journeying to be more empathic. Keep on rockin' in the free world, Lloyd PS. The link to Barcamp SF is broken. You may have forgot the http://

Jeffstyr · 2006-04-13 17:36:31

How to clean your Mighty Mouse might help!

Outlandish Josh · 2006-04-15 11:06:20

On the "Metropolis X's and its citizens' eyeballs were sold to..." I have to say that's a rather cynlical way to look at municipal WiFi, even for you, man. Getting the city to foot the bill (meaning a bond or a tax or something) will come along if you get enough people loving the internet to demand it. At this point an ad-supported service for free is a big step up for a lot of people, and $20 a month for "premium" is doable, especially if there's an option (as in Philly) to get that knocked down to like $7 if you're working class.

FactoryJoe · 2006-04-15 23:34:54

It's a tight rope to walk, because the value that each user is providing to Google as a "monetizable pair of eyes" is infinitely more valuable than the service we'd be getting. The problem is that we're starting with a proprietary system designed to sell ads by also selling a service. Should our sewer system have started out as a private system? Should public transit be privatized? The broader issue here is with control of the data... while I don't trust the government or private corporations, at least if the data is held by the municipal government, we'd have a chance at prying it out... Whereas in the case of Google -- look at how they've resisted the DOJ... what if it were a citizen advocacy group requesting access to that data and Google refused? We have no recourse against Google (besides choosing to not buy their product -- which is too late an act if they get a state-sponsored monopoly on wifi). We at least have a way of voting out the incompetents in office... So let me say that, yes, municipal WiFi is a good thing in general -- too much of this reeks of ulterior motives that I fear won't be realized before it's too late.