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2006-10-26 Home Front: Culture Wars

San Francisco to get free wi-fi for all! Or... not.

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-10-26 09:58|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...Who's buying the poor and disadvantaged their laptops and WiFi subscriptions? Seems to me it doesn't matter whether or not you can get WiFi on Alcatraz, if you don't own a computer and don't have a WiFi account it ain't gonna matter.

Or should I just sit down, shut up, and color?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-10-26 13:40|| 2006-10-26 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn, just got my boggle back and now this.

Wait... I'm getting cosmic vibrations... It decodes as:

SF is flypaper

Posted by .com 2006-10-26 13:47|| 2006-10-26 13:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor Frank Chu (the "galaxies" guy) is the least of San Francisco's problems, and the least trouble among its crazies. He never makes trouble in public hearings, or ever says anything really. He just carries his sign. I see him nearly every day.

As for the rest, yes they are a big problem. They sue, they petition, they hog public meeting time, they threaten people right and left, they gum up the works. And the worst ones are the ones in public office.

Posted by buwaya 2006-10-26 16:12|| 2006-10-26 16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 The whole idea is that SF will have its own free wireless ISP. The computers, etc. are not in the package.

Posted by buwaya 2006-10-26 16:13|| 2006-10-26 16:13|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL I just love San Francisco! They never fail to entertain. I can just imagine a public meeting there, it would look like something out of the Star Wars bar scene.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-10-26 16:23|| 2006-10-26 16:23|| Front Page Top

#6 The bar scene in Star Wars was actually filmed live in the old Eddie's Club in Gallup, New Mexico, which was a little north of the tracks on old US 666.

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-26 18:14|| 2006-10-26 18:14|| Front Page Top

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