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To: combjelly who wrote (270717)	1/31/2006 10:21:00 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578190

CJ- jasonbrzoska.com Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Dying to Surf the Web for Free Once again, I'm on the train, using my Blackberry as a broadband modem to get online via my laptop. I've already been disconnected four times in two hours, and though this is certainly much better than nothing, I'd kill for something more reliable. A month or so ago, I was discussing Jonathan Tasini's plan for low-cost wireless broadband internet access for everyone in the U.S., and wrote: "Sounds right, but I'd really like to hear about the rural plan." One of my most frequent (and most only) posters, Combjelly, was extrememly skeptical. Ed Schafer, the former governor of North Dakota, may have a plan which could help inexpensively blanket sparse states with cellular service: Why put up costly cell phone towers in thinly populated areas, when a few balloons would do? In North Dakota, former Gov. Ed Schafer is backing a plan to loft wireless network repeaters on balloons high above the state to fill gaps in cellular coverage. . . . A trial balloon will be launched in the next few weeks to test the idea, said Schafer, who left office in 2000 after eight years as governor. "To cover every square mile of North Dakota, it would take 1,100 cell towers," Schafer said. "We can do the whole state with three balloons." If successful, the hydrogen-filled balloons could be drifting across the stratosphere above North Dakota this summer, providing cellular coverage at a tiny fraction of the cost of building cellular towers. Can we bring cheap high-speed internet access to rural areas through balloons? It's the best idea I've heard so far. Perhaps in combination with Microsoft's idea of bringing access through cell phones connected to keyboards and monitors...

To: combjelly who wrote (270717)	1/31/2006 11:51:45 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578190

CJ, You have to admit that it fits the pattern of his behavior. The putting down of women, the pathetic attempts at one-upping. The homophobia, yet many images of homoerotica. Classic over-compensating. Brokeback Bulletin Board? (Never saw the movie, BTW.) Of course, that would go a long way toward explaining the actions of several posters on this thread, not just longnshort. When JF and Al started talking about the size of my e-peen, for example, I knew I had won the argument. And then there's AS ... Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (270717)	1/31/2006 2:01:55 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578190

"Is that why he relies on gender name calling so much?" You have to admit that it fits the pattern of his behavior. The putting down of women, the pathetic attempts at one-upping. The homophobia, yet many images of homoerotica. Classic over-compensating. longnshort needs to come out of the closet. This charade is killing him. An open post to longnshort: We feel your pain. Its okay.......be who you are.....we will still call you names but not sissy names.......just names like dumb, stupid, ignorant.......stuff like that. Promise! BTW do you get up in drag sometimes? Just curious.......I won't tell anyone if you do.