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In the BBS days, the bar was higher to getting online. Some technical knowledge was required, and there were extra costs. I'd like to know the modern day equi
by beamatronic 11y ago
In the BBS days, the bar was higher to getting online. Some technical knowledge was required, and there were extra costs. I'd like to know the modern day equivalent.
I would be interested in seeing some sort of mesh network become popular, completely separate from "The Internet", with completely different protocols and paradigms, that you could access and participate in, just by sticking an antenna on your roof, plugging in some kind of adapter, and running some software.
Or perhaps you could utilize existing Wifi hardware and run a completely different set of protocols on it.
- pachydermic 11y agoYou're pretty much exactly describing HAM radio. Well you need to pass a test to transmit, but still...
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- blackbeard 11y agoYou should pass a test to transmit but there's a ton of pirate activity out there. I have some respect for rule breakers on that front because the barrier to breaking the rules is pretty high. If I had the inclination I'd build a QRP station and learn Morse. My days of burning fingers on a soldering iron and climbing up trees is gone now.
- tricolon 11y agoI'm not saying it's a modern day equivalent, but MetaFilter has kept its relatively high bar of a $5 one-time membership fee: http://www.metafilter.com/newuser.mefi http://www.metafilter.com/newuser.mefi I find that enlightening discussions happen there with a surprisingly high frequency, even today.