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auntblabby
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27 Apr 2014, 5:35 pm

Magneto wrote:
This could actually be pretty good news, in hindsight. If it causes a mass exodus from the internet, and the development of a decentralised alternative using wireless mesh networking...

like a return to the old BBS only via the outernet.



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27 Apr 2014, 5:42 pm

ruveyn wrote:
chris5000 wrote:
that the reason the founding fathers put freedom of speech before the right to bare arms


Bare arms?


I'm not into the whole sleeveless thing.



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27 Apr 2014, 5:44 pm

nude bears?



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27 Apr 2014, 6:05 pm

Magneto wrote:
This could actually be pretty good news, in hindsight. If it causes a mass exodus from the internet, and the development of a decentralised alternative using wireless mesh networking...
It wouldn't be very perfomant. http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6025901.html&highlight=#6025901



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29 Apr 2014, 7:08 am

The great thing about microwaves? They can be focused. A tower-to-tower connection can use the same frequency as the other towers use, allowing frequencies to be reused. If done properly, it would be quite fast.



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29 Apr 2014, 11:53 am

Tollorin wrote:
What could happen.

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So the next time you search up internet porn, it'll cost you.
No Refunds!!
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