I say we should kill all broadcasts and use smaller area networks. The internet is far superior to TV and radio, it's just a threat to business models of some rich people who have the power to prevent adoption using various tactics. Like alternative fuels and hybrids.
Imagine if your cells used wireless VoIP with scalable transmission energy output. I'd have my transmitter at home. 20 ft distance. I'd use it in my car. 2 ft distance with an external signal amplifier. Cleaner EM spectrum. I think it makes more sense. Too bad society only goes where the money is. We'll see what open source has done to that simple fact over the next 5 to ten years. (If there are any C++ OSS dev people out there, I could really use some help getting started- ethana2@gmail.com)
Radio and TV broadcasts are just another form of light pollution and massive energy waste. And the ads can't be blocked with a simple Firefox plugin, either.
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I say we should kill all broadcasts and use smaller area networks. The internet is far superior to TV and radio, it's just a threat to business models of some rich people who have the power to prevent adoption using various tactics. Like alternative fuels and hybrids.
Imagine if your cells used wireless VoIP with scalable transmission energy output. I'd have my transmitter at home. 20 ft distance. I'd use it in my car. 2 ft distance with an external signal amplifier. Cleaner EM spectrum. I think it makes more sense. Too bad society only goes where the money is. We'll see what open source has done to that simple fact over the next 5 to ten years. (If there are any C++ OSS dev people out there, I could really use some help getting started- ethana2@gmail.com)
Radio and TV broadcasts are just another form of light pollution and massive energy waste. And the ads can't be blocked with a simple Firefox plugin, either.