I got a Free FON router this year.     Yaaaa!

I am like most Foneros, I am a Linuses. That means that we share our WiFi at home and in return get free WiFi wherever we find a FON Access Point.

I sent this to Bill Moyers about the PBS show that aired last night called The Net at Risk

The hype on Fiber is/was overrated.

The real problem was in 1994 was the FCC Took away our freedom of speech over the wireless Internet. Apple computer asked the FCC for the bandwidth over the airwaves for networking over 15 kilometers per hop at speeds of 2.4 gigabit w/ enough channels for a metropolitan area. So why waist $ on fiber.

If Al Gore and any awareness at the time we would have Internet routers on our roofs. the Last mile to connect to the Internet would have been free. The last miles for cellphones should be free.

I would rather pay for hardware. then pay for my freedom to speak. Yes, the radio waves must be regulated but not to the point that citizens don't have free use of a substantial share.

After that the backbone of the Internet must have common carrier status, but you covered that part quite well.

The Internet is payed for by the bit to connect. Each connection to the next backbone pays the same and passes on the cost to those that connect.

At the other end the customers, using WiFi(max) connect for free, since without customers there is no one to sell your services to. Anything beyond that is simply piracy.

After watching your show the fact that I do not own a telephone, witch can only be provided by pirates, has been reinforced.

Its time to put the telco's out of business, since they offer no benefit. other then the backbone, and perhaps the government should be providing that. The limiting factor is the FCC and the legislature.

As you can tell I am not a writer, I have been a computer scientist and network engineer for over 25 years.

Here is a new use for that old Box Kite. I guess I will have to get my old sewing machine out.

Down wind sailing was never so good.

The time for Social Networking is Now!

But Don't take my word for it read: slashdot, FON or PBS's Robert X. Cringely

No more ISP/Phone/Cell Bills.

BBC Tests Pre-Commercial Toshiba Fuel Cell Laptop, found on /.

Any thing about Full Cells get me to Googling.

At least I found One that is actuly forsale at Max Power/full cell. Perhaps its not quite ready for prime time. At 5000 euro it delivers 100A dc power per day.

It uses a 4.4kl proprietary cartrage of Methanol. So the efficiency of the fule cell is lost in acquiring the cartrage. There are more issues, but I am out of time at the moment.

FireFox -- Tab Killer

Finaly I can upgrade my FireFox v0.8 web browser. I have reclaimed my middle button. It now opens new windows and not the lousy tabs. Yes, the forefox extension is called Tab Killer. If you too are want to stop right clicking and clicking on "Open Link in New Window" then go install the Tab Killer. Woo Who.

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Apr 24,

Where did my key bindings go? Last week I could use emacs control key bindings to edit stuff in firefox, but now the keys do IBM stuff. Very bad. perhaps I will have to go back to my old v0.8 firefox :( go figure.

Just what my sail boat needs!

Here is the feed line from /.

"CNN has an article in which they talk about Dean Kamen's latest inventions designed to provide water to rural villages. His goal is also to provide electricity and opportunities for entrepreneurship. From the article: 'Eighty percent of all the diseases you could name would be wiped out if you just gave people clean water,' says Kamen. 'The water purifier makes 1,000 liters of clean water a day, and we don't care what goes into it. And the power generator makes a kilowatt off of anything that burns.'"

And the price goal of 1000 to 2000 USD per machine is just right. I hope its light weight and not to big. I think a Kwatt should power two electric drive motors for the twin screws on my catamran. This is the kind of freedom I am looking for.

Do No Evil

That is Googles motto.

I am so glad I use a search engine that will not give out anything to just any one.

Need I say more?