Google Buys Drone Company to Bring Internet to the Masses
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Google Buys Drone Company to Bring Internet to the Masses
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When did Lex Luthor purchase Google? And when will they unveil their line of jet-pack robot suits for the dangerous billionaire on the go?
I don't know what's worse to own a fleet of drones: The company that sells it's users info and tricks them into sharing private things or the company that seems to want to obliviously embrace all future tech, provide internet to the world and says they advocate privacy while being about as bad as the other company.
So they will cover the sky with these to offer the net to the masses?
Google has become much too intrusive for my taste. I'm not a fan of this mass integration, even less when a company with this kind of eagerness to know all about me wants to become a gatekeeper to internet access. This is a very voluntary big brother things I realize it's becoming archaic to avoid, but I avoid it when possible. IN a few decades it will make sense to kids that grow up never understanding the value of privacy in an age where twitter and facebook makes even the most private things about us public. I come from a period when the internet wasn't a necessity, it was merely a useful tool. There's really just so much of this that goes too far.
Google has become much too intrusive for my taste. I'm not a fan of this mass integration, even less when a company with this kind of eagerness to know all about me wants to become a gatekeeper to internet access. This is a very voluntary big brother things I realize it's becoming archaic to avoid, but I avoid it when possible. IN a few decades it will make sense to kids that grow up never understanding the value of privacy in an age where twitter and facebook makes even the most private things about us public. I come from a period when the internet wasn't a necessity, it was merely a useful tool. There's really just so much of this that goes too far.
Um, what happens during a major storm or something? will all the drones get KO?
Though being solar powered is nice, means internet will never go down due to lack of fuel, but needing repair, or weather.
Though being solar powered is nice, means internet will never go down due to lack of fuel, but needing repair, or weather.
Just because its above the clouds doesn't mean it isn't subject to the air current factors surrounding said storm. Turbulence can extend way above thunderstorm clouds, and some t-storms have been clocked at +50,000 feet in height so "flying above them" isn't always an option, nor is it guaranteed safe. Also, I'm not sure 100% but I'd venture a guess that connectivity wouldn't extend that far so flying above the clouds wouldn't help. I mean range is a factor, and a drone couldn't possibly harness enough power to broadcast that wide an area.Sidmen said:
turbulence is a factor, but i think a lightweight drone with comptuer controls have much more chance of correct its course afterwards than an airliner that has to worry about Gs for passsengers. id be more vorried about weather damage to those solar panels.Imperioratorex Caprae said:
as far as conenctivity, we got internet that connects directly to satelites. our cell phones connect directly to sattelites via GPS even, so conenctivity is possible, the question is, how fast.
I'm curious as to how you actually receive the connection.
Actually I'm quite excited about this. If it means an opportunity for there to be access everywhere without the need of wifi hotspots and reasoning to flip the bird to cell companies for overcharging and capping their data plans, I'm all for it. Google seems to be making all the moves of what you'd see a fictional evil corporation do but they don't come across as evil to me. Then again, maybe that's part of the plan.
Oh well, here's hoping for google's cell service to come up next.
Actually I'm quite excited about this. If it means an opportunity for there to be access everywhere without the need of wifi hotspots and reasoning to flip the bird to cell companies for overcharging and capping their data plans, I'm all for it. Google seems to be making all the moves of what you'd see a fictional evil corporation do but they don't come across as evil to me. Then again, maybe that's part of the plan.
Oh well, here's hoping for google's cell service to come up next.
Sooo.... Facebook buy's whatsapp (which is essentially a free app) for a couple billion dollars and google pays 20 mill for an aerospace drone company? Nice...
OT: We've got satellites that can monitor the earth 24/7 with high def camera's and people are now complaining that THIS is a privacy issue? Err... Yea. Sounds like a cool idea. Not to sure about keeping those drones flying for 5 years without maintenance. I also wonder about the price tag for this kind of internet.
Plus, I'm not expert but isn't shared bandwidth a bigger problem with wireless internet technology then with cables? Since you're essentially working on the same frequency and you've got a kind of queue in data transfer. A problem that is less significant with a physical cable. I could be blowing smoke out of my ass here. I'm not that IT savvy and I'm quoting something I read a few years back so... yea. Any IT savvy people that can comment?
OT: We've got satellites that can monitor the earth 24/7 with high def camera's and people are now complaining that THIS is a privacy issue? Err... Yea. Sounds like a cool idea. Not to sure about keeping those drones flying for 5 years without maintenance. I also wonder about the price tag for this kind of internet.
Plus, I'm not expert but isn't shared bandwidth a bigger problem with wireless internet technology then with cables? Since you're essentially working on the same frequency and you've got a kind of queue in data transfer. A problem that is less significant with a physical cable. I could be blowing smoke out of my ass here. I'm not that IT savvy and I'm quoting something I read a few years back so... yea. Any IT savvy people that can comment?
No no, see, if Lex Luthor did any of this stuff, he wouldn't tell anyone unless it involved a way to kill Superman, or steal forty cakes, or something like that. He's not really in it to make humanity better. He'd rather sit on world changing technology and blow it up if anyone ever discovers it. Whether on his own, or by having Superman fight it.Revnak said:
Luckily for all of us, Google has no one to fight. Except youtube users. But they don't need to devote billions just to piss them off like Luthor does to Superman. They just have to change stuff.
Google has become a cyber-punk corporation. Give it a year and they will have brought out Luxembourg or something.
I don't know, having a small army of drones sounds like the perfect way to discover Superman's identity and strike him at his weakest, and Lex Luthor does make a habit of having his villainous schemes appear to be beneficial acts when he can't just pull them off in secret. Still waiting on the robot suits though.waj9876 said: