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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/18/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    As interesting as this concept is, I wish that San Francisco's administration would spend more time thinking of how to save money, instead of pouring it into more projects of questionable practical value. Instead of solar-powered bus stops, I would much rather have the cost of my Muni pass go back down to $45 from $55 and have more frequent and cleaner buses. If the government insists on spending the 10% state income tax that we're paying rather than using it to close the budget deficit, how about putting more effort into getting homeless people off the streets, or cleaning up the trash in Golden Gate Park?

    Advancing WiFi and solar energy are admirable goals, but San Francisco has more pressing concerns that it should address first.
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    Edited by Hello Mister Walrus at 08/18/09 1:15 PM Hello Mister Walrus was starred Hello Mister Walrus was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/18/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: For instance, the bus stop near my apartment reeks of homeless people urine and the advertisement display has been vandalized and has remained unrepaired for months. Why not spend the money on cleaning and maintaining our existing public fixings, rather than building new ones that we don't need?
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    Image of malo-ji malo-ji
    08/18/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    Hmm, if you live close enough to a bus stop, would you be able to get free internet? That's a plus (a small one perhaps) to living in the city.
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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    So THAT's why they raised my GD fare again? They should be ashamed.
    It's just going to cause people to whore out their WiFi. Extra power to the grid? Not likely with 20K cheap college students living downtown let alone the dreadfully cheap adults with jobs. :-\
    Keep the tech stops, lower my fare! (climbed what, from $1 to $2 in 6 years?)
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    Hello Mister Walrus promoted this comment Edited by CoHPhasor at 08/17/09 10:31 PM CoHPhasor was starred CoHPhasor was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    i wish google won that damn auction for that chunk of the radio spectrum forever ago... remember how they got the patent for balloons to blanket the country in wifi then give rewards to return the popped balloons... i guess theyll have to stay in my dreams where they belong.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @Sir Gibler: that's an awesome dream, man.
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    Image of LastError LastError
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    Because I have always wanted to drag my laptop out at a bus stop and just invite muggers to take it off my hands. I'd need a take-a-number machine to accommodate all the robbers.
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment Edited by LastError at 08/17/09 9:27 PM LastError was starred LastError was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @LastError: Is San Fran a real high-crime area? All episodes of Monk aside, it seems to me that it's a fairly nice place to live.
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    Image of otko otko
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    it's back. anyone else notice that this story disappeared for a bit?
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/17/09

    @otko: Okay, I thought I was going nuts for a moment.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    08/18/09

    @appletoad: You actually were.

    Oh and no one else can see this comment. Only you. I am just a voice in your head.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09


    @The5thElephant: You didn't see anything
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    Image of Masonvrocks Masonvrocks
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    And what happens when someone vandalizes their precious 30k busstops?
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment Masonvrocks was starred Masonvrocks was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @Masonvrocks: Fluent in Gentlemanly Banter: Fare increase. dur.
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    Image of ibelli ibelli
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    Will the new shelters retain the requisite urine smell?
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    08/18/09

    @ibelli: The sweet smell of wi-fi will drown it out.
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    DeusExMach believes you have his stapler promoted this comment The5thElephant was starred The5thElephant was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @The5thElephant: mmmm... wifi...
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    Image of anti-hello-kitty anti-hello-kitty
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    They should first get Muni to run on time...
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment anti-hello-kitty was starred anti-hello-kitty was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @anti-hello-kitty: That's easy, so many people will be busy twittering about waiting for the bus that they'll miss it, and the buses will be less crowded and run on-time.

    Sure, more people will be late getting to work but hey!
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    Image of FightingChance FightingChance
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    They should try to make it run on patchouli fumes. There's efficiency for you.
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    Lite: killed Dumbledore promoted this comment FightingChance was starred FightingChance was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @FightingChance: Rather asinine considering most of SF is business folk rather than yuppies. While they may have some very distinct liberal leanings, most of the people there work for a living.

    But, if it could run on Patchouli Fumes then it'd be a hit at Rainbow gatherings or Infected Mushroom concerts I'm sure.
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    Edited by Lite: hates Illinois Nazis at 08/17/09 7:48 PM Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of FightingChance FightingChance
    08/17/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: Oh no! My flippant joke. It is dead.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/17/09

    @FightingChance: the funny thing is that since he commented on your comment, he inadvertently promoted your comment.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/17/09

    @Sir Gibler: You assume that it is inadvertent. Perhaps it was merely me practicing my performance art for Burning Man. ;)
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    Image of Barion Barion
    08/18/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: Business folk rather than yuppies? Did you mean hippies? I'd think young urban PROFESSIONALS all have jobs.

    Anyway, everyone knows all the hippies moved to Santa Cruz a long time ago.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/18/09

    @everyone: Whatevs. they all still stink like patchouli.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    Oh geezus... I'm an SF resident, the city has got a lot of budget problems and seeing this only makes me want to groan even more.

    Don't get me wrong, it is a wonderful concept. Just not for SF. I can only imagine another incident of a crazy homeless guy trying to kick the glass out of another MUNI stop.

    Yes, you fellow MUNI riders know exactly what I mean.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    08/17/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): And with the weather, you can only imagine the problems that will arise...

    Let's just say the free wi-fi area ahead is going to get foggy.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/17/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Got to witness a crazy homeless guy in SF a few times, and it was nothing like the pleasant tale of the bushman. It's like safari....for people.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/17/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Maybe they can hook up some capacitors to taze SF's bums.

    NYC has a lot of homeless, but they're nowhere near as loud and belligerent as SF bums.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    Oh, you granola munching hill climbing hipsters, what will you think of next?

    Seriously though, I loved it in SF, but with its sporadic cloudy/rainy weather, hard to say how well this'll work out.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/17/09

    In reply to San Francisco Bus Stops to Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
    Perhaps San Francisco can also start offering decent cell-phone reception.

    I never thought I'd say this, but thank heavens for AT&T's quick and reliable coverage in the NYC metro area.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/17/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Funny. I had better reception on my T-Mo phone than I ever do over here.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/17/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: AT&T was atrocious. I was on the 7th floor of my hotel on Van Ness and Post and had three bars of EDGE by the window. I've never seen such terrible reception. I simply can't understand how SF, possibly Apple's 2nd largest market, could have such bad AT&T coverage.

    In NYC Metro, with the exception of a little spot by Stewart Manor, my AT&T reception never dips below 4 bars of 3G.
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    05/01/09

    In reply to 50 Cars Assemble 1 Bus

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    05/01/09

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