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Outernet - Information from Outer Space

posted by Cactus on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-panic-and-always-know-where-your-towel-is dept.

AnonTechie writes

Media Development Investment Fund, a New York based non-profit, is looking to offer a world-wide data stream free of charge.
Dubbed the 'Outernet', the network will broadcast a one-way data stream to the entire world via a network of mini satellites. The idea is to bridge the digital divide, offering some of the most important (and basic) information on the internet to people regardless of location.

Outernet has posted intention to deliver staples such as: local and international news, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Ubuntu, various educational courseware, and emergency communications systems for use when cell systems fail.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by nukkel on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:54AM

    by nukkel (168) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:54AM (#7186)

    ... haven't experienced the Internet yet. Much like it is with outercourse vs. intercourse, really.

    Of course, this being SN, that analogy might not mean much to most :)

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by gishzida on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:22AM

    by gishzida (2870) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:22AM (#7196) Journal
    So what are you trying to say about SN users? Are you trying to say most SN users still live in their mother's basement or that they have never had sex? or that they've never had sex in said basement? or that SN user's never had a basement and regularly have intercourse [There's a compiler for that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck [wikipedia.org] ]?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by glyph on Wednesday February 26 2014, @07:39AM

    by glyph (245) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @07:39AM (#7236)

    Outercourse/Intercourse, whatever. Sex is sex, it's only Catholics that make a distinction. Now, a one-way internet is very different to the internet. You are basically talking about cable TV.