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Facebook drones the size of jumbo jets to soar 17 miles up
The Telegraph ^
| 25 Sep 2014
| Matthew Sparkes
Posted on 09/25/2014 8:24:40 AM PDT by McGruff
Facebook will create thousands of drones the size of jumbo jets which will fly 17 miles above the Earth to provide wireless internet access to the four billion people currently unable to get online.
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Picture at link. I could think of some conspiracy theories.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:24:40 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
Remember , Facebook only lets you see what they want you to see
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:25:45 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: McGruff
Free internet for all, paid for by the suckers who have an honest job.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:26:33 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: McGruff
So why would a marketing company care what someone living in a remote jungle did last weekend?
Their buying power isn’t really significant is it?
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:28:24 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: I want the USA back
Free internet for all, paid for by the suckers who have an honest job. Huh? It's a business. They make their money through advertising. If you don't want to advertise with them, don't.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:29:59 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: I want the USA back
So far, the plans are to provide access for parts of the world with very little infrastructure.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:30:25 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: McGruff
The NSA really wants to know everything about everybody, don’t they?
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:47:00 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: McGruff
This is good!
People may not have food to eat, but they will have reliable internet service!
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:47:32 AM PDT
by
LucianOfSamasota
(Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: McGruff
Prior to this the most narcissistic flying plane was Air Farce One.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:48:53 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: McGruff
"Facebook will create thousands of drones
Sounds like an anti-trust lawsuit is in their future...
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:49:06 AM PDT
by
indthkr
To: LucianOfSamasota
People may not have food to eat, but they will have reliable internet service! No problemo....they can just go on line and order a pizza.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:49:14 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
To: McGruff
More proof FB is owned and operated by the government. Zuckerburg is only the FACE of facebook.
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:53:23 AM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
To: McGruff
Oh, swell. Just what we need—ANOTHER seven billion morons clogging up the internet. But wait—there’s more! [Nigerian-style scammers sniffing for free money.]
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:54:10 AM PDT
by
W.
(It's spelled grAy in America and grEy in England. In Canada? Why, it's grEHy--what did YOU expect?)
To: Moonman62
So far, the plans are to provide access for parts of the world with very little infrastructure.So, who's going to pay for all the devices that the billions of people in infrastructure-challenged areas are going to need?
Obama's stash?
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:57:55 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: McGruff
Keep filling the skies with this shi! and soon we may have a ICBM shield around the earth. Imagine in maybe a few years the earth will be so covered we can’t get out or aliens getting in.
To: driftdiver
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posted on
09/25/2014 9:03:58 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Moonman62
That’s ASSuMeing that everyone has a computer and electricity to power the computer or recharge the battery.
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posted on
09/25/2014 9:08:37 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(Really? Seriously?)
To: VerySadAmerican
“More proof FB is owned and operated by the government. Zuckerburg is only the FACE of facebook.”
I'm pretty certain these kids started it but eventually got “an offer they couldn't refuse” from the Feds when the “law enforcement” capability was realized.
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posted on
09/25/2014 9:28:35 AM PDT
by
varyouga
To: Fresh Wind
“So, who's going to pay for all the devices that the billions of people in infrastructure-challenged areas are going to need? Obama’s stash?”
Simple internet devices are becoming cheaper than food. They will eventually be throw-away devices like pocket solar calculators.
Last year I bought a 10” tablet PC for a toddler for $20. In Manhattan! Now imagine how much these things cost in China
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posted on
09/25/2014 9:34:15 AM PDT
by
varyouga
To: driftdiver
No but looking like you care goes far with the empty heads of the world.
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