Lost? Just call Google.
If you ever stray from the beaten path and get lost, don't fret... just call Google. They'll be tracking your every move to within 100 feet. According to CNN Money, they have teamed up with Earthlink to track wi-fi users in San Francisco. Why you ask?
Increased advertising revenues, naturally. You see, if they know your precise location they can deliver targeted advertising to you. Instead of waiting for you to provide your location, as soon as you arrive upon their homepage they will be able to display advertisements for local flower shops, car dealerships, and much more.
"I don't live in San Franciso", you say, "so why should I worry?" EarthLink has also been selected to build similar municipal Wi-Fi networks for Philadelphia and Milpitas in Silicon Valley. If the plan works, you can bet it will hit more markets within the next few years.
posted by Alan De Keyrel @ 8:51 PM
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I can always track down Alan De Keyrel because of NDSU.com
The same knucklewads that want to get ahold of NDSU.com are the same knucklewads who have fucked up the use of NDSU.edu - they won't let any campus research projects use:
someproject.ndsu.edu
for a domain name because they're afraid the content on the site will embarrase NDSU. What? Idiots...
Don't ever let them have NDSU.com, they'll just fuck up the use of that too!
Dear Anonymous-
I offered to sell ndsu.com to the college back in 1997 when they threatened to expel me for copyright infringement (for using the domain on the "North Dakota Student Undernet"). I only asked to be compensated for what I had invested in the domain registration... like $250. They declined.
Free speech far outweighs anything they could offer me today.
Thanks for visiting. Alan
I happen to know for a fact that campus really really wants ndsu.com...
I've heard it discussed... I think they want it for use with tech park companies.... don't let them have it... never... NEVER I SAY!!!!
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