____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 07 August 2007 17:31 : \____
> dapunka <dapunka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On 7 Aug, 14:31, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 07 August 2007 12:26 : \____
>>>
>>> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> >> Airborne Linux Hackers Unite!
>>>
>>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> >>| Virgin America calls their new in-flight entertainment system ?Red,?
>>> >>| but it is really a gigantic sociological experiment in airborne
>>> >>| distributed computing.
>>> >> `----
>>>
>>> >>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/airborne-linux-hackers-unite/
>>>
>>> > I'll look out for it on my next transatlantic trip. Wonder if they'll
>>> > still have doom on it :-)
>>>
>>> Yes, they do (read about it two weeks ago). Networked gaming, too. Can you
>>> imagine the disappointment of landing? You are forced to depart forever
>>> from team of gamer whom you played with for 6 hours.
>>>
>>> You'll still have the memories... of the game... of was it a flight? Oh,
>>> well... didn't even notice, stuck in some fantasy world.
>>
>> Hey, if the team were really good, and you fancy sticking with 'em in
>> future in on-game tourneys, swap email addys. Then your new "airline"
>> crew can play on, snufffing the opposition all round the world, and
>> you will gain super-notoriety! Airline Doomsters, fragging
>> allcomers... what could be cooler?
>>
>> WARNING: Don't grow up!
>>
>
> Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking about. On one of this really
> nice 12 hour plus flights, it would certainly make the time pass. I
> wonder if they could find a way for you to bring your favourite wad and
> upload it to the system? There'd be plenty of time for people to get to
> know it, if they didn't already.
Maybe they can have a small pile of SD cards with WAD files on them... you
know, to replace those aging newspapers nobody cares about. It would help save
some trees, as well.
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