The “Free Public Wifi” conspiracy(thenextweb.com)
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The “Free Public Wifi” conspiracy
http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/01/free-public-wifi-conspiracy/
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The article is contentless, except for this link that explains it: http://billkosloskymd.typepad.com/wirelessdoc/2008/01/free-p...
I gave a talk at LugRadio 2008 about AI and Liquid State Machines and what was supposed to be a lightning talk turned into an hour long open debate with the audience about the many forms of "Intelligence" apparent in digital systems, and what exactly could be construed as "alive".... this feature/bug was one of the most interesting that someone raised, as it has the capacity to mutate as the information that is sent over wireless could corrupt. The way it was explained was that one box serving a "Free Public WiFi" prompts other boxes to connect as an ad-hoc network, the original box goes down, leaving any that connected as servers. But in broadcasting the status and info of the network, it would be possible to corrupt the information, essentially mutating what some original server set up as a "Free Public WiFi" network to a "Free Pubic WiFi" or something. The idea being that the thing is mutable, mobile and seeks it's own preservation if only in a very limited fashion.... I was intrigued, but I can't vouch for the accuracy of my understanding.
It's not very well designed, but it's not a "Windows bug." It works as intended.
Amazing. Did the blogger even bother to Google the phrase "Free Public Wifi" before writing this?