Mon 23 Oct 2006
En un principio se podría dividir el mundo entre tres tipos de personas que usan WiFi: (i) los Linus que comparten su WiFi a cambio de recibir WiFi en todas partes; (ii) los Bill que comparten su WiFi a cambio de una modesta compensación; y (iii) los Aliens que no comparten pero cuando quieren WiFi lo pagan a unos precios muy razonables.
Pero pensándolo mejor, me he dado cuenta que hay otras posibilidades. Por ejemplo, hay gente que se enfada porque no le funciona el WiFi, no le da señal, o simplemente está harta de cosas artificiales en el mundo. Pues si yo fuera una de estas personas que no soporta el cautiverio en un mundo tecnológico a las orillas de Babilonia, me haría RastaFonero. Desenchufaría mi router ADSL y me conectaría a otro WiFi más natural: el WiFi natural del RastaFonero. No me funciona el señal WiFi y no pasa nada: “no problem, man! Soy RastaFonero.”
También entran otras posibilidades. Por ejemplo, él que le gusta lo sintético, pues creamos el TecnoFonero para estar conectado toda la noche. Y si a uno quiere WiFi pero no le gustan las antenas, genial. Tendremos el LesboFonero. En el mundo WiFi hay gente pa tó.
(como es de imaginar, estas ideas no representan las opiniones oficiales de FON.)
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:02 pm
you crazy bro.
October 24th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
[…] I wonder if the Bill Clintons, Jimmy Carters, George W. Bushes, ZPs, Hugo Chavez’ of the world (and everyone out there who has ever criticized them) would have done much better to make their own families happy before trying to save the rest of us. Imagine an unhappy couple who thinks that marriage will solve their relationship problems. The tree will whither because of the poisoned fruit. So, everytime I see another group on TV protesting something, or a read about someone’s solution to the world’s problem or their critique of some policy, I just wish they would go home, become a RastaFonero, and, instead of trying to save the world, to ask whether they are faithful to the ones around them, to themselves. […]
October 24th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
That is both really funny and a profound question. When i read the autobiographies of Mandela, Gandhi and even Malcolm X and the biography (by Jon Lee Anderson) of Che, this is a question/dilemma that was either raised in the books or i naturally started thinking about the sacrifices their families had to make.
These men all sacrificed their families for their cause. I think Mandela addresses this issue more directly than the others.
anyway, i am going to stop writing now.
October 24th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
Bro,
You posted your comment in the wrong post. I will answer in the one on Amoz Oz.
October 25th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
[…] Beginning with the latter question, Marley asserts that the use of ganja helps one mediate and is therefore spiritually important. He gives as an example its ability to allow one to concentrate in a city setting where there is a lot of noise due to traffic, etc. He also contrasts its effects with those of alcohol which only makes one drunk and is not condusive to concentration. Finally, ganja is natural and is a plant. While I would agree that there is no reason to criminalize marijuana for it is not more harmful than alcohol, I disagree with the promotion of its use as an important tool for meditation. I have always felt that the human mind is powerful, and that humans have a strength and ability to control their emotions and surroundings. Are humans so fraile that they are incapable of concentrating or meditating without the use of external stimulants be them natural or synthetic? Fine, if you are weak and cannot control your mind, often upset or distracted, and complain about trivial matters, then go ahead and become a RastaFonero. But, shouldn’t we be promoting the gift of human cognition instead of belittling it by depending on narcotics? Finally, the dependence on marijuana (or any other external stimulant) is, at the end of the day, a substitute for cultivating mental awareness through the mind’s natural abilities, and envitably does nothing more than debilitate us. […]
October 26th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
[…] I have been working for FON since the beginning of January 2006, and in theory I have been a Fonero ever since. But, in reality, I just installed my FON Social Router, the La Fonera, on Monday. Why had I waited? I didn’t have broadband at home, and without broadband, you do not have WiFi to share with the FON Community. In any event, I installed my La Fonera (which took only a few minutes and was easy), and now I am sharing WiFi like the BAD ASS Mo-Fo-Nero that I am! I evaluated the possibility of going au natural as a RastaFonero, but I decided that as a real Bad Ass, I would do better as a Mo-Fo-Nero. So, go ahead, connect to my FON Access Point, make my day. Alien Punk! […]