The politics of Wi-Fi names

Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by ComputerGuru on Thursday May 31, 2012 @03:03PM (#4049751)

We found 1140 results for "Obama" and an additional 6 that contained "Romney"" - for some reason people are far more likely to reference Obama over Romney when naming their router.

Seriously? Maybe because one has been president for four years and the other is just a blip right now with the potential of either becoming president or just another has-been?

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by sinak on Thursday May 31, 2012 @03:07PM (#4049779)

Yeah that's a very good point. We'll change that sentence now :).

Edit: Updated page and added attribution.

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by camiller on Thursday May 31, 2012 @03:21PM (#4049842)

For what it is worth, I think you may also be getting some overlap with collage sports. "Bama" in that context refers to the University of Alabama with "GoBama" and "NoBama" possibly being from fans and rivals respectively.

Not to say that either doesn't deserve pitchfork wielding mobs...

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by unexpected on Thursday May 31, 2012 @04:37PM (#4050217)

I'm not sure there are many Bama fans in NYC!

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by RobAtticus on Thursday May 31, 2012 @04:47PM (#4050275)

They are one of the most popular NCAA football programs in the nation and have won 2 of the last 3 titles. I'd wager there are more than a few alum in NYC.

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by camiller on Thursday May 31, 2012 @05:06PM (#4050360)

I only mention it because 1) there were a lot of "GoBama" in Alabama and 2) I'm in Nebraska and the SSID of my wifi is BigRed. (Cause if I put BoilerUp I be the one worried about mobs)

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by JamesCRR on Thursday May 31, 2012 @04:09PM (#4050068)

Hadn't thought of that... this is what comes of being English and not a sports fan I guess :)

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by sinak on Thursday May 31, 2012 @04:16PM (#4050108)

Thanks for the input - we switched them over!

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Re:The politics of Wi-Fi names by yycom on Friday June 01, 2012 @12:37AM (#4051991)

And now it just doesn't make sense at all:

We found 1140 results for "Obama" and an additional 6 that contained "Romney"" - likely because Obama's been president for four years.

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