Comments on: Castle for sale in upstate NY http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 16:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1681396 BarBarSeven Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1681396 <blockquote>Our biggest problem up here is that high speed internet is not universal…BINGO! That is the issue. And I have been baffled about why rural areas are not wired or somehow stuck 15+ years behind everyone else. American high-tech infrastructure stinks.

Our biggest problem up here is that high speed internet is not universal…BINGO! That is the issue. And I have been baffled about why rural areas are not wired or somehow stuck 15+ years behind everyone else.

American high-tech infrastructure stinks.

]]> By: Kirke Godfrey http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1681335 Kirke Godfrey Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1681335 Peter Ackworth need to be told!  Peter Ackworth need to be told! 

]]> By: Gina Martin http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1681268 Gina Martin Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1681268 Our biggest problem up here is that high speed internet is not universal - some areas have decent coverage, but many do not.  You're pretty okay in the suburbs, and the cities (ish), but many rural areas are still dealing with dialup, and no cell service.  And the high -speed stuff we DO have is expensive.  In my area (Hudson Valley/Northern Catskills about 30 miles south of Albany NY), we get 15 mbps down, but only .512 mbps up.  For around $90 per month, which includes "broadcast basic" cable.  Which doesn't even have AMC.  It's a requirement to get the TV cable to obtain internet.  Friends across the river can't even get this, and the cable company has no plans to build there.   Our biggest problem up here is that high speed internet is not universal – some areas have decent coverage, but many do not.  You’re pretty okay in the suburbs, and the cities (ish), but many rural areas are still dealing with dialup, and no cell service.  And the high -speed stuff we DO have is expensive.  In my area (Hudson Valley/Northern Catskills about 30 miles south of Albany NY), we get 15 mbps down, but only .512 mbps up.  For around $90 per month, which includes “broadcast basic” cable.  Which doesn’t even have AMC.  It’s a requirement to get the TV cable to obtain internet.  Friends across the river can’t even get this, and the cable company has no plans to build there.  

]]> By: Fleeyp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1681170 Fleeyp Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1681170 Albany is trying just that. SUNY Albany has the college of nanotechnology, and Global Foundries has a plant going in Colonie just north of there. They're calling the initiative 'Tech Valley'. Good luck to them. Albany is trying just that. SUNY Albany has the college of nanotechnology, and Global Foundries has a plant going in Colonie just north of there. They’re calling the initiative ‘Tech Valley’. Good luck to them.

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680896 BarBarSeven Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680896 Look, look. Upstate New York has tons of great property. And little to economically support it. But my idea—and tons of other folks I know who even live upstate concur—that building a hi-tech hub of some sort would work well. I do tech work & can do it remotely anywhere.  I have a full-time job in NYC, but can do it 100% anywhere. I am not alone. And I know employers are okay with working remotely for some tech stuff as well. So just build some tech hub in Upstate New York & just watch people flow out of NYC & watch dying towns come back to life.  I swear, I would jump at the opportunity to live somewhere nicer than NYC & have a decent job. We live in 2013. Do it already, people! Also, I would like to work in a castle so I can get laid by fair maidens. Look, look. Upstate New York has tons of great property. And little to economically support it. But my idea—and tons of other folks I know who even live upstate concur—that building a hi-tech hub of some sort would work well.

I do tech work & can do it remotely anywhere.  I have a full-time job in NYC, but can do it 100% anywhere. I am not alone. And I know employers are okay with working remotely for some tech stuff as well.

So just build some tech hub in Upstate New York & just watch people flow out of NYC & watch dying towns come back to life.  I swear, I would jump at the opportunity to live somewhere nicer than NYC & have a decent job. We live in 2013. Do it already, people!

Also, I would like to work in a castle so I can get laid by fair maidens.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680676 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680676 That wallpaper certainly qualifies as an instrument of torture. That wallpaper certainly qualifies as an instrument of torture.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680677 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680677 It's not defensible.  Next! It’s not defensible.  Next!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680669 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680669 Don't get me started. Trader Joe's has been out of Amontillado for two months. Don’t get me started. Trader Joe’s has been out of Amontillado for two months.

]]> By: tyger11 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680567 tyger11 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680567 Dodgeball Academy is a GO! Dodgeball Academy is a GO!

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680473 jerwin Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680473 The "Tintin au Congo" poster is an ... interesting choice. The “Tintin au Congo” poster is an … interesting choice.

]]> By: echar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680413 echar Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680413 I wonder what H/V/AC costs for that place? You'd have to be Daddy Warbucks for that alone. I wonder what H/V/AC costs for that place? You’d have to be Daddy Warbucks for that alone.

]]> By: mir amicitas http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680339 mir amicitas Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680339 So where is this kickstarter project?  I am all for helping to fund a castle for boingboing readers to go meet  and share wonderful things. So where is this kickstarter project?  I am all for helping to fund a castle for boingboing readers to go meet  and share wonderful things.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680186 Romeo Vitelli Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680186 Is Bruce Wayne upgrading to a mansion with a larger Bat cave? Is Bruce Wayne upgrading to a mansion with a larger Bat cave?

]]> By: chris jimson http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680178 chris jimson Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680178 Damn you boingers, this is the kind of thing that makes me suddenly want to buy lottery tickets! Damn you boingers, this is the kind of thing that makes me suddenly want to buy lottery tickets!

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680173 Nash Rambler Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680173 Boington Abbey? Boington Abbey?

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680172 Nash Rambler Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680172 Nah, nothing but some whiny Italian walled up in the basement. Nah, nothing but some whiny Italian walled up in the basement.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680143 Nash Rambler Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680143 It's not much "filled" as constructed from lead-covered blocks of asbestos.  Also, you probably shouldn't think about the radium showers. It’s not much “filled” as constructed from lead-covered blocks of asbestos.  Also, you probably shouldn’t think about the radium showers.

]]> By: Matthew Elmslie http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680129 Matthew Elmslie Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680129 Stalagmen? Deep crows? Stalagmen? Deep crows?

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680125 thekinginyellow Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680125 is that the castle from "the fisher king"? is that the castle from “the fisher king”?

]]> By: Kevin 'Bynk' Bingham http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680100 Kevin 'Bynk' Bingham Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680100 Finally, a place where I can gather mutants like me, and start a school to train them! Finally, a place where I can gather mutants like me, and start a school to train them!

]]> By: Jimb1233 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680085 Jimb1233 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680085 It must be filled with lead paint and asbestos. It must be filled with lead paint and asbestos.

]]> By: Jeremy http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680081 Jeremy Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680081 I'm from that area (not Amsterdam specifically).  Amsterdam is a city that has been dying slowly for decades.  It's so bad my high school had an advanced placement Economics class and the course project for each student was to come up with a renovation plan for Amsterdam and the best would be presented to the city council. I’m from that area (not Amsterdam specifically).  Amsterdam is a city that has been dying slowly for decades.  It’s so bad my high school had an advanced placement Economics class and the course project for each student was to come up with a renovation plan for Amsterdam and the best would be presented to the city council.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/15/castle-for-sale-in-upstate-ny.html#comment-1680036 Brainspore Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=219059#comment-1680036 <blockquote>…the, er, "basement toy room" needs some help.</blockquote>"You call this a sex dungeon??"

…the, er, “basement toy room” needs some help.

“You call this a sex dungeon??”

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