[Wolves] Wolves LUG WiFi

[Jono Bacon]

Matthew Revell wrote:

> Jono Bacon wrote:
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>>
>> Much as I am all in favour of creativity, and much as you are both 
>> welkcome to go and ahead and set it up anyway, I don't want to go to 
>> a LUG meeting and go on the Internet. I spend 80% of my life in front 
>> in front of the Internet already and a LUG meet is so we can meet, 
>> eat, drink, be social and have a laugh, not to sit like spods in 
>> front up a computer all night.
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>
> Who mentioned anything about internet access at a LUG meeting? :) Or 
> have I missed something?
>
> I think this would be cool for no other reason than it is possible. 
> Most of us must have started with Linux just because it was something 
> to do, an alternative to interest us. Why does Sparkes run an Alpha 
> and a Sparc machine? Because he can :)
>
> Also, there are interesting issues around subverting corporate control 
> of communication and claiming back the radiomagnetic spectrum, which 
> is free yet dominated by big business. It'd be so cool to send Sparkes 
> an email but for it to go via wifi to Rob's house, then Ron's, and 
> finally to Sparkes, rather than whizzing its way round the Telewest 
> network, then to some interconnect in London, then onto the BT 
> network, to finally arrive at Sparkes' place. It's free, it's a 
> challenge and it's just cool :)

I must be missing something here. :D

I cannot see any cool value in it. It just seems pointless to me.  As I 
say though, if you want to go ahead and do it, don't le me stand in your 
way. :)

    Jono

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