"A car is not what's meant by "mobile". Think handsets, laptops, PDAs with self-contained power."
Yes, of course. I assumed that was obvious. And of course, with a car the PDA could be powered off of the cigarette lighter. Those weren't really germane to my point.
-TD
From: "Major Variola (ret)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Meshing costs, the price of RAH's battery Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:36:28 -0700
At 11:32 AM 4/10/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: >"So, get a clue. When your battery runs out, you >get *zero* benefit from the mesh. Or even your local >device *sans network*." > >Well, as usual I don't think I'm understanding you here. In my example I'm >imagining I'm a livery cab driver or something. In that case, instantaneous >micro-traffic-conditions can be very valuable in NYC.
A car represents abundant power. RF issues aside, may as well be fixed & mains powered.
A car is not what's meant by "mobile". Think handsets, laptops, PDAs with self-contained power.
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