[HOT] Idle thought time mapping without the Internet
Shawn K. Quinn
skquinn at rushpost.com
Sat Apr 4 13:35:43 UTC 2020
On 4/4/20 08:26, john whelan wrote:
> Fidonet, a precursor to the internet could use floppy disks in the post
> to get high volumes of messages through sometimes. An another
> alternative is store and forward. Drop a device on a bus or delivery
> truck and it offers wifi connection to anything within range. Your
> messages get carried along to the server at the end of the route.
If you're using a GNU variant or other Unix-like system, NNCP can do
this relatively easily. It hasn't yet been ported to Windows, though.
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Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>
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