[HOT] Idle thought time mapping without the Internet

john whelan jwhelan0112 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 4 13:57:19 UTC 2020


As I said there are a number of technical solutions but in order to add
names and detail we need to document / simplify them (Mapping osm for
dummies?) and get them into the hands of people on the ground.

Cheerio John

On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 09:37, Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com> wrote:

> 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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