[geeks] Ultra-Portable UNIX

[Mike Meredith]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 11:39:12 -0800, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > Whilst 'warwalking' with my Zaurus, it was always amusing 
> > seeing people
> > trying to do the equivalent with a laptop.
> 
> Wardriving, heh.
> 
> We live on an island across Puget Sound from Seattle.  Our view
> encompasses most of the Seattle waterfront, and includes the channel
> the big ships use to get in and out of the harbor.

I also live on an island (Portsmouth) ... if I sit in the back bedroom,
I can sometimes see the taller ships heading out to see travelling the
deep water channel that's oddly close to the shore. Odd until you
realise it's a lot easier blowing up warships with canon if they're
forced close to the shore.

> We never did find a suitable partner on the other side of the Sound,
> but we did coin a term for what we were doing:  "Warsitting."

Given the traffic situation on the island, 'warwalking' made sense ...
at least once a month the snarl ups are so bad I can walk to the north
end in 1.5 hours and still beat the traffic.

> PS.  Cruise ships have WiFi, but they don't stay in range very long.

So do tallships!