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Posted by michael on from the road-trip dept.

Big Dave Diode writes "A cool story about what happens when a bunch of bored nerds with a lot of wireless equipment takes a road trip. Intervehicle networking at 65 mph!"

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  1. Employer paying? by Chuq · · Score: 4, Funny

    Very amusing.. I especially like the fact that one of the guys was required online by his employer, while on the trip. Does this mean he can write off all the costs etc to his employer and get them to pay for it all? Nice little scam!!

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  2. I was crying by the end of the first paragraph... by DrVxD · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It was hard to tell but I think Emacs came out as the better utility vehicle."

    Absolutelty hilarious. I'll go and read the rest of it now...

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  3. News for Nerds. Stuff that matters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or a geek blog?

  4. Heh. by zapfie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Making a phone call from Pittsburgh to New York while both parties are coasting down I-70 in Illinois wasn't my idea of a smart move. I'd be more inclined to run into them to get their attention; it would have cost the same.

    I guess this falls under "Everything I needed to know about driving I learned from Gran Turismo"...

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  5. Best Part by inkfox · · Score: 5, Funny
    The best part: They all agreed that IRC was the ideal way to chat on the road... but nobody remembered to bring ircd.

    So they had ot use talkd! AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

    It's also amusing that they still bothered to use ssh between each other's machines. I say -- any cracker dude who figures out how to snoop on my 802.11b traffic at 85m/h deserves my respect and my passwords!

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    1. Re:Best Part by bottlecap · · Score: 2, Funny

      even funnier thing is that they had a net connection and they didn't just download ircd ...

  6. umm, yeah... by werd+life · · Score: 5, Funny

    using a cell phone would be too expensive... .. and we used a cell phone to get online!!!

    1. Re:umm, yeah... by revery · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is a classic case of geek reasoning. Aything that prevents you from doing something cool receives a rating of [-5 illogical] until you've got the cool thing set up. Then it all has to be re-evaluated.

      <rationalizing>cellphones are too expensive, therefore we must set up a wireless network </rationalizing>
      [later]
      ok, the network is set up, and now getting on the net is the new cool goal, <rationalizing> hmmm, maybe cellphone calls aren't really that expensive </rationalizing>

      The sad thing is, I can look at soooo many times when I've done the same thing.

  7. Yet again.... by kingOFgEEEks · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..the result of Geeks with too much money (or stuff), too much spare time, and some hare brained scheme that they will make work.

    god, it's beautiful.

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  8. Last line of the movie by Anarchofascist · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they ever make this into a movie (goddam there should have been a video camera operator in each car too) the final scene would have been a closeup on the driver's smiling face at the Perl conference, with a voice over...

    "Some called me lame, some called me cool, but they all called me geek."

    Final theme music, roll credits.

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  9. Re:Nationwide? by TamMan2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool idea, but I think the GPS info would have to be broadcast to all cars to decide if the connection would be benificial. If this is the case...

    Think of the traffic law enforcment implications; every one is blindly shouting out their speed and position. State patrol could have a field day!

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  10. War Driving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm finding myself terribly amused by all the other people with laptops they must have passed during the drive, who suddenly found themselves with internet access.

    I always thought that the point of War Driving was to find 802.11 sources on the open roads, not be one.

    Maybe we need to refine the definition a bit. I guess the old way could now be considered "Defensive War Driving."