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Wi-Fi Warsailing In The Netherlands

Posted by timothy on from the english-for-germans dept.

Roland writes "The first war-sailing event ever, AFAIK. A community based WiFi network in Leiden, the Netherlands, WirelessLeiden hold a warsailing event [Dutch links]. The war-sailing event was meant to show that WirelessLeiden is more than just a local city network. On this map you can see that 75% of the route was covered by WirelessLeiden. Vic Hayes, the Father of WiFi, was a keynote speaker during the war-sailing event. He gave a talk about how WiFi was developed. A couple of spin-offs gave presentations, namely AnyWi and KoGeRo. FYI: WirelessLeiden [English Link] has rolled out a free WiFi network covering almost the whole city of Leiden, 100.000 inhabitants, 49 nodes with 30 more to be build this year. This is the NodeMap of WirelessLeiden."

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  1. Waterproof? by QuantumSpritz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gonna need a waterproof laptop for that sort of thing...

    1. Re:Waterproof? by periol · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, that would be warSwimming

  2. 100 people! by seringen · · Score: 4, Funny

    100 People with an accuracy of three decimal points. Now that's news!

    1. Re:100 people! by Mz6 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Haha.. Silly Americans and their fancy commas.

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  3. Re:How? by ElForesto · · Score: 3, Funny

    Appearantly it's something speacial because the signals are picked up on the river. Imagine that, radio signals travelling well over an unobstructed area: who would have ever guessed? :/

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  4. Brings new meaning to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piracy on the open seas.

  5. Total coverage by Tranzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope the remaining 25% are covered by Linksys routers.

  6. Arrr... by N4DMX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if this is related to this T-Shirt?

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  7. Warsailing, Arrr! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahoy Matey! Welcome aboard the Black Perl. We be the Software Pirates of the Caribbean, hoist the wi-fi and start the mp3 piratin'!

  8. "The first war-sailing event ever, AFAIK." by Niten · · Score: 3, Funny
    The first war-sailing event ever, AFAIK. [...]

    Prior art?

  9. Submerge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who's going to be first to go warsubmarining?

  10. Re:Stupid Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So if you go to war with a country to find their hotspots, is that warwaring?

  11. War- by Nick+Driver · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, we have wardriving and warflying..., and now warsailing. What's next? Warspelunking in hell?

  12. Well at least... by dj245 · · Score: 3, Funny
    If the owner of the house feels the need to come beat you up with a baseball bat for screwing with his network, he must first:

    1. Locate a boat.
    2. Release the docklines.
    3. Start the motor and or raise sails.
    4. Catch up.
    5. Maneuver to within boarding distance.
    6. Sucessfully board without falling in the water, or being repelled.
    7. Commence with the beatdown on a rolling, pitching, heeled deck.

    Oh yeah,
    8. Profit!.

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