"A car is not what's meant by "mobile". Think handsets, laptops, PDAs with self-contained power." Yes, of course. I assumed that was obvious. And of course, with a car the PDA could be powered off of the cigarette lighter. Those weren't really germane to my point. -TD

From: "Major Variola (ret)" <mv@cdc.gov> To: "cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net" <cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net> Subject: Re: Meshing costs, the price of RAH's battery Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:36:28 -0700

At 11:32 AM 4/10/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote:

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"So, get a clue. When your battery runs out, you get *zero* benefit from the mesh. Or even your local device *sans network*."

Well, as usual I don't think I'm understanding you here. In my example I'm imagining I'm a livery cab driver or something. In that case, instantaneous micro-traffic-conditions can be very valuable in NYC.

A car represents abundant power. RF issues aside, may as well be fixed & mains powered.

A car is not what's meant by "mobile". Think handsets, laptops, PDAs with self-contained power.

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