Thursday, June 27, 2002
Want Wi-Fi? Learn the secret code
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 08:09 AM
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-939546.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0
Warchalking? What a silly name. Interesting concept though. Are people really that desperate for wireless connections? It would seem the answer is yes.
"Seventy years ago, during the Great Depression in the United States, hobos drew signs to indicate to each other where they could get a meal. Now, across the Atlantic in London, geeks are talking about using a similar system of chalk symbols to signal where they can get a decent wireless Internet connection.
Warchalking, as the practice has been coined by Matt Jones, entails simply drawing a chalk symbol on a wall or pavement to indicate the presence of a wireless networking node. If you see one of these symbols, you should--in theory at least--be able to whip out your notebook computer equipped with an 802.11 wireless networking card, and log on to the Net." Source: Steven Cedrone
Warchalking? What a silly name. Interesting concept though. Are people really that desperate for wireless connections? It would seem the answer is yes.
"Seventy years ago, during the Great Depression in the United States, hobos drew signs to indicate to each other where they could get a meal. Now, across the Atlantic in London, geeks are talking about using a similar system of chalk symbols to signal where they can get a decent wireless Internet connection.
Warchalking, as the practice has been coined by Matt Jones, entails simply drawing a chalk symbol on a wall or pavement to indicate the presence of a wireless networking node. If you see one of these symbols, you should--in theory at least--be able to whip out your notebook computer equipped with an 802.11 wireless networking card, and log on to the Net." Source: Steven Cedrone
