Meanwhile ... Was: Re: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] locfinder v2 beta

[sanbar]

... petty infighting among diametrically opposed viewpoints aside - and
in a pathetic attempt to kill this waste of bandwidth of a thread - the
serious business of building a wireless network goes on.

Node FZJ was able to make a link to node BCA last night (confirmed by
the server logs) via node BHH. It's a distance of about 2.03km from
FZJ-BCA, but via Vak it's about 2.33km. Next step is the jump to
Fitzroy/Thornbury/Northcote. 

Grunties, ffs get an omni up!

Innernorth roqz. Everyone else sux. Now that's the sort of mailing list
flame bait we need.
- Barry

On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:52, evilbunny wrote:
> Hello Steven,
> 
> I didn't mean share without permission, obviously if there are people
> willing to support, surely they wouldn't have issues with gaining more
> recognition from supporting others as well...
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  evilbunny                            mailto:evilbunny at sydneywireless.com
> 
> http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates
> http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally
> http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom
> 
> Tuesday, November 26, 2002, 9:44:27 AM, you wrote:
> 
> SH> As the data is commercial property, sharing the data would mean piracy. I
> SH> will not do anything like this that may put Melbourne Wireless in disrepute.
> 
> SH> People pay big money for this data, that we were very lucky to get.
> 
> SH> Signed,
> SH> Steven Haigh
> SH> http://wireless.org.au
> SH> (Visit https://wireless.org.au to install our Root Certificate.)
> 
> 
> SH> ----- Original Message -----
> SH> From: "evilbunny" <evilbunny at sydneywireless.com>
> SH> To: "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at optusnet.com.au>
> SH> Cc: "'MelbWireless'" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> SH> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:28 AM
> SH> Subject: Re[2]: [MLB-WIRELESS] locfinder v2 beta
> 
> 
> >> Hello Steven,
> >>
> >> What no sharing so others can benefit from it?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best regards,
> >>  evilbunny                            mailto:evilbunny at sydneywireless.com
> >>
> >> http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates
> >> http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally
> >> http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom
> >>
> >> Monday, November 25, 2002, 10:32:36 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> SH> I think the main difference is that nodedb.com still relies on
> SH> mapblast (or
> >> SH> whoever) for their maps... while this is good and works well, it has
> SH> nothing
> >> SH> like the detail that can be achieved by using our own data. The data
> SH> in
> >> SH> question covers everything from street names, major features to house
> >> SH> divisions - where you can zoom down to the block where your
> >> SH> house/node/whatever is... This detail is just not available from any
> SH> other
> >> SH> source...
> >>
> >> SH> This also means that if mapblast goes down, then our maps don't go
> SH> down...
> >> SH> It also gives much more flexibility...
> >>
> >> SH> NodeDB is great, but it's much better for Melbourne Wireless to have
> >> SH> detailed maps of Melbourne & Victoria, than anywhere else in the
> SH> world -
> >> SH> because that's where it's of most use to members and followers of
> SH> Melbourne
> >> SH> Wireless...
> >>
> >> SH> I don't think this is re-inventing the wheel at all, it's more a
> SH> greatly
> >> SH> improved bearings and suspension.... they all do the same job, but why
> SH> not
> >> SH> make the ride comfy :)
> >>
> >> SH> Signed,
> >> SH> Steven Haigh
> >> SH> http://wireless.org.au
> >> SH> (Visit https://wireless.org.au to install our Root Certificate.)
> >>
> >>
> >> SH> ----- Original Message -----
> >> SH> From: "Scott Stapleton" <hyrax at westnet.com.au>
> >> SH> To: "'MelbWireless'" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> >> SH> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:51 PM
> >> SH> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] locfinder v2 beta
> >>
> >>
> >> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> >> > From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> >> >> > [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of James Healy
> >> >> > Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 11:20 AM
> >> >> > To: MelbWireless
> >> >> > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] locfinder v2 beta
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > rejoice.. be merry.. locfinder v2 is almost upon us...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > v2 is a total rewrite from v1, using php and a MySQL backend.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not meant to be rude, but why re-invent the wheel. The Nodedb is doing
> >> >> an excellent job of keeping track of nodes. What significant
> >> >> improvements does LOCFinder offer over the NodeDB?
> >> >>
> >> >> Obviously there is still Sydney vs. Melbourne problems, hence why steve
> >> >> never decided to link to the NodeDB which was massively better than
> >> >> LOCFinder v1. Which is why the NodeDB for Melborne has 200-odd nodes,
> >> >> instead of the 600 - 800 or whatever the figure is.
> >> >>
> >> >> My 2 cents: "More wanky eastern states BS"
> >> >>
> >> >> .. Scott
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >>
> >>
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barry park
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