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[OT] consume.net was Re: Compact Flash -> Ide convertor


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  • Subject: [OT] consume.net was Re: Compact Flash -> Ide convertor
  • From: "andy_powell_is" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:30:40 -0000
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I also appears to be limited to UK users only. I tried the Dev
database while the other was down, basically it said the lat/long I
supplied was wrong or outside the UK... and thus effectively bugger
off you foreigner :P (which I'm not - I just live outside the UK)..

This 'global' network doesn't appear to want to be global at all...

Somone pointed me in the dircetion of another network trying to
achieve similar results.. but on a global scale...

Andy

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@y...>
wrote:
> > just looked at consume.net... like the idea, but not a very good
> > advert for it when a search (galaxy) turns up nothing, and an
even
>
> I tapped "consume wireless" into google, and http://consume.net was
the
> first on the list.
>
> > worse advert when trying to nominate a node it returns an
error...
>
> Someone rebooted the server, and the database didn't come up
again.  They're
> fixing it.  It's been generally very reliable, and useful for
finding local
> nodes.
>
> > ahh well back to regular networks then...
>
> Maybe a little more patience?  Join the mailing list - there's
loads of
> clever people on there, and it's not high bandwidth.  There are
areas where
> there is a good number of close nodes.  When I move house, there
will be 2
> nodes within range, and one which may be.
>
> Andy
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