From fork-admin@xent.com Sun Sep 8 23:51:12 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62CB316F1C for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:50:28 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 08 Sep 2002 23:50:28 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g88MIBC13138 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:18:16 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA3B294103; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Received: from smtp1.superb.net (smtp1.superb.net [207.228.225.14]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 843E1294101 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:14:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 21023 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2002 22:17:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO maya.dyndns.org) (207.61.5.143) by smtp1.superb.net with SMTP; 8 Sep 2002 22:17:01 -0000 Received: by maya.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 501) id 500C81CC98; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:16:58 -0400 (EDT) To: James Rogers Cc: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Subject: Re: whoa References: From: Gary Lawrence Murphy X-Home-Page: http://www.teledyn.com Organization: TCI Business Innovation through Open Source Computing Message-Id: Reply-To: Gary Lawrence Murphy X-Url: http://www.teledyn.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@spamassassin.taint.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: 08 Sep 2002 18:16:57 -0400 >>>>> "J" == James Rogers writes: J> An example: Being able to model RF propagation in three J> dimensions for a metro area when deploying wireless networks. J> By having every single tree and building detail and similar, J> you can "see" even tiny dead spots due to physical blockage and J> signal attenuation. Hmmm, just as I thought. In other words, it has no practical uses whatsoever ;) ... do the biz guys in your office /really/ think WISPs are really going to shell out /their/ money to find a house or two they can't reach? Experience suggests (a) they won't care and (b) they will even sign up that errant house and then give them a run-around blaming the dead-spot on "unsupported vendor equipment". Thus, yes, it is 'cool': Expensive toy with no apparent function ;) -- Gary Lawrence Murphy TeleDynamics Communications Inc Business Advantage through Community Software : http://www.teledyn.com "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)