March 27, 2005

Ad Hoc networks on airplanes

So last week I was on American Airlines flight 227 from JFK-SJC.

About midway to California, I turned on my wireless card to see if there was anything interesting going on.

This is what I saw:

AdHoc.png

Ok, I don’t get it. Why do so many people/computers have ad hoc networks enabled? Is there some bizarre software that automatically creates ad hoc networks if it can’t find a real one? How peculiar!

As for the rest of the flight, here are some comments:

-Shrimp and scallop risotto wasn’t awful.

-On that particular 757, all the seat power outlets in First on the port side were busted. Boo.

-After the Sunset is a crappy movie – though with lots of mildly interesting shots of Salma Hayek.

Comments (2) -- Posted by: dtc @ 8:25 pm

2 Comments to “Ad Hoc networks on airplanes”

  1. p?? Says:

    where does the comment come from?? are they in the name of the network?

  2. Dennis T Cheung Says:

    It’s strange huh

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