# I'm posting while in traffic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588 "2005-09-07T22:45:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588/1 "2005-09-07T22:45:31Z")

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Screw all of you with blackberries, I’m in my friend’s car and sitting in traffic. We’re on the campus wireless before we get too far away and so I can surf the web while sitting here. Light changed, gotta run.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588/2 "2005-09-07T22:52:21Z")

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I’m replying from my bicycle on a very busy thoroughfare. Pedalling powers my rugadized laptop mounted on my handlebars. I balance well so I can type while riding. There is some rough pavement ahead so I better go.

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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588/3 "2005-09-08T07:39:38Z")

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I’m currently about 1,000 feet in the air plummeting towards the ground, and I thought I’d post at the SDMB. It’s pretty cool up here. Oops, time to open my chute, talk to you all later.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588/4 "2005-09-08T08:22:37Z")

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I’m posting from a shark cage about 30 feet under water. Unfortunately, wireless doesn’t work down here, so I replaced my air line with a network cable. So far it seems to be wor

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**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588/5 "2005-09-08T08:27:58Z")

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HELLO! I can hardly hear you…Yes, I’m on the train. THE TRAIN. I don’t have a wireless laptop but I do have a really, really long network cable. I reckon it can get me as far as Paddingt—errchhh!

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-posting-while-in-traffic/320588/6 "2005-09-08T13:43:04Z")

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Houston? Experiment number 244A: this wireless connection succesfully reaches all the way up here in the ISS! How cool is that? Over.