X-OldHeader: From poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Tue Apr 3 14:41:08 2001 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id OAA27858 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zonker.labs.agilent.com (poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.184]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id OAA19062 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from poulton@localhost) by zonker.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) id OAA21188 for wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:41:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Message-Id: <200104032141.OAA21188@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Re: iWindsurf and what we're doing for you
> (3) I believe the Palo Alto wind report that you are referring to, in
> relation to Ken Poulton's website, is an iWindsurf sensor.
No, this is Palo Alto airport. I lost my airport feed for a day,
but it's back up.
On the bigger issue of iWindsurf $$: in addition to all the data on my
own website, I use an iWindurf pager as well - more data is better.
We get the airport data for free because our tax dollars support NOAA.
But taxes are not going to cover the sensors at windsurf sites. The
iWindsurf guys have made a good attempt to provide web access for free,
but it didn't even pay for itself so I'm afraid we're back to the
real world of paying for services. $200/year is small change in
nearly anyone's total windsurf expenses. We just got spoiled when it
was free.
So keep giving iWindsurf constructive criticism, but remember, they're
windsurfers, too and they're trying to make a living by serving us.
Ken Poulton
poulton@labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
"I would rather be in the surf thinking about God than in church
thinking about the surf." -- William Herbert Anders
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