On 8/7/06, Mason Mullins <mason_mullins@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Levi Bard" <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Wifi security fun with your neighbors.
> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:29:11 -0500
>
> ><snip>
> > > Do you also disable the water spigot on the outside of your house?
> ><snip>
> >
> >If someone were abusing yours such that you couldn't use your own water
> >legitimately, would you not consider such action?
> >
> >I think the light's a better example.
>
> Sure, if somebody was abusing my water supply, I'd get onto them
> and/or take action. But if I paid a flat rate for water every month,
> I wouldn't really care if the neighborhood kids used it to fill water
> balloons or whatever.
>
> --
> Tcsh: Now with higher FPS!
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html
>
>
> Well, I have to admit that when I'm on the road (trucker) and I'm not at a
> hotspot (many truckstops have them now), I have been known to use whatever
> unsecured wireless router I can connect with. It's usually a nearby hotel,
> but sometimes it's a home router.
>
> I don't abuse it and do huge downloads or anything, just get online to check
> my email. It's not like I'm seriously hogging their bandwidth or running up
> a big bill for them or anything. No harm no foul.
>
With this I have no problem, if you are in the area a for a bit and need the
access, I am not going to stop you, what I am targeting is the abusive
neighbor who has a noisy dog, roosters, and other irritants and also has
no question of jumping on the neighbor AP time and again without even
saying a word.
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