Their product is eternal salvation. I wonder if we could bundle internet with that? Speaking of that, what does federal code say about sharing salvation? I bet somewhere there's a politician trying to calculate a tax on it. On May 26, 2015 4:04 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Those missions also develop a skill at knocking on doors and selling an > idea or a product. Leading to later in life becoming politicians or > starting alarm companies. But I digress. > > I still remember living in Buenos Aires for 2 years as a kid, and 2 young > Mormons knocked on our door. Turns out they didn’t know how to give their > speech in English, only Spanish, but they stayed for dinner. > > > *From:* TJ Trout <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:46 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter > > They are capitalists first, you can't feed the church on good will... > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But don’t they also vow to help the less fortunate? If they had more >> food on the table than they could eat, wouldn’t they share with their >> down-on-their-luck relative and neighbors? Well, they have more Internet >> than they can use (how much Internet can you use if you don’t watch porn?) >> So why waste the excess Internet when others are in need? Does McDonalds >> Arctic Circle stop you from taking a doggie bag and giving your uneaten >> fries to the homeless? >> >> >> *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:19 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >> >> If you run a coax to the neighbors to use DirecTV or Comcast, they >> will call it “theft of service”. Criminal theft of service. Federal code >> specifically speaks to this. Just piggybacking on the same idea with the >> verbiage. >> >> TWC says: >> It is illegal not only to steal cable services but also to assist others >> to steal cable services. In fact, federal law provides for criminal >> penalties and civil remedies against people who willfully assist others to >> steal cable services. Such assistance can take the form of distributing >> "pirate" cable television descrambling equipment, assisting others to make >> unauthorized connections to cable systems, promoting the free use of one's >> wireless broadband network, or assisting others to hack into their modems >> and uncap them. Federal statutes prohibit the assistance of theft of >> services offered over a cable system. >> >> And it appears to be called “theft of service” if it is unwanted: >> >> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/man-charged-with-theft-of-services-for-using-free-wifi-at-coffee-shop-in-for-a-brewed-awakening/ >> >> As far as the LDS folks go, it is not intended to scare them, it is >> intended to trigger a guilty conscience. They vow to be honest. This is >> intended to remind themthat this is not an honest behavior. >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:03 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >> >> Not for me. I would avoid the whole theft of service approach. I >> think you are on shaky legal ground, plus it sounds lame unless LDS folks >> really are easily scared. >> >> Say it is against the Terms of Service they agreed to, and will result in >> disconnection of service. That doesn’t mean it is a crime. >> >> The better approach is probably that unsecured WiFi lets anyone within >> range capture everything you transmit without encryption, allows them >> access to your network and router on the trusted side of your firewall >> making it much easier for hackers, and as you mentioned could cause law >> enforcement to blame you for bad things someone else did on the Internet >> via your IP address. >> >> >> *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:39 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >> >> Brett, Ken does this wording work better? >> >> 5) Allowing a neighbor to use your WiFi connection instead of >> purchasing service for their own house is a crime called “Theft of >> Service”. You are collaborating in this theft and jeopardizing your own >> service as well. >> >> >> > >
