P2P or any kind of file sharing is stealing! Sharing bandwidth is stealing! Playing a radio is the barbershop without paying ASCAP is
Sharing implies the sharer knows that they are sharing, and this is not what we are talking about. At least that's not what I thought we were talking about.
Sorry, I thought it was a contrived analogy and so didn't pay too much attention to its details. Given those details it's even weaker. My can's on the curb. Obviously, I've already put all my available trash into it. I could care less what my neighbor (or anyone else for that matter) adds. The city's going to take it all away in the morning anyway and I'll have empty cans for another week. Where's the harm? Like I said: lame!
Maybe you live in an area where trash collection is free, in which case you should provide 20 trashcans to all your neighbors because garbage wants to be free. Viva la garbage.
I don't live in such a utopia. I pay for my trash can and trash collection out of pocket, and even though the can is not technically mine, and once the can is out on the curb it's considered public property, I don't want my cheap neighbor *not* paying for their trash and using my can. I guess I really am stupid and just can't understand why it's okay to piggyback on someone else's paid service for free.
I'm still going to choose to believe that many open networks in residential areas are not open by design. Just look at the names. Right now I have three open networks in my neighborhood, with SSID's of Apple Network 220b4e, and two of everyone's favorite 'linksys'. I just don't feel right taking advantage of someone's outright stupidity or technological ignorance.
-Matt -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
