On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:47:00 -0700, Paul G. Allen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DJA wrote:
So, with the Wifi analogy, the trash analogy does not work. To truly
steal the use of his can, I'd have to store my trash in it before trash
day such that he could not use it. Then it would sit there until he put
the can out on the curb. Not to mention the trespassing (already
mentioned) to get it into his can. If his can is left on the street,
then I may not be trespassing, but I'm still impeding his ability to use
the can.
Not necessarily. The Wifi is a service that I'm paying for, I expect that
only I'm going to be using it, not some freeloader across the street. How
about another analogy?
Let's say I'm a rich guy and I have my own chauffer. He lives in my house
and is on call 24/7. I pay him very well for this service. I don't get up
to go to work until noon because, well, I'm rich. But my neighbor leaves
at 9am every day. He decides, on his own, without asking me or telling me,
that he can save money by utilizing my driver for free. In fact, he sells
his car because he doesn't need it any more. For some reason my idiot
driver agrees to this and doesn't tell me either. Is this okay? I'm not
being deprived of my driver because I'm never up at 9am. Nobody gets hurt.
Nobody is the wiser. But the fact is I'm paying for a service that I
expect to be there for my exclusive use 24/7. It doesn't make it okay
because I'm unawares.
As far as I know, with it wide open, and within range of my computer, he
intends me to access it.
That's a big assumption. Next time I go to a restaurant and the server
hasn't yet taken the tip off the table, I'm going to assume they indended
me to have it.
-Matt
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