begin quoting MattyJ as of Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 05:45:00AM -0700: > 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?
I expect that you're going to send me $50 each week. You failing to fulfill my expectations constitutes theft! > >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. And if enough people did that, servers wouold make sure the tip wasn't left on the table before seating you. -- We're dealing with conventions here, just feeling out the issues. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
