begin quoting Robert Donovan as of Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 07:52:57PM -0700: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan wrote: > > > I call it "rude" myself. > > > My mother taught me that using something that wasn't mine without > > > explicit permission is being ill-mannered. > > > > I think this is indicative of the "MINE!" society that we have. We are > > very possession oriented. I think it should be an understood part of > > netiquette that if the AP is unlocked you should be allowed to use it as > > long as you are considerate. Don't leach torrents on other peoples > > wireless. My wireless is open for the using. > > Is not asking first part of being considerate? As in, in consideration > of the fact that you may not want me using your bandwidth for some > reason, I'm asking?
There's no way to ask. Well, I suppose you *could* go door-to-door in your neighborhood, and ask folks if they were running a wireless network. I'd expect the cops to come harass you if you tried such a thing, however. (I'd call 'em myself if you knocked on my door and asked me that.) -- Is it polite for me to expect you to do that which might annoy the cops? Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
