begin quoting Robert Donovan as of Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 02:41:55AM -0700: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:11 AM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Donovan wrote: > > > 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? > > > > No. Being considerate is securing your access point when you don't want > > other people using it so that my laptop doesn't connect to your > > accidentally causing me to unwittingly violate your wishes. By having > > such a policy but not taking action to enforce it you put me into a bad > > situation. > > Up to the moment you ar aware that your laptop has connected you are > not in a bad situation. The point you become aware of the connection
bad?! > and choose to exploit the situation by remaining connected, it is on Foul! Loaded words. > you. I don't know how your laptop is set up, but I have to choose to > conect to any wireless network I detect. It doesn't happen > automatically. Being aware of an open signal is not the same as > choosing to make use of that signal. When I become *aware* that a wireless connection is _not_ meant to be open, then I *ought* to disconnect, yes. How do you distinguish between an open-for-all and closed-for-all-by- someone-incompetent wireless networks? There's a presumption of perfect knowledge going on here. -- It's a sad day when competence takes the penalty and incompetence is rewarded. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
