On Fri, March 14, 2008 11:42 am, SJS wrote: > begin quoting Alan as of Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:26:28AM -0700: >> >> Wow. >> Knocking on your door and asking "Hey, Stewart, I've been noticing a >> "SJS-Wireless" SSID popping up lately. > > Well, it wouldn't be called that anyway... > So, what is it called? And what's the WPA key? heh.
> > Ah, there's a disconnect. You expect to know everyone in range of your > WAP; I don't. I don't know you from a hole in the wall... it's just > some guy walking up saying "Hey, do you run a wireless network? What > kind?" Well, I do know everyone within range, because I've turned the transmit low enough that it stays mostly within my yard. Wouldn't want those evil RF waves getting into DJA's garage. However, if I hadn't done that, my default reaction to people asking about my network would not be "Go away, you scammer!" > > Plus, if you phrased it that way, the answer would be "No". > How would one phrase it? > > Because you appear to tell anyone who claims to be a neighbor whatever > they want to know. :) > Well, no, I go through the same evaluations I learned as a kid when dealing with strangers. But the result of asking to use my wireless for a bit is still likely to be yes. -ajb -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
