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, well! since you never said I couldn`t empty your family bank account then don`t go running to the police if I do, after all, your silence on the subject implies you don`t mind, right?, it is theft, you are using their bandwidth they paid for, their equipment and their identity, it is theft, apple trees go back to an archaic law from the year dot, I can still cut off the branches that overhang you if I wish, then you get no apples.
everybody still trots out the same old tired arguements, but you still have to set your WiFi to the same frequency as the other user, so some intent is there, as is intent in actualy latching onto and using someone elses connection rather than just changing your device to another channel, the ommision is more down to the makers of the equipment than people who either don`t read the instructions or don`t understand them, the modem that came with my broadband connection is an example of what can be done, it uses a special button on the modem that IDs the MAC of any system wanting to connect, if you can`t get to the modem to press the button during setup then you can`t connect to the modem ever afterwards, 1 MAC per press prevents someone else logging in during the setup, pretty secure, although in the end I wanted more 100/10 connections than the modem had, so I went with a belkin modem/router and set the codes/MAC and security to the highest possible, but even then I keep a frequent eye on the status indicator, I`m capped at 30gig per month and often come close to it, I would be seriously annoyed if someone started using my connection for their own use (right before I turned off the wireless connectivity and went looking for them with a big stick
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Quote: "but I really do feel that overriding your common sense to obey the law degrades your integrity as a citizen of your community and brings us down a step on the ladder of civilization.
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what?
obeying the law allows civilisation/society to function, it`s the integrity of the people who obey the law even when it`s silly or inconvenient that prevent civilisation backsliding, if you only obey laws when it pleases you then you might as well have no laws, and there goes society as everything dissolves into anarchy, you might not like laws, but wherever they are well enforced you can walk without fear and live your live as you please (inside the law of course), it is the duty of you as a citizen to ensure that the laws you live under create the kind of world you want to live in, IE get off your butt and ring/mail/write your MP or Congress member or whatever, if you dont then the fanatics that do will be dictating the kind of world you live in.
Windows: 32 bit extension/graphical shell for a 16bit patch to an 8bit OS originally coded for a 4bit CPU, written by a 2bit company that can't stand 1bit of competition, now available in 64bits.
