Wireless Access Points all come with some form of encryption security, and all of them I've seen come with MAC address filtering. Additionally, you can configure the AP to not even broadcast it's SSID, and you can use static IP addresses on your private network instead of DHCP. ALL of these things come WITH even consumer-grade AP/gateway routers, and they ALL come with user's manuals that explain what these features do, and how to set them up. If you're too stupid to read the directions, too stupid to go get help if you don't understand them, or too stupid to do something to secure your AP, then you're too stupid to be using these technologies and likely shouldn't have them in the first place. On the other hand, if you really don't care who is connecting to your AP and/or think it's a cool idea to leave it wide open for your neighbors to use, then I say "good for you, and thank you".
All that being said, if I find an AP in reach of my devices that's wide open and allows me to connect, I'm going to assume one of the two above scenarios -- and go merrily on my way guilt-free, because it's not my fault in the least if you're a moron, and it's not illegal in the least if someone chooses to share their internet connection with whoever is in reach of the signal. Note here that I'm not cracking WEP/WPA keys to hack into someone's private network; if it's OPEN, then it's OPEN, and if I need it, I'll use it, guilt-free.
Oh, and to all you asshats out there who are going to cry to me, "You're stealing the service I pay for, you awful person you!", I say STFU, read Paragraph 1 of this post AGAIN -- because it's obvious that you're one of the morons that either can't understand how to secure your AP, or are too stupid to CARE -- yet you're going to cry foul at me for your own stupidity. Suck it up, read the directions.
And the 90 year old grandma down the road who doesn't understand the manual? Is it okay to use her wifi, then?
if it's OPEN, then it's OPEN, and if I need it, I'll use it, guilt-free. So you won't have a problem if I see your front door open and I just walk in and make myself a few grilled cheese sandwiches? Because of course, your front door was open, and you were too stupid to lock it, so you must have wanted people to enter? Right?
I had vista on my work laptop for 6 months, I kept hoping that SP1 would fix everything.. after installing it.. I downgraded to XP. You mean you upgraded to XP?
My machine is three and a half years old and switching from KDE to xfce made a VERY noticeable difference. It's a Dell 2400 2.4 Ghz, 768MB ram. etc etc. Nothing fancy, but somehow I don't think they're going to be using much better hardware.
Of course it can. I never said KDE wasn't good. But wouldn't they want it running as fast as possible? I don't think they're too concerned with how fancy KDE looks. (Not saying xfce isn't fancy, either, cause it is)
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All that being said, if I find an AP in reach of my devices that's wide open and allows me to connect, I'm going to assume one of the two above scenarios -- and go merrily on my way guilt-free, because it's not my fault in the least if you're a moron, and it's not illegal in the least if someone chooses to share their internet connection with whoever is in reach of the signal. Note here that I'm not cracking WEP/WPA keys to hack into someone's private network; if it's OPEN, then it's OPEN, and if I need it, I'll use it, guilt-free.
Oh, and to all you asshats out there who are going to cry to me, "You're stealing the service I pay for, you awful person you!", I say STFU , read Paragraph 1 of this post AGAIN -- because it's obvious that you're one of the morons that either can't understand how to secure your AP, or are too stupid to CARE -- yet you're going to cry foul at me for your own stupidity. Suck it up, read the directions.
And the 90 year old grandma down the road who doesn't understand the manual? Is it okay to use her wifi, then? if it's OPEN, then it's OPEN, and if I need it, I'll use it, guilt-free. So you won't have a problem if I see your front door open and I just walk in and make myself a few grilled cheese sandwiches? Because of course, your front door was open, and you were too stupid to lock it, so you must have wanted people to enter? Right?How about the average American just loses a few pounds? When you think of all the overweight people in American and how much each would save in gas.
Better hope it doesn't fall off the pin head.
...a computer running Linux to experiment on.
For the 1000-megapixel porn industry.
That's OVER 9000!
My machine is three and a half years old and switching from KDE to xfce made a VERY noticeable difference. It's a Dell 2400 2.4 Ghz, 768MB ram. etc etc. Nothing fancy, but somehow I don't think they're going to be using much better hardware.
Of course it can. I never said KDE wasn't good. But wouldn't they want it running as fast as possible? I don't think they're too concerned with how fancy KDE looks. (Not saying xfce isn't fancy, either, cause it is)
I assume they're not going to be running the most up to date hardware available. So my question is, why don't they use Xfce instead of KDE?
Exactly. Isn't this like saying Microsoft costs Apple money because more people use Windows than Mac?
Famous scientists around their 90's are dieing lately.
Like real sword wielding pirates?
I'm still waiting on that ONE magic move.