Betcha it's obvious where your yard starts. Not so in this case.
Right. It is obvious. Doesn't make it any less free and open.
I guess I was brought up in a different era. If it is not 'yours' (and you know if it isn't), don't mess with it, except by explicit invitation. And no, my network granting your network access is not automatically 'explicit invitation'. Unless it is blatantly obvious ("UseThisRouter"), ask the human first.
"Hey, neighbor...is it OK if I piggyback on your connection? I'll kick in $5 month." "Sure"
or
"Free connection via the clueless old guy next door...SWEET!" "lawsuit"
what happened to all the stories of businesses dumping this type of waste in rural China?
Then we have massive problems such as this. 'Rural China' does not equal uninhabited. Someone is going to take that stuff apart for the valuable bits. And leave the rest to rot.
Are the United States really so far behind in environmental issues?
No.
"
California e-waste law took effect on January 1, 2005, and requires charging customers a fee at the time of purchase to cover recycling of certain electronics products at the end of the product's useful life."
"Effective January 1, 2006, Maine's new e-waste law will take effect"
"Effective January 1, 2006, Maryland's new e-waste law will take effect."
I think the US should change from "we only care about economics and hate to pay for others" into something more responsible.
I think the rest of the world should not apply sweeping generalities to what happens in the US.
If you can't bother to tell people that this is private (the moral equivalent of installing a fence with a gate)
Just because my front yard is not fully fenced and gated does not give you license to walk across it and use it as you wish.
Ask, and you may be granted access. Ask first, though.
Technically, functionally, you may be right. Morally and ethically might be a different question.
The main question is..."if it is unsecured, is that a specific invitation to use it?"
Personally I say no. You and others may have a different opinion.
Well, as I live at the end of a cul-de-sa, and the signal only reaches to the 2 houses on either side, neither of which has any script kiddies in residence...
Having said that, I have opened it to a neighbor or two when they were having trouble with their ISP.
I have a (firewalled) access point that has the SSID "UseMe".
And that fine, if you want to make it accessible. "UseMe" is a visible invitation. My SSID, OTOH, is "GetOut". i.e. no, you cannot use this AP. But I don't subscribe to the notion that just any AP is not free to use. Specific invitation, such as yours? Fine. Otherwise, ask nicely or GetOut.
Public emergency responses should be public knowledge.
Do you want your boss (and everyone else inthe office) to know that you were a victim of spousal abuse last night? Or would you rather keep that to yourself?
With newer Lithium Ion batteries, the penalty has gotten a lot better. But the Giant LaFree I rode specifically weighed in at around 75lbs. 45-50 more than a regular bike.
Here is a recent list of some of the elec bike offerings and kits. Addon kit weights range from ~28-50 lbs.
I like elec bikes. But have never really seen a net gain over just pedaling.
Electric bikes aren't that good either. I've ridden a couple of production ones, and it seems that the battery+motor is strong enough to propel the extra weight of the battery+motor.
A regular bike has effectively unlimited range, while the electric is really bad if you have to pedal those extra 50lbs around if the battery runs down.
With that extra weight, you lose significant qualities of the bicycle. Throwing it in the back of the car is problematic when the thing weighs 80lbs. And most bike racks can't take that weight either. Forget abour carrying it upstairs to your apartment.
They have their place, but there are significant disadvantages.
While impressive, the feat was accomplished over a single optical fiber using proprietary amplifiers not in production. It certainly is innovative, but it is not an indication of speeds you will see in consumer level services.
Pushing 56k through a POTS line was an experiment once.
...Americans start taking the train everywhere instead of driving.
1. Most sports contests aren't during commute time. 2. Most non-commute, non-car journeys are short enough not to bother about what happens in the game. If you're THAT interested, you'd stay home or at the sports bar and watch it on the big screen with your buds. 3. Most commutes aren't THAT long. The 100 mile each way is the exception, not the rule. I can do without video for 15 minutes on my way home.
but for home use I don't understand why more people use Open Office.
Because they got MSOffice free/cheap through work or a friend. My current valid/legal copy of MSOffice2003 Pro was $20. If I actually had to pay the $300 or whatever, not a chance. But for $20, why not.
Yes, I use OO.o at home too. But I imagine most people wouldn't go through the bother if MSOffice were basically free as well.
The scanner is in the top, instead of the base. Flip the lid over, and you can scan without lifting the lid every time. Could probably scan sheets almost as fast as you could with a camera setup. And far cheaper.
Some people report not being able to get good scans with it, but I've had no problems.
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You know, and I know, that it is relatively easy. Hell...we have designed the perfect system 50 times here on /.
The problem is to get that "easy" system accepted and certified by the powers that be.
Bullshit. You can hold me responsible for the end result once I have the power to decide what that is.
Build us a reliable, verfiable voting machine/system.
Go.
Betcha it's obvious where your yard starts. Not so in this case.
Right. It is obvious. Doesn't make it any less free and open.
I guess I was brought up in a different era. If it is not 'yours' (and you know if it isn't), don't mess with it, except by explicit invitation. And no, my network granting your network access is not automatically 'explicit invitation'. Unless it is blatantly obvious ("UseThisRouter"), ask the human first.
"Hey, neighbor...is it OK if I piggyback on your connection? I'll kick in $5 month." "Sure"
or
"Free connection via the clueless old guy next door...SWEET!" "lawsuit"
what happened to all the stories of businesses dumping this type of waste in rural China?
Then we have massive problems such as this.
'Rural China' does not equal uninhabited. Someone is going to take that stuff apart for the valuable bits. And leave the rest to rot.
Are the United States really so far behind in environmental issues?
No.
" California e-waste law took effect on January 1, 2005, and requires charging customers a fee at the time of purchase to cover recycling of certain electronics products at the end of the product's useful life."
"Effective January 1, 2006, Maine's new e-waste law will take effect"
"Effective January 1, 2006, Maryland's new e-waste law will take effect."
I think the US should change from "we only care about economics and hate to pay for others" into something more responsible.
I think the rest of the world should not apply sweeping generalities to what happens in the US.
If you can't bother to tell people that this is private (the moral equivalent of installing a fence with a gate)
Just because my front yard is not fully fenced and gated does not give you license to walk across it and use it as you wish.
Ask, and you may be granted access. Ask first, though.
Technically, functionally, you may be right. Morally and ethically might be a different question.
The main question is..."if it is unsecured, is that a specific invitation to use it?"
Personally I say no. You and others may have a different opinion.
Well, as I live at the end of a cul-de-sa, and the signal only reaches to the 2 houses on either side, neither of which has any script kiddies in residence...
Having said that, I have opened it to a neighbor or two when they were having trouble with their ISP.
I have a (firewalled) access point that has the SSID "UseMe".
And that fine, if you want to make it accessible. "UseMe" is a visible invitation. My SSID, OTOH, is "GetOut". i.e. no, you cannot use this AP.
But I don't subscribe to the notion that just any AP is not free to use. Specific invitation, such as yours? Fine. Otherwise, ask nicely or GetOut.
... why not let me use my own sound clips?
Why am I stuck with the musty-sounding Vista start-up sound clip that Microsoft thinks I will like?
That's been a function since at least Win95, maybe before.
we would have controlled Saddam whom we put in power in the first place.
Actually, no. He strongarmed his way into power all by himself.
The rest of your post is spot on, though.
I say no.
We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
We need MORE roads, LESS cars, and another tunnel into Manhattan.
1/3 of your statement is correct.
Public emergency responses should be public knowledge.
Do you want your boss (and everyone else inthe office) to know that you were a victim of spousal abuse last night? Or would you rather keep that to yourself?
Does anyone else in here have a birthday today?
With newer Lithium Ion batteries, the penalty has gotten a lot better. But the Giant LaFree I rode specifically weighed in at around 75lbs. 45-50 more than a regular bike.
Here is a recent list of some of the elec bike offerings and kits. Addon kit weights range from ~28-50 lbs.
I like elec bikes. But have never really seen a net gain over just pedaling.
Electric bikes aren't that good either. I've ridden a couple of production ones, and it seems that the battery+motor is strong enough to propel the extra weight of the battery+motor.
A regular bike has effectively unlimited range, while the electric is really bad if you have to pedal those extra 50lbs around if the battery runs down.
With that extra weight, you lose significant qualities of the bicycle. Throwing it in the back of the car is problematic when the thing weighs 80lbs. And most bike racks can't take that weight either. Forget abour carrying it upstairs to your apartment.
They have their place, but there are significant disadvantages.
You're friends with Google? Cool!
Parents don't let their kids play outside in the street, or go anywhere without a parent with them.
You can't make a general statement like that. Depends on the parent and the environment.
Does it really matter what those indoor activities are?
Go here, do this, see that vs. lets make some shit up, or lets go explore.
Part of being a parent is choosing where to live. The kid environment is part of that choice.
I can't believe that a majority of the population would rather let people suffer than have to pay a bit extra in tax for a public healthcare system
Basically, we don't really trust the government to not screw it up.
(Any government, not just the current bunch of fools)
While impressive, the feat was accomplished over a single optical fiber using proprietary amplifiers not in production. It certainly is innovative, but it is not an indication of speeds you will see in consumer level services.
Pushing 56k through a POTS line was an experiment once.
I might have said: "Holy Crap! I'm on the goddamned MOON!"
...Americans start taking the train everywhere instead of driving.
1. Most sports contests aren't during commute time.
2. Most non-commute, non-car journeys are short enough not to bother about what happens in the game. If you're THAT interested, you'd stay home or at the sports bar and watch it on the big screen with your buds.
3. Most commutes aren't THAT long. The 100 mile each way is the exception, not the rule. I can do without video for 15 minutes on my way home.
but for home use I don't understand why more people use Open Office.
Because they got MSOffice free/cheap through work or a friend. My current valid/legal copy of MSOffice2003 Pro was $20. If I actually had to pay the $300 or whatever, not a chance. But for $20, why not.
Yes, I use OO.o at home too. But I imagine most people wouldn't go through the bother if MSOffice were basically free as well.
The scanner is in the top, instead of the base. Flip the lid over, and you can scan without lifting the lid every time. Could probably scan sheets almost as fast as you could with a camera setup. And far cheaper.
Some people report not being able to get good scans with it, but I've had no problems.