No argument - the point I was trying to make, or actually, trying to refute, is that a person who is arrested for leeching WiFi (parking in range of someone else's AP) shouldn't grope for the enticement defense.
Unless your aunt's health gets worse (I'm assuming she's ill or somewhat incapacitated as your mom is playing solitaire while visiting her) and your mom moves in for awhile and leaves the notebook on the whole time, it's unlikely that anyone would ever notice nor care about her accidental use.
BTW, it's cool that your mom has a laptop - and I hope your aunt gets better soon.
The bandwidth is an intangible resource - unlike most of the other entities referenced in the various analogies. It's not left in an unlocked vehicle with the windows down, like a stereo. It's not left sitting on a workbench in an empty garage. There's a very thin argument to be made that the mere presence of the items and their ready availability compel someone to steal them. (I'm not making that argument here.)
The curbside WiFi leech doesn't inadvertently or accidentally see the WiFi bleeding out to the curb, and having been duly enticed, whip out the notebook and start surfing.
They're looking for an open AP, with intent to connect.
Enticement implies no previous intent to take the undesired action.
I believe it to be a lot easier to change absolute state than to implement graceful degradation. Easier at design-time than as a retrofit.
(Toggle switch vs. dimmer switch, comes to mind.)
I'd offer that "it" is working, assuming that this functionality is truly by design.
Bravo for taking action instead of just ranting like most.
(IANAL)
I wonder if there's an equal protection thing here. I hear that the affected CD's only contain Win32 malware, nothing Mac or *nix compatible.
It's a bit of a twisted argument, but why shouldn't those platforms get the same..."management" assistance as Windows?
Said differently...the Redbook data is on the disc, in addition to whichever book supports the data track's presence.
A standard, CD-logo-only, standalone CD player does nothing but Redbook. It directly access the Redbook data. Seems like Macs and *nix boxes can do the same, with no EULA to contend with.
Is there some legal thing that says the policy is unequally applied across the marketplace?
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Because there is no GAAP way to express the value of customer loyalty, employee loyalty, brand loyalty, and so forth,
Isn't this usually called "goodwill" in GAAP terms?
When they start hiring and stop giving all their money to their CEO's, perhaps I might have more sympathy
Over 2,800 open positions currently listed at Amazon's career site.
No argument - the point I was trying to make, or actually, trying to refute, is that a person who is arrested for leeching WiFi (parking in range of someone else's AP) shouldn't grope for the enticement defense.
Unless your aunt's health gets worse (I'm assuming she's ill or somewhat incapacitated as your mom is playing solitaire while visiting her) and your mom moves in for awhile and leaves the notebook on the whole time, it's unlikely that anyone would ever notice nor care about her accidental use.
BTW, it's cool that your mom has a laptop - and I hope your aunt gets better soon.
The enticement argument doesn't hold water.
The bandwidth is an intangible resource - unlike most of the other entities referenced in the various analogies. It's not left in an unlocked vehicle with the windows down, like a stereo. It's not left sitting on a workbench in an empty garage. There's a very thin argument to be made that the mere presence of the items and their ready availability compel someone to steal them. (I'm not making that argument here.)
The curbside WiFi leech doesn't inadvertently or accidentally see the WiFi bleeding out to the curb, and having been duly enticed, whip out the notebook and start surfing.
They're looking for an open AP, with intent to connect.
Enticement implies no previous intent to take the undesired action.
I believe it to be a lot easier to change absolute state than to implement graceful degradation. Easier at design-time than as a retrofit. (Toggle switch vs. dimmer switch, comes to mind.)
I'd offer that "it" is working, assuming that this functionality is truly by design.
Bravo for taking action instead of just ranting like most.
(IANAL)
I wonder if there's an equal protection thing here. I hear that the affected CD's only contain Win32 malware, nothing Mac or *nix compatible.
It's a bit of a twisted argument, but why shouldn't those platforms get the same..."management" assistance as Windows?
Said differently...the Redbook data is on the disc, in addition to whichever book supports the data track's presence.
A standard, CD-logo-only, standalone CD player does nothing but Redbook. It directly access the Redbook data. Seems like Macs and *nix boxes can do the same, with no EULA to contend with.
Is there some legal thing that says the policy is unequally applied across the marketplace?
Dunno...