A World Tribune editorial blasts
A World Tribune editorial blasts open WiFi networks, calling them "Communist." At least come up with some modern slurs, you jackass. "Communist" stopped being a dirty word a decade ago. This guy can't even distinguish between bandwidth and throughput.In all seriousness, one such network engineer in urban San Francisco has said that he has gotten to know his neighbors much better now that they are siphoning off of his high-speed Internet. CNET News quoted one member of the Bay Area Wireless Users Group as saying that his neighbors are very happy with using his Internet access free of charge. "Occasionally, they bring me pies and things like that." Yeah, I’d have no problem giving up the occasional pastry to my next-door neighbor if it meant I could save $50 a month on my cable modem bill. This is no different than bringing a cupcake over to your neighbor’s house after you’ve hooked up your garden hose to his faucet so you could water your lawn everyday for the past month. Also, there are probably seventeen other neighbors and uncounted passers-by that have used this guy’s water for the past month free of charge without giving him anything.Link Discuss (Thanks, Cindy!)
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Cory Doctorow
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