Comments on: Surprising Victory for Common Sense http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/ Jason J. Thomas' Weblog: Now with more cowbell! Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Cham http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-43758 Cham Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:44:42 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/#comment-43758 I was thinking about this, this morning. I had a hunch that ole Delegate Myers just had to be from Allegany County, where the state of Maryland stores the extra stupid, sure enough I am so incredibly right it's not funny. I was thinking about this, this morning. I had a hunch that ole Delegate Myers just had to be from Allegany County, where the state of Maryland stores the extra stupid, sure enough I am so incredibly right it’s not funny.

]]> By: Cham http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-43727 Cham Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:22:32 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/#comment-43727 Western Maryland, that explains a lot. Doesn't this guy have a bear to kill? Western Maryland, that explains a lot. Doesn’t this guy have a bear to kill?

]]> By: Paul http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-43694 Paul Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:55:02 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/#comment-43694 Don't knock linksys, it is by far the best free nationwide WiFi network! ;-) Don’t knock linksys, it is by far the best free nationwide WiFi network! ;-)

]]> By: JJT http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-43692 JJT Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:05:56 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/#comment-43692 Cham: Actually, the penalty is enforced on the user of the open access point. My issue is that if one cannot take the preventive measure of securing their wireless access point, if the access point is open, it becomes very similar to the problem of "the commons." In any event, Meyers claimed this was for protection of folks, but I just think he was trying to bust the folks using his obviously wide open access point. If he did not live out in Western Maryland, I would head out and see if his access point is still wide open. I bet the SSID is still named "linksys". Cham: Actually, the penalty is enforced on the user of the open access point. My issue is that if one cannot take the preventive measure of securing their wireless access point, if the access point is open, it becomes very similar to the problem of “the commons.”

In any event, Meyers claimed this was for protection of folks, but I just think he was trying to bust the folks using his obviously wide open access point. If he did not live out in Western Maryland, I would head out and see if his access point is still wide open. I bet the SSID is still named “linksys”.

]]> By: Cham http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-43690 Cham Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:19:26 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/03/25/surprising-victory-for-common-sense/#comment-43690 Let me get this straight. Some yutz, like my neighbor 2 doors down, gets a wifi connection. He leaves it open for whatever reason. I sit inside my home, at my desk, and my computer picks up his connection without my knowledge (or maybe with my knowledge), and Delegate Myers wants to call me a thief? Go ahead and pass that law, I'd be the first one to offer myself up for prosecution. If you have wireless then it is your job to either secure it or enjoy meeting your neighbor's computers as they pick up your signal. My neighbor looks like a smart guy, if he really minded he would have done something about it by now. With people dying around here on the streets from gunshot wounds and stabbins, I am sure the nice public defenders and the prosecutors have much better things to do with their time. Let me get this straight. Some yutz, like my neighbor 2 doors down, gets a wifi connection. He leaves it open for whatever reason. I sit inside my home, at my desk, and my computer picks up his connection without my knowledge (or maybe with my knowledge), and Delegate Myers wants to call me a thief? Go ahead and pass that law, I’d be the first one to offer myself up for prosecution.

If you have wireless then it is your job to either secure it or enjoy meeting your neighbor’s computers as they pick up your signal. My neighbor looks like a smart guy, if he really minded he would have done something about it by now. With people dying around here on the streets from gunshot wounds and stabbins, I am sure the nice public defenders and the prosecutors have much better things to do with their time.

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