"Your door is wide open, you're broadcasting invitations, you give me your
address, you give me directions, you authorize me to enter, and you give me a lease (which can be renewed or may never expire)."

YOU FOLKS SEEM TO BE FORGETTING ABOUT INTENT!  If I do not intend for anyone to use my hookup to the net then regardless of others observations, whatever they may be, it is theft of services and use of hardware that I have paid for.

Lynn


>On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:54:47 -0700, Alex Dean writes:
>> Still, though, even if I leave my front door wide open, that doesn't 
>> give you the right to come in and make some calls on my phone...
>
>Apples to oranges - I don't agree with this analogy.
>
>Your door is wide open - this does not permit me to enter.
>  
>Your door is wide open AND you are broadcasting invitations - this
>permits me to enter.
>
>The more accurate analogy:
>Your door is wide open, you're broadcasting invitations, you give me your
>address, you give me directions, you authorize me to enter, and you give me a lease
>(which can be renewed or may never expire).
>
>
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