Hello,

Posted by Extravisual on Aug. 30, 2010, 6:38 p.m.

My name is Travis, and I am an internet addict.

Enough said?

No? Okay fine. Basically when I got my internet taken away, I took an old shitty wireless adapter I had and shoved it in the side of a can and pointed it in the general direction of the wireless network. Lo and behold, it worked. Barely any signal and shit reliability, but hey, internets. This morning I couldn't get connected with only my can, so I modified it. Yay!

Edit: I tweaked it a bit and managed to get TWO WHOLE BARS. OMG.

Comments

Josea 14 years, 2 months ago

You sir are awesome, that's all I got to say.

Leyenda 14 years, 2 months ago

Quote:
It is legal so long as they do not have protection.
It may (or may not) be legal. But its definitely unethical. They are paying for the service that you are stealing.

What if they need to download a bunch of stuff and suddenly find out they'r over bandwidth limit because of you?

They're dumb not to have protection, but still… you'r taking advantage of them.

Extravisual 14 years, 2 months ago

If you don't secure your network, you're asking for trouble. As far as I'm concerned, it's their fault.

Leyenda 14 years, 2 months ago

True. Their fault. But taking advantage of stupid people is pretty low… you clever bastard. ;-)

Extravisual 14 years, 2 months ago

I don't bother pondering the ethics of it. I just like the internet.

Leyenda 14 years, 2 months ago

You'd like it even more if you pay for it.

Check your neighbor's front door tonight after they go to bed. According to you, if they left it unlocked its their fault and you'r free to steal their stuff. lol…

Loser.

eagly 14 years, 2 months ago

Not really, Leyenda, because that is against the law.

This is more of a "leaving your pint of beer on the table while you go to the toilet". If you leave your pint there, unprotected, you run the risk of your friends either tampering with it, or drinking all/some of it.

It's not quite the same, but I think it's a better example than stealing from someone's home.

Scott_AW 14 years, 2 months ago

You pirate that unsecured connection, boy!

Extravisual 14 years, 2 months ago

Yeah, wireless piracy is nothing like breaking and entering. It's more like…. Using a neighbor's porch light to assist you walking down the road. Except rather than visual light, it's microwave.

Scott_AW 14 years, 2 months ago

Usually the connection is so weak its like a dust mite nibbling on the bandwidth.