[P1] Hot Spots in the U.S.

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On Friday, Jan 31, 2003, at 19:45 US/Central, Jack Rodgers wrote:
>
>> There is a place I go a couple of times a week where I use my iBook. 
>> As soon as I open it, new mail downloads because somebody in the 
>> building has a wireless network.
>
> You can turn off Airport or close the email application, both of which 
> are under your control.
>
>> That seems a bit like saying that if I lower my car window and hear 
>> the music from somebody else's radio, that I've "stolen" it.
>
> Not even close as far as an example goes. Closer might be if you 
> opened the car door of someone else's car without their permission, 
> got inside and played the radio.

If you were watering your lawn on a hot day and  the neighbor kids ran 
through your sprinkler would you posit that  the children were stealing 
the coolness of the water?  I was just wondering?

David