"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-8690D9.19455303052008@nntp3.usenetserver.com...
> In article <Xns9A93C45FAFCD2noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>,
> Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
>
> It's just like your leaving a gun in the open, such that it's easily
> taken by anyone. You are liable for leaving the gun in the open. If
> someone takes your gun that you simply left hanging on a hook on your
> front porch, and then uses that to kill the president, guess what?
> You're liable.

I've authored a bunch of stupid Usenet analogies in my life, sir, but I bow
to the master! ;-)

You're really equating an open internet access point to leaving a loaded gun
in the open? Sure, you'd be liable for the gun, because a reasonable person
could foresee the potential danger. What "danger" is the wireless AP owner
supposed to foresee? My outdoor garden hose and spigot left out in the open
is a greater potential threat to the public than a wireless AP- someone
REALLY intent on it could probably manage to drown himself.


What is Larry doing that thousands of independent coffee shops across the
country aren't? (Like Larry, many of the smaller ones don't require logins
or ToS acceptance pages to connect- they're simply "open.")