Hardly the same as stealing bandwidth. Taking hardware like that is called "gathering evidence".
----- Original Message ----- From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: RE: Anyone Seen This Yet? > Right... > > So if I stick an apple in my jacket at the grocery store and leave without > paying for it, 12 armed FBI agents should show up at my house, arrest me, > and seize all of my jackets and some shoes to boot? > > Something's rotten in Toldeo. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:15 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Anyone Seen This Yet? > > > Ha! Silly sods... > > Theft is theft is theft! Serves them right! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:57 PM > Subject: Anyone Seen This Yet? > > > > There's a good conversation going on over on Slashdot at: > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/013226&mode=thread&tid=123 > > > > about a dozen or so cable modem users who are in a lot of trouble over > > uncapping their cable modems. > > > > The article Slashdot is talking about is here: > > http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/23727 > > > > Apparently, the cable company claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars of > > damage and sicced the FBI on some users who changed the config files on > > their cable modems so they would be able to use greater bandwidth > > allotments. > > > > One of the people netted in this campaign is due to become a Microsoft MVP > > this summer and has just about lost his business. The FBI seized all of > his > > equipment, including machines storing client contacts, business files, and > a > > book he wrote. > > > > !!!!! > > > > M > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
