You can just turn broadcasting off and they will not be able to see your
network. It will not stop a hacker from getting your SSID, but it stops the
common folks from knowing you're there.
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From: "hank smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: A concern about the design of modern Mac computers
I wonder how many feet you were putting out?
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From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: A concern about the design of modern Mac computers
Ok, well I know when I got my Linksys WAG54G wireless gateway and
started using my Ibook wirelessly with the device, I got a knock at the
door from a woman in one of the other bungalos in my block wanting the
password to the network so she could hook up her computer to the
Internet. I was stumped for a few minutes but it turns out that my
network which had the SID of "Danes Home Network" was putting out a
strong signal at the time and the woman hadn't turned on her own
wireless gateway so naturally her computer was picking mine up, I had
WEP incription enabled etc and the woman was under the impression that
"Dane's Home Network" was shared throughout the block of bungalos, I've
since found out that this isn't an uncommon arrangement in some housing
facilities.
On 10/09/2007, at 11:23 AM, John Panarese wrote:
A lot of the stories are pretty common from tech support folks and
have, in some cases, been written off as urban legend or computer myth.
Some probably are, but I do know of someone who actually had a customer
complaining that either their keyboard was mismarked or was missing a
key because they could not locate the "any key". I kid you not again.
My friend did tell me of a woman who couldn't quite understand that one
needed an email account or provider to receive email. She thought that
people simply used her street address and her computer got her mail for
her. Once more, I thought he was joking, but this guy is the kind of
person who doesn't joke around like that. He probably is actually Too
Serious, in fact.
Take Care
John
On Sep 9, 2007, at 8:35 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
I could well imagine, perhaps you could shar a couple of those stories
with us some time.
On 10/09/2007, at 3:00 AM, John Panarese wrote:
Some of the stories this guy has told me have really scared me.
The lack of common sense simply makes me pray these folks don't drive
cars or operate any equipment that can pose a danger to themselves and
others. When someone asks him if the computer needs to be plugged in
to work because pushing keys on the keyboard isn't doing anything, I
wonder, and he's not the only support person I've heard receive that
question from a caller either. Note this was a Dell desktop support
call.
Take Care
John
On Sep 9, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ok, well if anyone is stupid enough to use a CD tray as a coffee cup
holder then quite frankly, they don't deserve to be using a computer
and should be locked away from them.
On 10/09/2007, at 2:22 AM, John Panarese wrote:
Hah. Sadly, there have been people who thought their CD trays
were, indeed, coffee cup holders. I didn't believe this could be
possible, but I know a guy who works for Dell tech support in Canada
and he encountered this a couple of times over the years.
Take Care
John
On Sep 9, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Because with slot-loaded drives, you don't get that neat new 52x
coffee cup holder.
On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Slot loading drives are brilliant. First of all, everyone should
remember that car stereos have been using the same design for years
and years and you rarely hear about anyone having issues with those.
I suspect car CD players get a lot more wear and tear than computer
CD drives...at least overall. I've known people in the past who have
been careless and accidently busted their CD drive drawer when it
was sticking out of their computer...both laptop and desktop
varieties. The space saved and reliability and minimization of risk
of breakage afforded by slot loading drives is a wonderful thing, in
my opinion, and I don't understand for the life of me why few, if
any, PC laptop makers have followed suit.
Josh de Lioncourt
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