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Comment Re:If the odds are against you (Score 1) 168

That is what insurance is. You are betting you are going to have a failure and need the money. They are betting you won't. Whether it is your own life, or a car accident, or a fire, etc., it is very likely that you are going to do everything possible to avoid the failure and protect the insurance company's bet.
Wireless Networking

Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Leave My Router Open? 520

generalhavok writes "I read the story on Slashdot earlier about the EFF encouraging people to leave their WiFi open to share the internet. I would like to do this! I don't mind sharing my connection and letting my neighbors check their email or browse the web. However, when I used to leave it open, I quickly found my limited bandwidth dissappearing, as my neighbors started using it heavily by streaming videos, downloading large files, and torrenting. What is an easy way I can share my internet, while enforcing some limits so there is enough bandwidth left for me? What about separating the neighbors from my internal home network? Can this be done with consumer-grade routers? If the average consumer wants to share, what's the easiest and safest way to do it?"
Piracy

Boston College Says Using WiFi Is a Sign of Infringement 168

An anonymous reader writes "Boston College has a funny idea of what constitutes copyright infringement. It has a list of what might be called 'you might be a copyright infringer if...' with the sort of things you might expect, such as using file sharing programs or sending mp3s to friends. But some have noticed something odd. Included on the list is using a wireless router in your dorm. Yes, just using a wireless router. Not using it for anything. But just using such a router is considered a sign of infringement. Nice to see our top colleges and universities teaching students completely made up things."

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