June 26, 2007
Here's a top technology tip from a human resources director who is often on the road - travelling between business locations.
He suggests:
Instead of paying for expensive wireless internet access in hotels or service stations, simply drive into a modern housing estate and search for a wireless signal. You'll usually pick up half-a-dozen, of which at least one will be unsecure, allowing you to use it for your own laptop.
Guru salutes this man's ingenious and practical approach to cost saving.
But he's not the only one to apply a parasite approach to internet connectivity. Another HR director recently told Guru that she hasn't bothered installing her own internet connection at her three-bed Victorian terraced home, since several of her neighbours have unsecure wireless broadband, and she can happily 'borrow' some of their bandwidth from through the walls.
What a resourceful lot you HR professionals are! Though in reality it's probably considered to be theft or fraud or something else illegal.
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Comments (7)
It most certainly is illegal, Guru.
It is your civic duty to grass up these criminals.
You do realise that the proceeds of wi-fi theft go straight into the hands of the drug barons, don't you?
Call CrimeStoppers on 0800 555111 now.
Posted by Malapropisms Synonymous | June 26, 2007 12:58 PM
Posted on June 26, 2007 12:58
I am sure Guru would concur that wireless theft is the scourge of our modern society.
It's precisely the reason for investment in a high-tec wireless security system in my home.
Strangely enough, my neighbours have now stopped to talking to me.
Posted by Slave To The Internet | June 28, 2007 9:49 AM
Posted on June 28, 2007 09:49
Guru couldn't agree more with these fine upstanding e-citizens. Wi-fi theft is the root of all evil and Guru wants to know what new prime minister Gordon Brown is going to do about it.
Posted by Guru | June 28, 2007 10:00 AM
Posted on June 28, 2007 10:00
I thought the M27 in Sussex was the route of all evil.
Posted by lo-fi loafer | June 28, 2007 10:25 AM
Posted on June 28, 2007 10:25
Maybe, lo-fi loafer, but that's something for new transport minister Ruth Kelly to deal with.
Posted by Guru | June 28, 2007 11:32 AM
Posted on June 28, 2007 11:32
If these people are so tight as to steal my wireless well OK, but I wish they'd stop down loading porn onto my PC
Posted by Neil Stoner | June 28, 2007 3:47 PM
Posted on June 28, 2007 15:47
Neil, there's not a judge in the land who would buy that defence.
Posted by Guru | June 28, 2007 4:14 PM
Posted on June 28, 2007 16:14