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The standard unit of electric potential. It is defined as the amount of electrical potential between two points on a conductor carrying a current of one ampere while one watt of power is dissipated between the two points.
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Volt - Jack Decker wrote: Pat, please conceal my e-mail address as usual. On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:13:39 GMT, Nick Landsberg wrote:I had said .... ... Given the circumstances as I have seen them described in this forum, several individuals "set up shop" in the parking lot of this store. (Correct me if I'm wrong on the details please.) One individual with a laptop computer was actively engaged in "finding a way in" to this store's wireless network ....Jack's partial reply: One reason there is so much confusion on this case is because the press insists on republishing old, inaccurate information which makes it appear as though two separate incidents were all one incident. This may work when you're making a film loosely based on historical events, but it is never good journalism. Paul Timmins was nowhere near the store on the night of the break-in. He was in fact minding his own business, getting ready to go on an out-of-town business trip to the west coast, one that he had been looking forward to I might add. The incident in which Paul had accessed Lowes wireless network, checked his e-mail and attempted to do some web surfing (which he discontinued when he realized he was on Lowes corporate network) happened months earlier. Since a lot of folks are using analogies, here's one that probably comes pretty close. Now as I say, it's not a perfect analogy but I think it comes pretty close. Some may say that anyone who is "wardriving" is in fact worthy of jail; I just wonder if such people think that people should be jailed for going five miles over the speed limit. My limited understanding is that "wardriving", when done without malicious intent, really is about as close as you can get to a victimless crime (granted you're exchanging minuscule amounts of data with a network, but in the grand scheme of things it's next to nothing, like finding a penny on the sidewalk and taking it without attempting to find the rightful owner). Of course, stealing credit card numbers is several magnitudes worse. But, Paul never stole credit card numbers, he never suggested that anyone else should go and steal credit card numbers, and he certainly wasn't present when the credit card numbers were being stolen.Thank you Jack. That was a plausible explanation. One which had notbeen put forth before as far as I recall. I did not recall the partabout Mr. Timmins NOT being at the scene on that particular day.Given that, I agree that Timmins got a raw deal. The "thief" in youranalogy should be prosecuted, as I am sure you will agree.My understanding of the incident was flawed and I thank you foryour correction.[Jack and Pat also made some other good points which I will not getinto here.]NPL[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, I am as guilty as anyone when itcomes to quoting police and newspapers on 'crime' reports. And the sadthing is, I *should know better* due to my own case, and furthermore ifyou cannot trust police for (at least) an accurate account of theiractivities if not necessarily their internal motives, then who in hellcan you trust? Does *anyone* tell the truth any longer? Maybenot. That's not a question to answer out loud, just to think about. PAT]
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