The daytime… of the night

…and a simple laptop isn’t going to cut it.

Improv Everywhere

From Player Piano, 1952.

There must be virtue in imperfection, for man is imperfect, and Man is a creation of God.
There must be virtue in frailty, for Man is frail, and Man is a creation of God.
There must be virtue in inefficiency, for Man is inefficient, and Man is a creation of God.
There must be virtue in brillance followed by stupidity, for Man is alternately brilliant and stupid, and Man is a creation of God.

You perhaps disagree with the antique and vain notion of Man’s being a creation of God. But I find it a far more defensible belief than the one implicit in intemperate faith in lawless technological progress–namely, that man is on earth to create more durable and efficient images of himself, and, hence, to eliminate any justification at all for his own continued existence.

Granted, this is Vonnegut and not the Gospel of Mark, but God loves the broken-down, busted-ass versions of ourselves, that we all are, just fine.

This story is great. Well, probably not if you are the guy that was arrested, but still somewhat great. A perfect example of how a bunch of out-of-touch “protecters” are making the streets safe from criminals.
Michigan man arrested for lifting wi-fi from cafe
Here are the funny points as I see it:
1. The cop didn’t know if a law was being broken… but he figured there was. Nice.
2. The cafe owner seems to think her hands are tied (wouldn’t she have to press charges since it was her router?) There’s something missing from the story here… why couldn’t she just say, “Oh yeah, he’s allowed.” Wouldn’t that make this all go away?
3. The statement, “The only way to catch a piggybacker is to catch someone, like Peterson, in the act “because 90 percent of the time we wouldn’t know, frankly, that it’s going on,” Hopkins said.” Again with the not-so-smart techies, trying to enforce tech laws. All routers will let you see the addresses of the computers associated to your wireless router.

I mean, is the issue here that he didn’t buy anything from the cafe? Or that he was loitering? What if he walks into the cafe, hogs a table, doesn’t buy anything, and then logs onto the internet via the wifi spot? So if you offer free wifi, I guess you should enforce a 2 drink minimum to make your wifi users legit.

So I guess the lesson is, if you are going to lift free wifi from a business, one, don’t be a loser, go in and grab a cup of coffee. And, two, don’t the creepy guy who sits in his car and makes it obvious.