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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by ndespres on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @10:18AM (#40916467)
What, exactly, do you get out of doing something like that? As an intellectual exercise I understand probing to see what exactly is accessible on a “blocked” connection, but intentionally wasting bandwidth seems the virtual equivalent of leaving the taps running in a public restroom to waste water, or perhaps clogging the toilet and overflowing it.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by kalensh on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @12:00PM (#40917634)
It reminds me of working on campus IT, and the sort of person who, at the end of the semester realize there are pages remaining in their "free print" allotment, print out every page completely covered in black ink to waste as much as possible.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by RheingoldRiver on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @05:21PM (#40921298)
why would anyone do that?? the remaining "free print" sheets is perfectly good scratch paper if you leave it blank!
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by Cyphase on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @01:52AM (#40924067)
I have also printed a blank document before to get blank paper, instead of dealing with accessing the paper tray, which may not have been feasible given the circumstances.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by ryandrake on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @05:28PM (#40921370)
I worked at a company that would provide "free pizza" during evenings to encourage people to stay a little later and get more work done. It wasn't long before people would simply grab armfuls of food, entire pizza boxes, and bring them to their cars, ending that little perk quickly.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by rcbdev on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @11:37AM (#40928116)
That sounds dystopian.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by xeromal on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @04:34PM (#40920782)
They're being a dick plain and simple. Some people are just wired that way.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by tgsovlerkhgsel on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @05:19PM (#40921269)
Presumably because they perceive the operator as gouging/exploiting the captive audience.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by account42 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @07:12AM (#40925676)
Yes, I'd see it as a form of protest.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by Gormo on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @11:00AM (#40927664)
No one else would, especially not the company or the customers who paid for the service expecting to receive it. They'd see it as vandalism, and they'd be correct.
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by Gormo on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @10:57AM (#40927628)
"The boat operator is charging too much for internet access, so let's ruin internet access for the customers who they've already received payment from! That'll show 'em!"
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Re:PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights by hot_gril on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @07:24PM (#40932454)
I ran a public anarchy Minecraft server in high school using a copy of a private server's map that got reimaged each week. Periodically someone would join, spend all day destroying buildings, then explain via a series of messages to nobody that he's only doing this to teach the admin a lesson about anti-grief plugins.
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