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The problem is likely that the location where these phones are really at is near the WiFi router that used to be at this address. No amount of messing with their router will help with fixing this, since those phones aren't there to begin with. The couple might have better luck hitting up the previous tenants/owners.

Based on this line from the article, I'm almost certain that this is the real answer:

> It started the first month that Christina Lee and Michael Saba started living together.

Could it be that we humans are afraid of running out of things to do? After all, if we finish that last task, it would seem that we no longer serve a purpose. As long as we have one task left, there is still hope that we can find more to do.

Of course, that is a poor way of thinking since all it does is make you lose your sense of purpose before you actually run out of tasks, but the human brain is weird like that sometimes.

> In that case, my mental execution of the code will depend on a mental model of the third-party component that's probably incomplete.

That's the whole reason why you would want execute the code mentally. If you don't execute the code mentally, you might not realize that your mental model of the third-party component was incomplete to begin with. Mentally executing code is a great way to test your own assumptions.

> How did you get here?

It seems to me that this is the wrong question to ask. What you should be saying is "Thank you so very much for bringing us your prospective. How can we go about better informing people like you in the payments industry?"

What litaph91 described is a very real fear. Sure, all of us on Hacker News know that the fear is unfounded, but the general public doesn't know or understand everything that we do. Instead of arguing with one person, let's try to solve the wider problem, shall we?

I am not a lawyer, but this appears to be in direct violation of the license agreement that UMG made with AudioSparx:

PROHIBITED USES 3. Licensee may not claim ownership or authorship of the Tracks licensed herein.

REMEDIES Parties' rights and remedies in the event of a breach or an alleged breach of this agreement by defaulting party shall be limited to affected party's right, if any, to recover damages in an action at law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure by either party to perform any of its obligations herein shall be deemed to be a breach hereof, unless the other party has given written notice of the alleged breach and allowed 30 days for the breaching party to cure said breach following such notice. In no event shall Licensor be entitled by reason of any breach or alleged breach to enjoin, restrain, or seek to enjoin or restrain the production, distribution, exploitation, advertising, promotion, or publicity of Licensee's project or projects, or elements thereof, which integrate the audio content licensed herein.

http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/legal/terms_of_service.cfm

On the plus side, this means that you don't have to go after Google which probably has the right to put ads on any video and pay anybody they want for those ads. On the downside, you can't file a DMCA takedown on UMG's content and will need a lawyer to get compensated for the breach of contract. If you just want to get the issue resolved going forward, you could probably send a cease and desist telling them to stop claiming ownership over the music and they will stop.