haha one day in the school year I had a report due the next day and my internet was not working, so I took a walk in the neighborhood with my laptop to see if I could find a signal. Sure enough I found one at some guys house and I just sat on his lawn doing my report. Thank god the guy never came out of his house to see me.
sometimes ill pop open my powerbook when im in the car and see if i can get a signal randomly from a house in the neighborhood, and ive actually gotten on from my car like 3 times, its funny.
I have a G wireless card in my laptop and I can pick up “free” internet in a lot of places. At one coffee shop where I lived in Portland. A guy that lived above the coffee shop would leave his connection open so people below could use it.
I suppose it leaves you a little more open to hackers, but anyone that is a real hacker is going to hack you anyway he wants. I figure it’s the little punks reading “how to be hacker” tutorials online who are likely to hack you if any.
Hehe this is great - now I’m connected via GPRS and my mobile phone :beam:
I couldn’t find any wireless networks (I’m out in the country-side :P) so this was my backup - and it works =)