{"id":1464,"date":"2008-07-15T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/07\/postcards-from-the-new-age\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:13:00","slug":"postcards-from-the-new-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/07\/postcards-from-the-new-age.html","title":{"rendered":"Postcards from the New Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I was having a cuppa with an old friend and I was complaining how I was trying to hitch a ride on someone\u2019s wireless network to check my email, but it seemed everyone\u2019s site was password protected..<\/p>\n

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He launched into why people should always password protect their wireless connections. Then as an illustration mentioned how he\u2019d recently learned his teenaged son and some fellow hooligans liked to drive around the neighborhood with a laptop up and looking for just such unprotected sites.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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When they would find one, they\u2019d run their youthful mojo, and download onto their unsuspecting host\u2019s computer a complete text of the Communist Manifesto<\/span>\u2026<\/div>\n
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Me, I\u2019m only a few minutes away from thinking knocking over outhouses was the sin qua non of youthful hijinx\u2026<\/div>\n
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What a wonderful new age.<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m also getting a password for my wireless network\u2026<\/div>\n
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