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Hi. Excuse me for a moment while I go off on a semi-related tangent.
War(verb)ing is dead. There, I said it. For anyone who hasn't figured it out, war(verb)ing is the act of any activity undertaken with the intention of stumbling wireless networks of any type, regardless of whether or not a connection to or association with said network is made.
The '(verb)' part of the term 'war(verb)ing' is intended to encompass the panoply of different techniques that may be employed in the course of stumbling wireless networks. Some examples would be:
- Wardriving.
- Warwalking.
- Warflying.
- Wargaming (yes, I've seen it).
- Warcartwheelswithakendollrammedupyourassing.
Of course, that is by no means an exhaustive list. Pretty much any activity that the act of locating radio-based networks can be tiredly associated with will do just fine. Onwards.
The point is that engaging in these activities isn't necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, except for perhaps the one involving the Ken doll. After all, finding wireless networks is a pretty valid thing to want to do in a number of circumstances ranging from recreational curiosity to a need for network access. It is, as a great man once said, just fucking spiffy that people want to locate these networks and do whatever with or to them. No problem with that at all.
No, where the problem lies is with the act of stumbling being tacked on to ever-more ludicrous types of activities. Warflying: kinda nifty from the 'redundant but at least it was done and doesn't need to be repeated' standpoint. Warchalking: retarded, because it doesn't tell me anything Netstumbler (or even my wireless card's bundled utilities) don't. Waranythingelseing: probably a cheap grab for attention at this point by people desperate for anyone to look in their direction for the next eight seconds. And anyone rehashing any of the above to inflict upon the already-saturated public is definitely doing the 'lookie me' routine, which, by default, is asshattery.
So, to summarise:
It's done.
It's been done for four years.
Doing it another way and bragging about it is, at this point, just plain retarded.
The term 'war(verb)ing' should be the last such linguistic construction created relating to stumbling activities. Period.
Should you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to write them on a piece of paper, fold it up so that the corners are nice and pointy, and jam it into your peehole. Thank you for your support.
War(verb)ing is dead. There, I said it. For anyone who hasn't figured it out, war(verb)ing is the act of any activity undertaken with the intention of stumbling wireless networks of any type, regardless of whether or not a connection to or association with said network is made.
The '(verb)' part of the term 'war(verb)ing' is intended to encompass the panoply of different techniques that may be employed in the course of stumbling wireless networks. Some examples would be:
- Wardriving.
- Warwalking.
- Warflying.
- Wargaming (yes, I've seen it).
- Warcartwheelswithakendollrammedupyourassing.
Of course, that is by no means an exhaustive list. Pretty much any activity that the act of locating radio-based networks can be tiredly associated with will do just fine. Onwards.
The point is that engaging in these activities isn't necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, except for perhaps the one involving the Ken doll. After all, finding wireless networks is a pretty valid thing to want to do in a number of circumstances ranging from recreational curiosity to a need for network access. It is, as a great man once said, just fucking spiffy that people want to locate these networks and do whatever with or to them. No problem with that at all.
No, where the problem lies is with the act of stumbling being tacked on to ever-more ludicrous types of activities. Warflying: kinda nifty from the 'redundant but at least it was done and doesn't need to be repeated' standpoint. Warchalking: retarded, because it doesn't tell me anything Netstumbler (or even my wireless card's bundled utilities) don't. Waranythingelseing: probably a cheap grab for attention at this point by people desperate for anyone to look in their direction for the next eight seconds. And anyone rehashing any of the above to inflict upon the already-saturated public is definitely doing the 'lookie me' routine, which, by default, is asshattery.
So, to summarise:
It's done.
It's been done for four years.
Doing it another way and bragging about it is, at this point, just plain retarded.
The term 'war(verb)ing' should be the last such linguistic construction created relating to stumbling activities. Period.
Should you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to write them on a piece of paper, fold it up so that the corners are nice and pointy, and jam it into your peehole. Thank you for your support.
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