View Single Post
Old 25-07-2005, 15:26   #12
Chris
Trollsplatter
Cable Forum Team
 
Chris's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North of Watford
Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests
Posts: 38,597
Chris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden aura
Chris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden auraChris has a golden aura
Re: War driver fined

Quote:
Originally Posted by zoombini
Er, thats "War Dialling".

What has driving got to do with it?
IIRC war-anything is derivative of the original 'war dialling'. Hence also 'war chalking', the practice of marking symbols on the pavement to alert others to th presence of an unsecured wireless network.

When you war dial, you randomly dial numbers waiting for a computer to pick up. When you war drive, you cruise the neighbourhood until your PC detects an unsecure wireless network in the vicinity.
Chris is offline   Reply With Quote