At first I thought there was a fair dose of "wishful thinking" on display as far as the future of Charlotte goes, as the final product is rather more like Dallas, TX than present-day Charlotte. However, a perusal of the artist's website reveals that it's actually intended as "bleak" and "hubristic".
Regarding "programming" the heads to match sounds - if it was a paper ghost illusion, wouldn't it be likely that the whole performance was pre-recorded and programmed, with the live humans just going through the motions?
The apples-fence analogy is flawed because hey - you built a fence! That's the password protection on your wireless. Reaching over the fence is cracking your password. Encrypting your wireless signal is a trivial matter. It is because of this triviality that I feel leaving your network open is tantamount to "not caring if someone else is using it." Most analogies to this topic collapse because of the ethereal, yet instantaneously limited, nature of the signal and bandwidth. The "unlocked car" or "unlocked house" falls apart because the item stolen completely and permanently changes possession. If it IS theft, who is it theft from? Typically, we consider the broadband account holder the "victim", since their paid-for bandwidth is being reduced. However, you could say it's theft from the broadband provider, in which case they could hold the account holder responsible for broadcasting their signal unsecured.
Encrypting your wireless signal is a trivial matter. It is because of this triviality that I feel leaving your network open is tantamount to "not caring if someone else is using it." Most analogies to this topic collapse because of the ethereal, yet instantaneously limited, nature of the signal and bandwidth.
The "unlocked car" or "unlocked house" falls apart because the item stolen completely and permanently changes possession.
If it IS theft, who is it theft from? Typically, we consider the broadband account holder the "victim", since their paid-for bandwidth is being reduced. However, you could say it's theft from the broadband provider, in which case they could hold the account holder responsible for broadcasting their signal unsecured.