Except that Illegal File Sharing is not the only use of P2P technology.
I use torrents to get all manner of things, linux distro's being the one that springs immediately to mind.
Most educational establishments already have rules governing how and what is allowed on their network, but banning/restricting a technology altogether is a bit naff.
just a quick story,
I have a Toshiba A100 and recently had the keyboard repaired under warrantee.
I run ubuntu 6.10 pure (no dual boot) and sent it in for repair.
On the sheet it asked for various details, one being "Windows login name" and "Windows Password"
I summarily cross both out, wrote that a Linux Os was installed and gave my login details.
Less than 24 hours later i recieved my toshiba back with replaced keyboard, a nice breakdown of what they did.
On that repair sheet it stated that the login details i had given them did not work (possibly they couldn't be bothered trying but whatever) and another line saying that they used a different image (i assume they swapped the HDD out).
i got it back, without any charges, no BS about linux or that i wasn't using the factory OS.
Maybe customer service is a New Zealand thing but i can only give a glowing report of my experience. My guess is that if you went to an HP/Toshiba/Dell authorised repair shop instead of the manufacturer themselves you may get more joy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanyo/ --Sanyo/sony do appear to have friendly business ties, so the possibility of sanyo/sony batteries coming from the same manufacturing plant is a bit stronger.
I have a sanyo DVD player and the back of it states that it was manufactured by Sony corp.
Sanyo a shell/subsidiary of Sony?
Which would once again put the issue is Sony's lap.....
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DUDE! You suck! why would you tell us that!? Did we eat your children or something..... not kewl -Seething pile of Man-Anger
Except that Illegal File Sharing is not the only use of P2P technology. I use torrents to get all manner of things, linux distro's being the one that springs immediately to mind. Most educational establishments already have rules governing how and what is allowed on their network, but banning/restricting a technology altogether is a bit naff.
just a quick story, I have a Toshiba A100 and recently had the keyboard repaired under warrantee. I run ubuntu 6.10 pure (no dual boot) and sent it in for repair. On the sheet it asked for various details, one being "Windows login name" and "Windows Password" I summarily cross both out, wrote that a Linux Os was installed and gave my login details. Less than 24 hours later i recieved my toshiba back with replaced keyboard, a nice breakdown of what they did. On that repair sheet it stated that the login details i had given them did not work (possibly they couldn't be bothered trying but whatever) and another line saying that they used a different image (i assume they swapped the HDD out). i got it back, without any charges, no BS about linux or that i wasn't using the factory OS. Maybe customer service is a New Zealand thing but i can only give a glowing report of my experience. My guess is that if you went to an HP/Toshiba/Dell authorised repair shop instead of the manufacturer themselves you may get more joy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanyo/ --Sanyo/sony do appear to have friendly business ties, so the possibility of sanyo/sony batteries coming from the same manufacturing plant is a bit stronger.
I have a sanyo DVD player and the back of it states that it was manufactured by Sony corp. Sanyo a shell/subsidiary of Sony? Which would once again put the issue is Sony's lap.....