I'm assuming that the RIAA has sent a generic letter to 'the user of IP x.x.x.x at time xx:xx' and expects the University to do the legwork on figuring out who the student was.
U of K could a) not have the logs or b) choose not to reveal the user without a court order.
When we receive these sorts of requests, we may or may not investigate depending on the nature of the offense. However, we very rarely provide any sort of information to the requesting party without a subpoena.
At least you happen to know there is a day. Unless you happen to be trolling slashdot during work hours on the appointed day, odds are you've never even heard of sysadmin appreciation day. I know I'm not going to head over to our CTO and ask for some sort of special recognition.
In 10 years, the only one who has ever said 'happy sysadmin day' has been my gf who was obviously trolling slashdot instead of working. She damn sure doesn't have it marked on her calendar.
*shrug* In ten years the only time anyone has actually said to me 'happy sysadmin day', its been my gf who also happens to be a unix admin. It's not like anyone except sysadmins even realize there IS a sysadmin appreciation day. Hell, I never even notice unless I happen to wander over to slashdot on the appointed day.
...So, the gf and I took ourselves out for Thai. Thankfully, the local Thai place has some of the best food and service you can get for a $12 lunch. Maybe we should go home early too. After all, these systems run themselves.
I think I'd prefer it to use a bit more realistic reporting.
How about:
1) Your web developer is a complete incompetent.
2) Buy more hardware, tightwad.
3) There is no need to add every script plugin you come across.
4) Animated gif's are annoying as well as slow to load.
5) Yes, it does take time to download and render an entire book in html.
Working for a telephone company in Florida, I have a hard time believing anyone running a data center could be so ill-prepared. We have our own issues with DR - there's going to be some issues when a bomb goes off under a switch site; BUT we have had multiple switch sites keep running simultaneously on generators and inverters during and after hurricanes.
Our NOC and switch techs go above and beyond to keep power and connectivity up. They may get a bug out notice prior to a major hurricane, but if so, everything is cut over to generator power with at least 48 hours of fuel and they're back on site just as soon as the roads are drivable. The last time South Florida got smashed, all of my data systems stayed online even though it was close to a week before commercial power was back on.
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I'm assuming that the RIAA has sent a generic letter to 'the user of IP x.x.x.x at time xx:xx' and expects the University to do the legwork on figuring out who the student was. U of K could a) not have the logs or b) choose not to reveal the user without a court order. When we receive these sorts of requests, we may or may not investigate depending on the nature of the offense. However, we very rarely provide any sort of information to the requesting party without a subpoena.
At least you happen to know there is a day. Unless you happen to be trolling slashdot during work hours on the appointed day, odds are you've never even heard of sysadmin appreciation day. I know I'm not going to head over to our CTO and ask for some sort of special recognition. In 10 years, the only one who has ever said 'happy sysadmin day' has been my gf who was obviously trolling slashdot instead of working. She damn sure doesn't have it marked on her calendar.
*shrug* In ten years the only time anyone has actually said to me 'happy sysadmin day', its been my gf who also happens to be a unix admin. It's not like anyone except sysadmins even realize there IS a sysadmin appreciation day. Hell, I never even notice unless I happen to wander over to slashdot on the appointed day.
Hell, we're a regional CLEC / ISP and the combined sysadmin staff for our customer facing and internal systems is 5 people.
Somebody wake me up when they start making Firefly movies.
...So, the gf and I took ourselves out for Thai. Thankfully, the local Thai place has some of the best food and service you can get for a $12 lunch. Maybe we should go home early too. After all, these systems run themselves.
I think I'd prefer it to use a bit more realistic reporting. How about: 1) Your web developer is a complete incompetent. 2) Buy more hardware, tightwad. 3) There is no need to add every script plugin you come across. 4) Animated gif's are annoying as well as slow to load. 5) Yes, it does take time to download and render an entire book in html.
Working for a telephone company in Florida, I have a hard time believing anyone running a data center could be so ill-prepared. We have our own issues with DR - there's going to be some issues when a bomb goes off under a switch site; BUT we have had multiple switch sites keep running simultaneously on generators and inverters during and after hurricanes. Our NOC and switch techs go above and beyond to keep power and connectivity up. They may get a bug out notice prior to a major hurricane, but if so, everything is cut over to generator power with at least 48 hours of fuel and they're back on site just as soon as the roads are drivable. The last time South Florida got smashed, all of my data systems stayed online even though it was close to a week before commercial power was back on.