Yes, it can have legitimate uses, blah blah blah, but the fact is, most people don't use it for that, and even the legitimate uses probably don't cover necessary use as part of their studies, so it's blocked, plain and simple.
Personally, I'd say it was an inappropriate use of bandwidth. And we'd write it in to the next draft of our AUP, so that all the students knew it was. The first catch would be punished, just warned.
It really doesn't matter what the students think. The University is in charge of their pipe, and they need to take all reasonable steps to ensure that their facilities are not being mis-used.
I've got a strong feeling most of the Fortune 500 companies also have an acceptable use policy, and I bet the consequences are a tad stronger too.... I would hope that any field of commerce that offers a service has regulations of service. Just because you disagree doesn't mean you've got free reign to breach them and then cry about it.
Damn right they won't be refunded. They were given the Acceptable Use Policy when they signed up, they knew the rules, and they broke them. It's really quite simple....
erm... hello??? The University's internet connection is subject to terms of use, just as the one at the.edu where I'm the network admin is. Students want to use it, they sign to say they'll abide by the conditions. And that includes monitoring.
There's no 'loss of privacy'. We don't sit and watch every mouse click you make you know, we do have other things to do as well.
Why do you need Mono to investigate C(I'm on a Mac, I don't know where the hash key is:p)
Grab yourself a copy of the.NET Framework and get coding! You'll miss out on WYSIWYG RAD (and will in Mono as well), but at least you can explore the language....
British Computer Society www.bcs.org.uk
Institution of Analysts & Programmers www.iap.org.uk
Am a member of both (I'm a Network Admin, but I've done web development work)
yeah, we top that. once they've stuck in the necessary clip art. Publisher files can top 12MB sometimes. They aren't nippy, but they still do the job okay.
define large. I've got high school kids using them all day everyday, and they do stuff quite adequatly. Mostly reports and presentations, that sort of stuff.
Running windows 2000 quite happily on 166 with 96MB RAM, and we're using office xp. the only thing stopping us upgrading is the disk space. the beta i had was over 1GB, compared to 140MB for office 97...
Slashdot Mirror
erm.. yeah it is :) I just downloadeda copy. Follow the big red FREE text....
Doesn't work here, as Slashdot still pulls the [goatse.cx] bit from the end.
Except that, if it's a Terminal Server, it probably does... Ditto with things like DirectX9 etc.
Clippy has actually returned in Office 2003, but no one else seems to have noticed....
Yes, it can have legitimate uses, blah blah blah, but the fact is, most people don't use it for that, and even the legitimate uses probably don't cover necessary use as part of their studies, so it's blocked, plain and simple.
Personally, I'd say it was an inappropriate use of bandwidth. And we'd write it in to the next draft of our AUP, so that all the students knew it was. The first catch would be punished, just warned.
It really doesn't matter what the students think. The University is in charge of their pipe, and they need to take all reasonable steps to ensure that their facilities are not being mis-used.
I've got a strong feeling most of the Fortune 500 companies also have an acceptable use policy, and I bet the consequences are a tad stronger too.... I would hope that any field of commerce that offers a service has regulations of service. Just because you disagree doesn't mean you've got free reign to breach them and then cry about it.
Kind of like accepting the laws of the country you had 'no choice' of being born into? Very weak argument.
Damn right they won't be refunded. They were given the Acceptable Use Policy when they signed up, they knew the rules, and they broke them. It's really quite simple....
There's no 'loss of privacy'. We don't sit and watch every mouse click you make you know, we do have other things to do as well.
# - oh yeah. so where's my pound sign then? ;)
Why do you need Mono to investigate C(I'm on a Mac, I don't know where the hash key is :p)
Grab yourself a copy of the .NET Framework and get coding! You'll miss out on WYSIWYG RAD (and will in Mono as well), but at least you can explore the language....
for gods sake timothy, you're getting as pathetic as michael with your childish one liners. report the news, no one asked for your opinion....
British Computer Society www.bcs.org.uk Institution of Analysts & Programmers www.iap.org.uk Am a member of both (I'm a Network Admin, but I've done web development work)
because 400 years ago, london was about as big as my toenail...
erm... no. Gunpower is the saltpeter mixture, TNT is tri-nitro-toluene, which is completely different. More like nitroglycerene if i recall.....
the nsa(or nsac or whatever they're called) wrote a much better one, coming in at about 300 pages. can't find the url, but it's on their site...
yeah, we top that. once they've stuck in the necessary clip art. Publisher files can top 12MB sometimes. They aren't nippy, but they still do the job okay.
define large. I've got high school kids using them all day everyday, and they do stuff quite adequatly.
Mostly reports and presentations, that sort of stuff.
it lets you straight in.... strange boy..
erm, actually registration isn't required for this article. i went straight in....
Running windows 2000 quite happily on 166 with 96MB RAM, and we're using office xp. the only thing stopping us upgrading is the disk space. the beta i had was over 1GB, compared to 140MB for office 97...
ASK A LAWYER :)
:)
Now watch that get amrked redundant
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