As a dorm resident, internet access is included in my housing contract -- electricity and water are also included. I generally use my electricity and water for personal uses (though I'm sure that showering probably helps the overall academic environment for my classmates that sit near me). I also generally use my internet access for my personal uses. They are both utilities provided to me by a contract.
We do have a (seemingly unautomated) system of discouraging Kaaza users. Once a student has transfered over 500MB of bandwidth within 24 hours, their speed is throttled down to the speed of a 56K modem. When I made the switch to Linux a couple months ago, I downloaded roughly 1.7GB of ISO's -- all in one day. My bandwidth was never reduced, which leads me to believe that they are either not strict about it, or that they actually look to see where the traffic is coming from, and act accordingly.
As for elsewhere on campus, I also pay connectivity fees and technology fees, both charged per credit hour. The internet access purchased by this money (computer labs & wireless internet access in some buildings) ought to only be used for academic reasons, because that is the purpose of those networks.
I'm not a graphic artist, but I've heard it said many times that GIMP is not a Photoshop killer (yet). High end graphics editing may be one of the few select cases where Linux isn't a viable replacement for OS X or Windows.
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I hate to be such a blatant advertisement, but bandwith can get pretty expensive, and these guys are paying for it with the profits from their online store.
For some reason, corporate misbehavior is below the FBI's radar.
From the article: Xupiter.com is registered to a company called Tempo Internet, in Gyongyos, Hungary.
Also, for another strange reason, corporations outside of the US don't worry about the FBI knocking on their door. Could it be that there are actually soverign nations outside of the US that have their own laws and law enforement? Write to your congressmen, ask them to propose a bill to change this fundamental oversight in the FBI's power.
Now, since we Ars guys are computer types and not industrial engineers, we're not too bright when it comes to making efficient use of factory resources. Also, because Ars was started back in the dot-com boom days, we're still kind of stuck in that mindset so we run a pretty chill shop with lots of free snacks, foosball tables, arcade games and other such employee perks.
If only I could find a boss with that mindset that's working for a company that can still afford that mindset...
I used to think that I only had one CD-RW drive, since only one CD/CD-R/CD-RW fits inside at any given time. Thanks to the RIAA, I now know that I really have at least 3 or 4 CD-RW Drives! This is the best news that I've heard all day! Thanks RIAA! Your "new math" is awesome!
I can't wait until next week, when my processor is so fast that Microsoft decides that my single processor is the "equivalent of a quad processor," so that I need Windows 2k Server instead of 2k Pro.
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My university (OU runs my HOME network, too.
As a dorm resident, internet access is included in my housing contract -- electricity and water are also included. I generally use my electricity and water for personal uses (though I'm sure that showering probably helps the overall academic environment for my classmates that sit near me). I also generally use my internet access for my personal uses. They are both utilities provided to me by a contract.
We do have a (seemingly unautomated) system of discouraging Kaaza users. Once a student has transfered over 500MB of bandwidth within 24 hours, their speed is throttled down to the speed of a 56K modem. When I made the switch to Linux a couple months ago, I downloaded roughly 1.7GB of ISO's -- all in one day. My bandwidth was never reduced, which leads me to believe that they are either not strict about it, or that they actually look to see where the traffic is coming from, and act accordingly.
As for elsewhere on campus, I also pay connectivity fees and technology fees, both charged per credit hour. The internet access purchased by this money (computer labs & wireless internet access in some buildings) ought to only be used for academic reasons, because that is the purpose of those networks.
I'm not a graphic artist, but I've heard it said many times that GIMP is not a Photoshop killer (yet).
High end graphics editing may be one of the few select cases where Linux isn't a viable replacement for OS X or Windows.
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I reserve the right to be completely wrong.
If you like the cartoons, and want to see them with more bandwidth, get yourself a T-Shirt today!h tml
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/index.
I hate to be such a blatant advertisement, but bandwith can get pretty expensive, and these guys are paying for it with the profits from their online store.
...the fire extinguishers in my dorm are water only, so they're no good for chemical fires.
For some reason, corporate misbehavior is below the FBI's radar.
From the article:
Xupiter.com is registered to a company called Tempo Internet, in Gyongyos, Hungary.
Also, for another strange reason, corporations outside of the US don't worry about the FBI knocking on their door. Could it be that there are actually soverign nations outside of the US that have their own laws and law enforement? Write to your congressmen, ask them to propose a bill to change this fundamental oversight in the FBI's power.
Geeks make new stuff primarily because it's fun, because it's useful, and because they can.
Because they can is essential for making anything at all. I've personally never made anything that I can't make.
I used to think that I only had one CD-RW drive, since only one CD/CD-R/CD-RW fits inside at any given time. Thanks to the RIAA, I now know that I really have at least 3 or 4 CD-RW Drives! This is the best news that I've heard all day! Thanks RIAA! Your "new math" is awesome!
I can't wait until next week, when my processor is so fast that Microsoft decides that my single processor is the "equivalent of a quad processor," so that I need Windows 2k Server instead of 2k Pro.
The stupidity of this amazes me.
1) Quit school
2) Find a tree that is about to be cut down.
3) Sit in tree
4) Have people deliver me food.
5) Get a laptop and internet access, FREE!