Yesterday (April 28), the Recording Industry Association of America filed a lawsuit against two unnamed individuals who use the University of Minnesota computer network. The lawsuit alleges that the unnamed defendants illegally downloaded or shared copyrighted materials. The University is not named in the complaint.
The RIAA has begun a series of lawsuits against individuals it believes have violated the copyrights of its members by illegally downloading and uploading music via file-sharing programs over the Internet. The RIAA has targeted specific computer addresses used to access and transmit such files, and then has issued subpoenas to the service providers (including universities) in order to find out the names of those responsible for the file sharing. With the lawsuit it filed yesterday, the RIAA asked that such a subpoena be issued to the University.
Under federal law, the identities of students using the University's computer networks are not public information. Should the RIAA's request for a subpoena be granted and the individuals involved are students, the University would be obligated to give the students notice before their identities were made known. This notification would allow the students an opportunity to object to the subpoena.
The University of Minnesota expects that students will use University information technology networks and resources lawfully. It is critical that all students using the University's network abide by our Acceptable Use Policy (http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/d ocuments/policy/ Acceptable_Use.cfm) and standards for use (http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/docu ments/appendix/ UseGuidelines.cfm).
Students living in residence halls must also abide by the user agreement prohibiting copyright violations through file sharing.
Any student involved in illegal file sharing could be subject to a lawsuit. To avoid legal action over inappropriate file sharing, it is important to understand the proper use of University computing resources. While some file sharing is completely lawful, some file-sharing is not. In addition, the programs typically used to download files from the Internet (e.g., KaZaA, Morpheus and BearShare) often turn the individual's computer into a file-sharing (uploading) server. Even unknowingly uploading some copyrighted works may subject you to additional legal risk. To prevent this, users must specifically disable the file-sharing features of these programs.
You may find the following information helpful in educating yourself about the appropriate use of networks and resources.
On disabling file sharing: http://security.uchicago.edu/peer-to-pee r/no_files hare.shtml
Well you'll be happy to know that there was at least one other geek not far from you in Ashland, KY.
However you are correct that there are no female geeks in the entire area. Hence I am no longer there:P
It will continue to search for the control channel though - and as it can't find anything, it boosts its power in an attempt to search. My phone goes into power save after 15 minutes of no signal because searching for a signal drains the battery as fast as talking in an area with low signal strength.
That's when either:
A) The noise of horns from people in those lanes gets your attention
or
B) The loud crunching noise awakens you in time to see the final few seconds of life!
They're called rumble strips, and are a feature found on nearly every interstate and major highway that has had some work done to it in recent times.
They are very effective at getting your attention if you drift.
Carriers have computer-controlled and radar assisted guns that can lock on and destroy several incoming missiles at once, firing at rates of several thousand rounds/min. If you want to see an example, check out the movie "The Sum of All Fears." You'd have to throw more than one missile at a carrier for it to get through.
Also if you're interested in what it takes to destroy an American CVG, I suggest reading the book "Nimitz Class." It details just how hard and yet how easy it can be.
I imagine that they wouldn't be sticking them into individual machines. More likely they'll use something like the Hitatchi 9980V and McData directors as a SAN. I've worked with one before and I believe it was scalable up to 180TB with just one cabinet of drives, and could control like 3 or 4 more cabinets.
Next time wave your arm a short distance away from it. Assuming you have some arm-hair, you'll feel the reason why. Or if you have ever had a sock stuck to your pants when you pull them out of the dryer, it is the same thing.
They can have memory cards in them. Take the controllers and the cards in one swoop, then they don't have to go get controllers themselves to plug it in to.
I'd be really impressed if someone hid their stuff on the memory card of an X-Box controller!
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Well, you could, but your kid might be a little embarassed by their game being stalled by you landing in the field.
I'll take the codes. wes@xwarzone.com
Dear Students:
d ocuments /policy/u ments /appendix/
e r/no_files hare.shtml
http://www.cybercrime.gov/iplaws.htm#Xb
Yesterday (April 28), the Recording Industry Association of America
filed a lawsuit against two unnamed individuals who use the University
of Minnesota computer network. The lawsuit alleges that the unnamed
defendants illegally downloaded or shared copyrighted materials. The
University is not named in the complaint.
The RIAA has begun a series of lawsuits against individuals it believes
have violated the copyrights of its members by illegally downloading
and uploading music via file-sharing programs over the Internet. The
RIAA has targeted specific computer addresses used to access and
transmit such files, and then has issued subpoenas to the service
providers (including universities) in order to find out the names of
those responsible for the file sharing. With the lawsuit it filed
yesterday, the RIAA asked that such a subpoena be issued to the
University.
Under federal law, the identities of students using the University's
computer networks are not public information. Should the RIAA's request
for a subpoena be granted and the individuals involved are students,
the University would be obligated to give the students notice before
their identities were made known. This notification would allow the
students an opportunity to object to the subpoena.
The University of Minnesota expects that students will use University
information technology networks and resources lawfully. It is critical
that all students using the University's network abide by our
Acceptable Use Policy
(http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/
Acceptable_Use.cfm) and standards for use
(http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/doc
UseGuidelines.cfm).
Students living in residence halls must also abide by the user
agreement prohibiting copyright violations through file sharing.
Any student involved in illegal file sharing could be subject to a
lawsuit. To avoid legal action over inappropriate file sharing, it is
important to understand the proper use of University computing
resources. While some file sharing is completely lawful, some
file-sharing is not. In addition, the programs typically used to
download files from the Internet (e.g., KaZaA, Morpheus and BearShare)
often turn the individual's computer into a file-sharing (uploading)
server. Even unknowingly uploading some copyrighted works may subject
you to additional legal risk. To prevent this, users must specifically
disable the file-sharing features of these programs.
You may find the following information helpful in educating yourself
about the appropriate use of networks and resources.
On disabling file sharing:
http://security.uchicago.edu/peer-to-pe
Additional information:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/106.html
Well you'll be happy to know that there was at least one other geek not far from you in Ashland, KY. However you are correct that there are no female geeks in the entire area. Hence I am no longer there :P
They're the names of the people involved, not random strings of characters :) We name our laws after people, things, or made-up acronyms.
However you are correct that we do not clearly identify the purpose of the law with the name.
I meant a "major" company "just" rolling out Cisco wireless to "all" locations.
I think I know where you used to work, unless the company I used to work for did the same thing =P
It will continue to search for the control channel though - and as it can't find anything, it boosts its power in an attempt to search. My phone goes into power save after 15 minutes of no signal because searching for a signal drains the battery as fast as talking in an area with low signal strength.
That's when either: A) The noise of horns from people in those lanes gets your attention or B) The loud crunching noise awakens you in time to see the final few seconds of life!
They're called rumble strips, and are a feature found on nearly every interstate and major highway that has had some work done to it in recent times. They are very effective at getting your attention if you drift.
Carriers have computer-controlled and radar assisted guns that can lock on and destroy several incoming missiles at once, firing at rates of several thousand rounds/min. If you want to see an example, check out the movie "The Sum of All Fears." You'd have to throw more than one missile at a carrier for it to get through. Also if you're interested in what it takes to destroy an American CVG, I suggest reading the book "Nimitz Class." It details just how hard and yet how easy it can be.
I imagine that they wouldn't be sticking them into individual machines. More likely they'll use something like the Hitatchi 9980V and McData directors as a SAN. I've worked with one before and I believe it was scalable up to 180TB with just one cabinet of drives, and could control like 3 or 4 more cabinets.
*resists the urge to make floppy/hard drive jokes*
For some reason I have trouble believing you have a fiance :P
Just bring in help from the Windows department. They are very experienced in the sort of repair you suggest. What would you like to format today?
That's not money they have, it's just the sum value of their stock at current market price. What they are worth on the "market."
Next time wave your arm a short distance away from it. Assuming you have some arm-hair, you'll feel the reason why. Or if you have ever had a sock stuck to your pants when you pull them out of the dryer, it is the same thing.
Static cling.
It'd be a little awkward to throw a desktop in a police cruiser. Generally they mount the laptops in the center of the dash similar to a cell phone.
Maybe I'm dumb, but why don't you just zip or otherwise compress the file? Wouldn't it then take on a different structure?
They can have memory cards in them. Take the controllers and the cards in one swoop, then they don't have to go get controllers themselves to plug it in to. I'd be really impressed if someone hid their stuff on the memory card of an X-Box controller!