Translation: Back in my day, we had to walk up hill both ways in the show barefoot... and we liked it! So should you!
Sorry, just doesn't work that way anymore. Heck, at my Uni we students already complain to death that we can't access our dorm shares from the computer labs in upper campus. Why? Not everyone has a CD burner or ZIP drive. Right now the 'workaround' is to email yourself the files. Huge pain in the butt in my opinion on both the student and network admin side when you need to email yourself a 400M CS project. Maybe I'm missing something, I dunno.
Dunno about you, but from a network viewpoint, I'd rather have students sharing out inside the Uni network than outside - at least inside you aren't bogging down the T-1/T-3/Whatever connection with your sharing. I'm just talking about legit sharing even... not even going to go into the sheer amount of random other crap shared out.
The dorm's network is so the students can have internet access to do whatever activities they wish (within reason). What? Think it is for education? Not really. At least here, it is impossible to get any 'net connection into the dorms *other* than either dialup or the Uni's 'net connection.
Now, maybe your draconian idea might work if the students were allowed to do things like order DSL for themselves personally, but I don't know of any small to large sized Uni that it is even possible. Heck, the system administrator is yelling their head off at me already because I have a switch in my room... for just my two computers. I can just imagine all of the sysadmins everywhere screaming bloody murder if someone wanted to get a hub and run cables from room to room every time they just wanted to play Counterstrike.
Routinely, since the dorm techs are so incredibly slow at everything, I'm the one that fixes most of the computers in my dorm. I just say "maybe later". Not hard. *shrug*
1) Dorm techs have keys. 2) It is, but they do it anyways. Part of my dorm contract if I remember correctly. 3) I can actually understand that, but that doesn't defend why 7 techs took 8 hours to clean a hall of computers... 4) Athlete dorm. Yeah, it is a gross generalization, but chances are that they wouldn't be the ones doing that. Even if they did, then they are stupid. Not much you can do about that.:P
... not only is it the only way that I can send small files to myself from my Uni's own computer labs, but that doesn't stop out-of-uni-mail mailclients, or even MSBlaster considering it isn't a mass mailing worm.
... when you go to a university where you do not log on to a domain in dorms. I've found that to be very common (including the Uni that I'm typing this at) since it is MUCH easier to set freshman up on movein day. Also, certain things do not work when you start logging onto domains. Example: XP's fast user switching. You'd have students complaining about the administration restricting their rights to their own computer, blah blah blah... then on top of it, automatically patching something. Legal nightmare. Works great for lab PCs, horrid for dorm PCs.
I'm a student at a university whose dorm network got nailed by blaster something fierce. Almost as bad as it was Klezed a couple years before. Anyways, because of all of this, the sys admins decided to completely eliminate the dorm network from the upper campus one - also cutting off 'net access - during school hours. This is a real big pain in the butt, and I'm actually hoping there are some great answers in this topic so I can give them to my sys admin.
Of course, compounding the situation are seemingly (dunno if they actually are or not considering I've never even SEEN one before) incompetant dorm techs taking an entire day to clear out just one dorm building of ~50 rooms (2 people per room, but often less than 2 PCs per room...). Considering Blaster only affects 2000/XP/2003 machines, that means that the roughly 50 computers running those took 8 hours to clean? Something seems wrong here.
I'm just annoyed because my room (along with my entire hall since I'm the resident 'hey, call him!' computer geek and have patched everyone) is completely free of blaster and its ilk, yet I have to deal with the people who either don't know to patch Windows often, or don't care.
How about this one: What can a STUDENT at one of these schools do to help? I've tried teaching as many people as possible about computer safety (take a health classes' STD safety course, apply to computers basically), and I'm ineligable to become a dorm tech right now... anyone?
When I read this, I was IMed by a female friend of mine wondering when I'll be back to my Uni dorm so she can play more Diablo II. This was immediately after another female friend of mine sent me an email detailing how much fun she had playing Super Smash Brothers Melee as Kirby.... I'm telling you, female gamers exist. They are all over the place - it is just that most males tend to look at places other than a computer/TV screen when it comes to females. Then again, it might just be that they never ask.
Definitly, which is why I personally turn off the autoreboot.:)
However, I've noticed on very high end PCs, you don't even see a flicker of blue - it just reboots. Then you REALLY want to see that error message - might be a problem with power, or might be a BSOD. *shrug*
Yeah, but the reason why it tells you after it rebooted is incase a user is not at his/her workstation. Remember, by default XP automatically reboots after a BSOD.
Basically, Slashdot has a story comment system that sorta resembles boards as well as a story submission system that sorta resembles a moderated topic list.
.... but when you are paying your own way through college and summer jobs are your only source of income, it is needed.
I'd love to be able to work out in the sun (well, not at home at least. Working out in the sun in Florida during the summer would suck) getting paid not-that-much and relaxing, but I can't afford that.
... ClearChannel Communications, the owner of the monopoly on radio broadcasting and hated by me, is going to get in to a battle soon most likely (as I'm assuming the RIAA isn't going to let this one through) with the Recording Industry Association of America and is also hated by me.... I see this as a win/win situation, doesn't anyone else?:)
You know, I could have swore I hit submit on this...
Anyways, my LCD rocks. 17" LCD with built in TV tuner for 800 USD... and worth every dime. I live in a dorm room, so my deskspace is at a premium. I'm a computer geek and coder, so the lack of eyestrain is DEFINITLY worth it.
Refresh rate? 80 hz max, although I usually run it at 75 hz. Resolution? 1280x1024. My biggest sticking point since I have a habit of running monitors at 1600x1200 if they are larger then 17". Color depth? My god it is beautiful... I can't go back to a CRT because of how it looks. Power? My UPS lasts a hell of a lot longer now... The space saved is immense. I can play PS/PS2/Whateverconsoleyouwant games in a picture in picture if I so desired. My LCD rocks.
I just saw a LCD for 350 USD the other day. 17". Wow.
A side note: LCDs are measured in viewable sizes, so that 17" CRT is only really a 15.9" (or whatever) viewable, but that 17" LCD is really a 17" viewable.
I'm a gamer. I run UT2003. I own a LCD. My LCD runs usually at 75 hz, although it can run at 80 hz. I see no ghosting whatsoever. I see no dead pixels, and I've even had my monitor go through the US's airline BAGGAGE.
Next think you know, they might rule that statues aren't human... then houses... WHAT NEXT?!
What is the world coming to?!!
I mean, they might declare that.... >_> _ Fish aren't human! NOOOOO! Not the fish!
On a somewhat serious note, it was kinda an underhanded trick to get around the tariff...
(refering to the intro in the article) I mean, you can compare it to having your entire town roped off because one person was a fraud... completely destroying said town, but you still live in it.
Wasting an entire netblock by blacklisting it is not good....
I'm currently enrolled in college, and I find my PDA the most useful thing I've bought other then my computer. I take notes on it (I also have a portable keyboard for the thing), I draw diagrams, I play games during class, and it doesn't take up that much in the way of time to sync since I already had a memcard from my digital camera - I just store everything on that and not care if it is synced or not.
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Back in my day, we had to walk up hill both ways in the show barefoot... and we liked it! So should you!
Sorry, just doesn't work that way anymore. Heck, at my Uni we students already complain to death that we can't access our dorm shares from the computer labs in upper campus. Why? Not everyone has a CD burner or ZIP drive. Right now the 'workaround' is to email yourself the files. Huge pain in the butt in my opinion on both the student and network admin side when you need to email yourself a 400M CS project. Maybe I'm missing something, I dunno.
Dunno about you, but from a network viewpoint, I'd rather have students sharing out inside the Uni network than outside - at least inside you aren't bogging down the T-1/T-3/Whatever connection with your sharing. I'm just talking about legit sharing even... not even going to go into the sheer amount of random other crap shared out.
The dorm's network is so the students can have internet access to do whatever activities they wish (within reason). What? Think it is for education? Not really. At least here, it is impossible to get any 'net connection into the dorms *other* than either dialup or the Uni's 'net connection.
Now, maybe your draconian idea might work if the students were allowed to do things like order DSL for themselves personally, but I don't know of any small to large sized Uni that it is even possible. Heck, the system administrator is yelling their head off at me already because I have a switch in my room... for just my two computers. I can just imagine all of the sysadmins everywhere screaming bloody murder if someone wanted to get a hub and run cables from room to room every time they just wanted to play Counterstrike.
Routinely, since the dorm techs are so incredibly slow at everything, I'm the one that fixes most of the computers in my dorm. I just say "maybe later". Not hard. *shrug*
1) Dorm techs have keys. :P
2) It is, but they do it anyways. Part of my dorm contract if I remember correctly.
3) I can actually understand that, but that doesn't defend why 7 techs took 8 hours to clean a hall of computers...
4) Athlete dorm. Yeah, it is a gross generalization, but chances are that they wouldn't be the ones doing that. Even if they did, then they are stupid. Not much you can do about that.
Not for 7 people.
That is, what, ~68 minutes per machine? On top of it, not all of the machines are even infected to begin with...
7 people. On top of that, not all of the machines are infected and/or unpatched.
... not only is it the only way that I can send small files to myself from my Uni's own computer labs, but that doesn't stop out-of-uni-mail mailclients, or even MSBlaster considering it isn't a mass mailing worm.
... when you go to a university where you do not log on to a domain in dorms.
I've found that to be very common (including the Uni that I'm typing this at) since it is MUCH easier to set freshman up on movein day.
Also, certain things do not work when you start logging onto domains. Example: XP's fast user switching. You'd have students complaining about the administration restricting their rights to their own computer, blah blah blah... then on top of it, automatically patching something. Legal nightmare. Works great for lab PCs, horrid for dorm PCs.
... from another point of view.
I'm a student at a university whose dorm network got nailed by blaster something fierce. Almost as bad as it was Klezed a couple years before. Anyways, because of all of this, the sys admins decided to completely eliminate the dorm network from the upper campus one - also cutting off 'net access - during school hours. This is a real big pain in the butt, and I'm actually hoping there are some great answers in this topic so I can give them to my sys admin.
Of course, compounding the situation are seemingly (dunno if they actually are or not considering I've never even SEEN one before) incompetant dorm techs taking an entire day to clear out just one dorm building of ~50 rooms (2 people per room, but often less than 2 PCs per room...). Considering Blaster only affects 2000/XP/2003 machines, that means that the roughly 50 computers running those took 8 hours to clean? Something seems wrong here.
I'm just annoyed because my room (along with my entire hall since I'm the resident 'hey, call him!' computer geek and have patched everyone) is completely free of blaster and its ilk, yet I have to deal with the people who either don't know to patch Windows often, or don't care.
How about this one: What can a STUDENT at one of these schools do to help? I've tried teaching as many people as possible about computer safety (take a health classes' STD safety course, apply to computers basically), and I'm ineligable to become a dorm tech right now... anyone?
When I read this, I was IMed by a female friend of mine wondering when I'll be back to my Uni dorm so she can play more Diablo II. This was immediately after another female friend of mine sent me an email detailing how much fun she had playing Super Smash Brothers Melee as Kirby. ... I'm telling you, female gamers exist. They are all over the place - it is just that most males tend to look at places other than a computer/TV screen when it comes to females. Then again, it might just be that they never ask.
Definitly, which is why I personally turn off the autoreboot. :)
However, I've noticed on very high end PCs, you don't even see a flicker of blue - it just reboots. Then you REALLY want to see that error message - might be a problem with power, or might be a BSOD.
*shrug*
Yeah, but the reason why it tells you after it rebooted is incase a user is not at his/her workstation. Remember, by default XP automatically reboots after a BSOD.
Basically, Slashdot has a story comment system that sorta resembles boards as well as a story submission system that sorta resembles a moderated topic list.
It isn't a messageboard site though.
Thank you very much! Looking for all the help I can get...
.... but when you are paying your own way through college and summer jobs are your only source of income, it is needed.
I'd love to be able to work out in the sun (well, not at home at least. Working out in the sun in Florida during the summer would suck) getting paid not-that-much and relaxing, but I can't afford that.
Year 2 of CS degree and prior experience working as a QA for an antivirus company since middle of high school, but not hiring anymore.
The problem is that I have no 'uncle moneybags' to fall on, and I'm putting myself through this.
... ClearChannel Communications, the owner of the monopoly on radio broadcasting and hated by me, is going to get in to a battle soon most likely (as I'm assuming the RIAA isn't going to let this one through) with the Recording Industry Association of America and is also hated by me. ... I see this as a win/win situation, doesn't anyone else? :)
Envision
Dude, I'm a computer geek, when am I supposed to have the time to blink? MUST PLAY MORE! or something, right? :)
Envision 7500 if I recall the number correctly.
You know, I could have swore I hit submit on this...
Anyways, my LCD rocks. 17" LCD with built in TV tuner for 800 USD... and worth every dime. I live in a dorm room, so my deskspace is at a premium. I'm a computer geek and coder, so the lack of eyestrain is DEFINITLY worth it.
Refresh rate? 80 hz max, although I usually run it at 75 hz.
Resolution? 1280x1024. My biggest sticking point since I have a habit of running monitors at 1600x1200 if they are larger then 17".
Color depth? My god it is beautiful... I can't go back to a CRT because of how it looks.
Power? My UPS lasts a hell of a lot longer now...
The space saved is immense. I can play PS/PS2/Whateverconsoleyouwant games in a picture in picture if I so desired. My LCD rocks.
I just saw a LCD for 350 USD the other day. 17". Wow.
A side note: LCDs are measured in viewable sizes, so that 17" CRT is only really a 15.9" (or whatever) viewable, but that 17" LCD is really a 17" viewable.
I'm a gamer.
I run UT2003.
I own a LCD.
My LCD runs usually at 75 hz, although it can run at 80 hz.
I see no ghosting whatsoever.
I see no dead pixels, and I've even had my monitor go through the US's airline BAGGAGE.
Me thinks you have not seen a modern LCD.
Next think you know, they might rule that statues aren't human... then houses... WHAT NEXT?! What is the world coming to?!! I mean, they might declare that.... >_> _ Fish aren't human! NOOOOO! Not the fish! On a somewhat serious note, it was kinda an underhanded trick to get around the tariff...
(refering to the intro in the article)
I mean, you can compare it to having your entire town roped off because one person was a fraud... completely destroying said town, but you still live in it.
Wasting an entire netblock by blacklisting it is not good....
I'm currently enrolled in college, and I find my PDA the most useful thing I've bought other then my computer. I take notes on it (I also have a portable keyboard for the thing), I draw diagrams, I play games during class, and it doesn't take up that much in the way of time to sync since I already had a memcard from my digital camera - I just store everything on that and not care if it is synced or not.
Yes, but did the Dreamcast not do the same thing? Look where that landed...
It doesn't matter if you developed proprietary media when it will only be a matter of time before said media is replicated on a mass scale.