that the University would honestly attempt to disconnect your internet access if this was truly your first 'violation' of their TOS. You must have downloaded things illegally in the past. Because colleges don't lay the smackdown without giving at least *1* warning beforehand. Unless the IT TOS clearly stated, "no P2P", or "BitTorrent just cause for internet priveledges being revoked", then you must have done things in the past for them to send you such a letter now, without prior notice.
That is, of course, unless they *had* given you warnings in the past, and you merely neglected to include that information in your post.
Copping an attitude against the IT department is the quickest way to get yourself banned from the University's IP domain. If you speak to them reasonably, they're more likely to listen. But if you go about spouting arrogant gibberish like "you might as well ban HTTP traffic" or "the student seeking a transfer to a more competently run University", then you're just asking for it. Don't bite the hand that gives you free internet access. Believe me -- I speak from experience.
"How can a student respond to such an accusation in order to defend the validity of BitTorrent and continue to benefit from its legitimate uses?"
Have you tried speaking to the IT department of your University? Because it sounds like you cut-and-pasted this from an email they sent you. Perhaps it was only a warning to get your attention. Speaking to them about your connection, in my opinion, would be the quickest (not to mention, most effective) means of ensuring that you're not cut off from the internet as a college student. Because believe me -- you never know just how many things you do online on a regular basis (legal things, for that matter), until you're stranded without the internet for a few days. You should really try to speak to them before they actually *do* disconnect you.
Steve Jobs continues to revolutionize the modern world, combining the marvels of both the telecommunications industry and that of the digital music revolution.
SJ: It will change the iPod as we know it.
/.: But you've already got the iPod, the iPod mini, the iPod photo...isn't that enough?
SJ: It is never enough.
/.: But...
SJ: Hold on a sec...(whips small white device out of pocket, attaches 103-key USB keyboard ). It's the latest device in the iPod family.
/.: What is it? A Powerbook with a 64-bit processor?
SJ: No.
/.: An iPod with a user-replaceable battery?
SJ: (Scoffs). No.
/.: What *is* it???
SJ: The iPlog. A device to revolutionize blogging as we know it.
Steve Jobs continues to revolutionize the modern world, combining the marvels of both the telecommunications industry and that of the digital music revolution.
SJ: It will change the iPod as we know it.
/.: But you've already got the iPod, the iPod mini, the iPod photo...isn't that enough?
SJ: It is never enough.
/.: But...
SJ: Hold on a sec...(whips small white device out of pocket, punches hole in its screen). It's the latest device in the iPod family.
/.: What is it? A Powerbook with a 64-bit processor?
SJ: No.
/.: An iPod with a user-replaceable battery?
SJ: (Scoffs). No.
/.: What *is* it???
SJ: The iPlog. A device to revolutionize blogging as we know it.
Perhaps you'll only be able to talk with other iPhones, and not with real phones, you know, so you'll be able to communicate with the hippest trendwhores...err...hipsters.
But I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. And when the lights went out at midnight (power outage), I can assure you that there was more than a little energy going on in the room next door.
"Have fun deleting 20 messages at a time from the search window."
You obviously haven't clicked on the "settings" link before. If you had, you'd see that you can alternate between viewing 20 messages, viewing 50 messages, and (gasp!) viewing 100 messages at a time.
Don't forget Firefox. I know it's part of the Mozilla package, but if not for everyone working together to spread the word about it, Internet Explorer would still own over 90% of the U.S. browser market.
The show started in 1992, and ran till 98, I think. Presuming you were ten right when the show first started, that would make you approximately 23. How the heck do you have a 5 year old daughter?
Upon rereading this, I realize that you might just have gotten married frosh year of College, or senior yr of high school. Now I gotcha.
Go ahead. Mod me as a troll. It was just a joke. I don't understand how someone can make nothing but ad-hominem Apple-friendly/Microsoft-bashing posts on/. and get consistently modded "informative" or "interesting", but if someone tries to inject a little humor into a discussion, they're more often than not castigated as a creature that dwells beneath bridges.
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That is, of course, unless they *had* given you warnings in the past, and you merely neglected to include that information in your post.
Copping an attitude against the IT department is the quickest way to get yourself banned from the University's IP domain. If you speak to them reasonably, they're more likely to listen. But if you go about spouting arrogant gibberish like "you might as well ban HTTP traffic" or "the student seeking a transfer to a more competently run University", then you're just asking for it. Don't bite the hand that gives you free internet access. Believe me -- I speak from experience.
Have you tried speaking to the IT department of your University? Because it sounds like you cut-and-pasted this from an email they sent you. Perhaps it was only a warning to get your attention. Speaking to them about your connection, in my opinion, would be the quickest (not to mention, most effective) means of ensuring that you're not cut off from the internet as a college student. Because believe me -- you never know just how many things you do online on a regular basis (legal things, for that matter), until you're stranded without the internet for a few days. You should really try to speak to them before they actually *do* disconnect you.
Only a terrorist would be against Linux!
No more than any other piece of open-source software out there.
is called Indiefox. It's basically one guy and a guitar. But 'tis so good.
(I'm sorry, *someone* had to do it)
(I'm sorry, *someone* had to do it)
SJ: It will change the iPod as we know it.
SJ: It is never enough.
SJ: Hold on a sec...(whips small white device out of pocket, attaches 103-key USB keyboard ). It's the latest device in the iPod family.
SJ: No.
SJ: (Scoffs). No.
SJ: The iPlog. A device to revolutionize blogging as we know it.
SJ: It will change the iPod as we know it.
/.: But you've already got the iPod, the iPod mini, the iPod photo...isn't that enough?
SJ: It is never enough.
/.: But...
SJ: Hold on a sec...(whips small white device out of pocket, punches hole in its screen). It's the latest device in the iPod family.
/.: What is it? A Powerbook with a 64-bit processor?
SJ: No.
/.: An iPod with a user-replaceable battery?
SJ: (Scoffs). No.
/.: What *is* it???
SJ: The iPlog. A device to revolutionize blogging as we know it.
/.: (ARGH!)
Yeah. Hipsters. That's what I meant.
But I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. And when the lights went out at midnight (power outage), I can assure you that there was more than a little energy going on in the room next door.
Heretic! Science is on the march, and it's coming to your doorstep to take you away!
"Do not be so proud of this cosmological terror you have created. Its existence pales when compared to the power of the Dark Side."
However, this was where I found out, so I can't take all the credit :^)
You obviously haven't clicked on the "settings" link before. If you had, you'd see that you can alternate between viewing 20 messages, viewing 50 messages, and (gasp!) viewing 100 messages at a time.
Great. We're not just battling duplicate threads on /., we're also battling duplicate troll posts. Oh well. At least we kept this one away for 2 years.
Don't forget Firefox. I know it's part of the Mozilla package, but if not for everyone working together to spread the word about it, Internet Explorer would still own over 90% of the U.S. browser market.
I guess the biblical passage "Love thy neighbor" doesn't extend to "loving thy teenage customers", or "forgiving the pirates, for they do not know."
*Shrugs*
(TechnoPolitical rhetoric for the modern age).
He didn't die from a "mystery illness", he died from tuberculosis (or as it was called back then, the consumption).
The show started in 1992, and ran till 98, I think. Presuming you were ten right when the show first started, that would make you approximately 23. How the heck do you have a 5 year old daughter?
Upon rereading this, I realize that you might just have gotten married frosh year of College, or senior yr of high school. Now I gotcha.
Go ahead. Mod me as a troll. It was just a joke. I don't understand how someone can make nothing but ad-hominem Apple-friendly/Microsoft-bashing posts on /. and get consistently modded "informative" or "interesting", but if someone tries to inject a little humor into a discussion, they're more often than not castigated as a creature that dwells beneath bridges.
On second thought, maybe we should start with planet Earth.
You must be mistaken. English is clearly the universal language.