Shouldn't someone point out to this university that intercepting and displaying email you are not a party to is still a federal offense (ECPA - Electronic Communications Privacy Act)?
Good point, but I'd be willing to bet that in order to get an account on the university system, you have to sign a little form:
By using this system, you consent to monitoring and/or interception by the University and/or it's agents for any purpose whatsoever..blah blah..lawyer-speak...blah blah... By signing this document you give up any and all rights..etc etc..
At least, I would hope a university is intelligent enough to require this.
So... Basically, you are saying that Xstor's license is valid and shouldn't be broken? But the GPL license is invalid and shouldn't be broken?
This actually points out one of the flaws of click-wrap licenses. I assume that this person did not install this product, and hence did not agree to be bound by the license? Are they legally obligated? It's tough to say, IANAL. It's something to think about though.
Is privacy a freedom? that's debatable. Show me exactly what part of the First Amendment protects privacy Not the 1st, but the 4th.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
After all, you don't have a problem with your luggages, handbags, pockets being thoroughly searched at airports. While you may not be happy with a security agent seeing that big dildo you have in your suitcase on his screen, you're glad they'd arrest you if it was a bomb. After a while you don't even think of it. Well there.
Because I am, for most airports, on private property. Witness Survellience cameras, bag inspections, and those annoying anti-shoplifting gates.
When a person is on private property, the privacy expectations are minimal. If you don't like it, don't go there. But in my own home, on my own server, my email is my own damned business.
Would you allow the FBI to randomly open your mailbox, read your mail, and then put it back in?
Why not? The mail still arrived in the same place, eventually.
=== US Constituion.
For those that haven't read it lately.
I honestly hope this a troll, and not actually a viewpoint held by anyone. But, here it is:
What this guy Paul McMaster's forgets, is, WE ARE AT WAR! We didn't start it, but we intend to finish it (which will involve 'finishing' lots of arabs--hell yeah!). America has never lost a war, and I see no reason to let our record be sullied now.
Huh, I must have missed the vote in Congress declaring war. You'd think that would make the news, wouldn't you?
As for never losing, last time I checked, Vietnam was still communist. And that isn't even mentioning all those little side conflicts in Latin America.
If winning the fight against evil means restricting our civil liberties, then so be it. The last thing we need right now is people criticizing the government, and that includes people whining about restrictions on their "civil liberties". Come on, people! It's only by the grace of the US Government that you have those "rights" to begin with. And if, in order to sustain itself and protect the American people, the government needs to take back some of those privileges we've grown used to, you have nothing to complain about. You should be THANKING the government for letting you have freedom of speech for all those years.
Right, because that little thing called the Constitution has nothing to do with it. Hell, why not just throw out the whole rule of law and become a totalitarian country? Why, then we'd fit right in with our Afghani brothers wouldn't we? 2 dictatorships with no freedom of expression or religon. Where do I sign up?
"Critical" information? Well, if it's "critical" to the public, then it must be even more critical to terrorists, who will use it against us. The last thing we need right now is for information to be available to everyone. If you don't absolutely NEED a piece of information, you have no business knowing it, or attempting to get your hands on it. Anyone who has a problem with this is aiding terrorist and is exactly the type of person we need to fight.
I don't _need_ the source to Linux. Hell, I've never even looked at it, but it sure is nice to know I can. For that matter, I've never looked at my FBI file (and yes, I know I have one) but it's nice to know the Freedom of Information Act will let me. And why should those credit companies let me know what's in their database about me. After all, it's their private property isn't it?
How could anyone have a problem with this? If you are in favor of desecrating Old Glory, you have no business being in this country. Go to Afgahanistan, and join your ideological bedmates.
Because it's a FLAG! It's cotton and dye. If I want to burn a bedsheet with the Stars and Stripes on it, is that ok? Or maybe one of those papers with a flag printed on the back sheet? It's a symbol. It's not real.
The first thing to do, before you even worry about being paid, is to set up a procedure/policy for when you can be called. If you are being called for every little thing, no amount of money is worth losing your coding/surfing/vegging time.
That having been said, the last place I worked on-call was a hospital, the system there worked reasonably well:
There was always a 3rd shift person in the IT dept, they were responsible for monitoring, resetting terminals, basic stuff.
After them came the "desktop staff" a group of 5 people who rotated on-call(5pm - 7am) by the week(Mon-Sun).
They fixed most problems (stuck logins etc. Anything 3rd shift couldn't)
Above them was the "systems group" (me and 4 others) who were on call all the time. We fixed everything else(Servers on fire, demons have infested the network)
3rd shift got regular pay + shift differential
Desktop got $1/hour for oncall, plus time and a half (min 1 hour) if they were called.
Systems got $2/hour plus time and a half(1 hour min)
As you can see, this worked out for me. I got an extra $1024 a month, and was called...maybe...once or twice a month (by the time it filtered by 2 levels it was usually solved). And when I was called it was usually 9-10pm not late enough to ruin my night.
Whatever you do, don't go salary if you expect to be called often. One night of rebuilding servers at 2:00am while not being paid time and a half will convince you of that.
Hope this helps.
-ajb
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Shouldn't someone point out to this university that intercepting and displaying email you are not a party to is still a federal offense (ECPA - Electronic Communications Privacy Act)?
Good point, but I'd be willing to bet that in order to get an account on the university system, you have to sign a little form:
By using this system, you consent to monitoring and/or interception by the University and/or it's agents for any purpose whatsoever..blah blah..lawyer-speak...blah blah... By signing this document you give up any and all rights..etc etc..
At least, I would hope a university is intelligent enough to require this.
-ajb
So... Basically, you are saying that Xstor's license is valid and shouldn't be broken? But the GPL license is invalid and shouldn't be broken?
This actually points out one of the flaws of click-wrap licenses. I assume that this person did not install this product, and hence did not agree to be bound by the license? Are they legally obligated? It's tough to say, IANAL. It's something to think about though.
Sorry, should have put in that message.
Is privacy a freedom? that's debatable. Show me exactly what part of the First Amendment protects privacy
Not the 1st, but the 4th.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
After all, you don't have a problem with your luggages, handbags, pockets being thoroughly searched at airports. While you may not be happy with a security agent seeing that big dildo you have in your suitcase on his screen, you're glad they'd arrest you if it was a bomb. After a while you don't even think of it. Well there.
Because I am, for most airports, on private property. Witness Survellience cameras, bag inspections, and those annoying anti-shoplifting gates.
When a person is on private property, the privacy expectations are minimal. If you don't like it, don't go there. But in my own home, on my own server, my email is my own damned business.
Would you allow the FBI to randomly open your mailbox, read your mail, and then put it back in?
Why not? The mail still arrived in the same place, eventually.
===
US Constituion.
For those that haven't read it lately.
I honestly hope this a troll, and not actually a viewpoint held by anyone. But, here it is:
What this guy Paul McMaster's forgets, is, WE ARE AT WAR! We didn't start it, but we intend to finish it (which will involve 'finishing' lots of arabs--hell yeah!). America has never lost a war, and I see no reason to let our record be sullied now.
Huh, I must have missed the vote in Congress declaring war. You'd think that would make the news, wouldn't you?
As for never losing, last time I checked, Vietnam was still communist. And that isn't even mentioning all those little side conflicts in Latin America.
If winning the fight against evil means restricting our civil liberties, then so be it. The last thing we need right now is people criticizing the government, and that includes people whining about restrictions on their "civil liberties". Come on, people! It's only by the grace of the US Government that you have those "rights" to begin with. And if, in order to sustain itself and protect the American people, the government needs to take back some of those privileges we've grown used to, you have nothing to complain about. You should be THANKING the government for letting you have freedom of speech for all those years.
Right, because that little thing called the Constitution has nothing to do with it. Hell, why not just throw out the whole rule of law and become a totalitarian country? Why, then we'd fit right in with our Afghani brothers wouldn't we? 2 dictatorships with no freedom of expression or religon. Where do I sign up?
"Critical" information? Well, if it's "critical" to the public, then it must be even more critical to terrorists, who will use it against us. The last thing we need right now is for information to be available to everyone. If you don't absolutely NEED a piece of information, you have no business knowing it, or attempting to get your hands on it. Anyone who has a problem with this is aiding terrorist and is exactly the type of person we need to fight.
I don't _need_ the source to Linux. Hell, I've never even looked at it, but it sure is nice to know I can. For that matter, I've never looked at my FBI file (and yes, I know I have one) but it's nice to know the Freedom of Information Act will let me. And why should those credit companies let me know what's in their database about me. After all, it's their private property isn't it?
How could anyone have a problem with this? If you are in favor of desecrating Old Glory, you have no business being in this country. Go to Afgahanistan, and join your ideological bedmates.
Because it's a FLAG! It's cotton and dye. If I want to burn a bedsheet with the Stars and Stripes on it, is that ok? Or maybe one of those papers with a flag printed on the back sheet? It's a symbol. It's not real.
The first thing to do, before you even worry about being paid, is to set up a procedure/policy for when you can be called. If you are being called for every little thing, no amount of money is worth losing your coding/surfing/vegging time.
That having been said, the last place I worked on-call was a hospital, the system there worked reasonably well:
There was always a 3rd shift person in the IT dept, they were responsible for monitoring, resetting terminals, basic stuff.
After them came the "desktop staff" a group of 5 people who rotated on-call(5pm - 7am) by the week(Mon-Sun). They fixed most problems (stuck logins etc. Anything 3rd shift couldn't)
Above them was the "systems group" (me and 4 others) who were on call all the time. We fixed everything else(Servers on fire, demons have infested the network)
3rd shift got regular pay + shift differential
Desktop got $1/hour for oncall, plus time and a half (min 1 hour) if they were called.
Systems got $2/hour plus time and a half(1 hour min)
As you can see, this worked out for me. I got an extra $1024 a month, and was called...maybe...once or twice a month (by the time it filtered by 2 levels it was usually solved). And when I was called it was usually 9-10pm not late enough to ruin my night.
Whatever you do, don't go salary if you expect to be called often. One night of rebuilding servers at 2:00am while not being paid time and a half will convince you of that. Hope this helps. -ajb