If I've got a warehouse full of powdered milk sitting unused (that I
don't even know about) and you decide to donate them to starving
children in Africa, then you've _stolen_ them from me. I'd be an ass to
prosecute you, but you've committed a felony, nonetheless.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: William J Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: More net insanity
>I am curious how you figure he STOLE resources? That 59 cents an email
crap
>unless they are using a burstable bandwidth provider all the ones i
have
>seen is that
>you get 1 solid rate that is yours to use. Now if they were using a
>burstable bandwidth provider ok nail his ass. But if it was bandwidth
that
>was just going to waste then
>and it was not putting an unacceptable load on the network then it was
fine.
>And violating university policy ok he did do that and should be fired
for
>that but not fined that is just silly.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 1:50 PM
>Subject: Re: More net insanity
>
>
>> The guy is a complete and unmitigated IDIOT. He should be prosecuted
to
>> the fullest extent of the law as an example to others, if nothing
else.
>> He'll get a slap on the wrists, even if convicted of the felonies.
>> Probably get a couple years probation.
>>
>> What in the world was he thinking when he thought he had the right to
>> donate computer time on the University's computers to some
distributed
>> computing project? Rank stupidity is not a endearing quality to a
judge
>> and jury.
>>
>> Here's a quote from the CNET article:
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Michael Covington, a University of Georgia computer science professor
>> who wrote his school's acceptable-use policy, said the incident
forced
>> his team to clarify its position on distributed computing software.
The
>> outcome? "Unless we saw some kind of unacceptable load on the
network,
>> we would permit it," he said.
>> ------------------------
>>
>> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6740797.html?tag=tp_pr
>>
>> So - No harm, no foul? Wrong. First, he violated University policy
by
>> installing unapproved software on University systems (a wise policy).
>> Secondly, he stole from the state of Georgia (through the
unauthorized
>> donation of) resources worth thousands of dollars.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 9:09 AM
>> Subject: More net insanity
>>
>>
>> >Just read about this in my local newspaper (Newsday)
>> >
>> >http://www.freemcowen.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager
>> >On-Line Data Solutions, Inc.
>> >www.CoolFusion.com
>> >631-737-4668 x101
>> >inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Intelligent Mail Server
>> >Join the DevCon community at www.coolfusion.com/devcon
>>
>>
>>
>
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