Hi

I sort of assumed this group was more likely to be brushing up on tech than on 
English Lit.

One other thing some outfits check - they will only email the activation codes 
to an account at the school you claim to attend.

Bob



On Aug 18, 2010, at 10:40 AM, jimlux <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> Continuing education at the local community collage is your friend. Do it 
>> online and you don't even spend gas money.
>> Bob
> 
> Not always.. e.g. Matlab says: "The product is solely for use in connection 
> with courses offered at degree-granting institutions, either by students 
> working toward a degree, or by continuing education students." "They are not 
> for personal, professional, or commercial use.
> 
> 
> and they do "check ID"
> Proof of student status is documentation that confirms that you are currently 
> a student enrolled in a degree-granting institution. To successfully 
> authenticate as a student, you must provide us with acceptable proof of 
> student status by uploading a digital copy of any one of these documents:
> 
> 
> I doubt that they'd call the school to see if you're taking a class that 
> actually could use matlab ("Aha, we see you're taking 17th century English 
> literature, how ARE you using Matlab in that?"  "Why, I'm using it to do 
> statistical analysis on the works allegedly written by Shakespeare to 
> determine the actual author.")
> 
> 
> So, you'd be splitting hairs a bit... (not likely that the mathworks police 
> are coming after you)
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected]
> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
> and follow the instructions there.
> 

_______________________________________________
time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected]
To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
and follow the instructions there.

Reply via email to