Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!gatech!prism!gt1111a From: gt1111a@prism.gatech.EDU (Vincent Fox) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Georgia Tech's Restriction on Internet Access Message-ID: <23887@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 8 Mar 91 17:59:53 GMT References: <23808@hydra.gatech.EDU> <52892@cornell.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 32 wayner@thrall.cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner) writes: [stuff deleted] >It should be noted that pornographic GIF files are the main attraction >for undergraduates. These consume megabytes and megabytes of bandwidth >for a cause that is wasteful (Penthouse has better bandwidth/dollar) and >also a potential political timebomb. The next great usage for net access >is faking mail and postings. It is much better if people do this locally, >learn the insights and not clutter the net. [more stuff deleted] Exactly where do you get your sweeping statistics? I know lots of undergrads in both engineering and computer science. Out of about 40, I can only think of 2 who professed any interest in this sort of thing. What do we use ftp for? Mainly jumping to uunet and similar places to get source code. I wish you would refrain from such statements without SOME sort of statistics. I am one of the many here at Tech opposed to this sort of restriction. We have a security guard in our library to glance at people's ids as they come in. But we don't X-ray and strip-search them, or lock off reference books for only "approved use". The kind of stringent security measures that are such a terrific idea for IBM, etc. are nothing but a massive annoyance in an academic environment. >Peter Wayner Department of Computer Science Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14850 >EMail:wayner@cs.cornell.edu Office: 607-255-9202 or 255-1008 >Home: 116 Oak Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-277-6678 >Copyright 1991 Peter Wayner, All Rights Reserved. -- Vincent Fox (That's Mr. Bucko to you)|"Fleshy-headed mutant, are you friendly?" Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA |"No way, eh! Radiation has made me an SR-71: gt1111a@prism.gatech.edu | enemy of civilization." Pony Express:...!gatech!prism!gt1111a| - Bob & Doug in Strange Brew