Xref: utzoo alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk:111 comp.admin.policy:371 Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,comp.admin.policy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!shape.mps.ohio-state.edu!alden From: alden@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Dave Alden) Subject: Re: Local Internet access Message-ID: <1991Jun9.014908.29094@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> Sender: usenet@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: shape.mps.ohio-state.edu Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University References: <1991Jun8.164215.10572@eff.org> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1991 01:49:08 GMT Lines: 48 In article <1991Jun8.164215.10572@eff.org> kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie) writes: >[Reposted with permission of the author - Carl] > >From: sbrack >Just another expatriate MAGNUS user... 8) >Message-ID: >References: >Date: Tue, 04 Jun 91 15:03:41 EDT > > I made two mistakes. First, I ran a command called "fixman," > which I, by default, had permission to run. This command > reformatted the manual pages (like help files) on HPUXA. I > thought it only worked on my manual pages, but the command > instead reformatted the manual pages for the entire system. > OSU was not pleased 8). I had a meeting wherein I basically > agreed not to do it again, & to only run a small selection > of commands. Interesting how you make yourself look like such an angel in this posting. I've been told that your attitude towards ACS on both of these issues was along the line of "the system let me do it, so I must be allowed to do it and I shouldn't get in trouble for it", only you weren't so polite in your dealings with them. > Owing to several less-than-scrupulous people, the discussion ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I hope you include yourself in this statement - because many others do. > degenerated into a flame war. I was called > "an ME freshman who thinks he has the world by the sensitive > appendages" by Karl Klienpaste, OSU's resident net.god. Hmm - you made several WRONG statements about Karl, you were asked (by several people) to prove these statements and you never came up with proof - instead you "...packed it in and left the debate in news.admin." Funny - I'd call it "put my tail between my legs and ran". > At about the same time, I was > denied access to my engineering workstation account, which I had > been using for news & mail, as well as classwork. Not having > access to that account would have made it impossible to pass > my engineering course. Going on what you've said so far I would agree with you that this was unfair. I'm happy to hear that you were able to get your account back. BTW, what was their excuse for pulling your account in the first place? ...dave