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From: ladkin@kestrel.ARPA (Peter Ladkin)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: A slightly different topic...
Message-ID: <5548@kestrel.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 18:53:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  7 18:53:28 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Mar-86 20:14:25 EST
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Organization: Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <671@steinmetz.UUCP>, putnam@steinmetz.UUCP (jefu) writes:
> I spent some time in an environment where computer time was strictly 
> controlled (and billed using the usual funny money artificial constraints),
> and worked out several methods to get more time on the machine.  These ranged
> from talking others into signing up for accounts they would not use and 
> getting
> their passwords (considered strictly illegal by the powers-that-were), to 
> becoming a TA in the comp sci dept and using the (usually quite expandable)
> class accounts, to devising methods to obtain passwords illegally 
> [ and more, worse]
> Whats the solution?  I dont know.  But charging for computer use is not it.
                                                                    
This is known as gross irresponsibility. Who do you think paid for
the time you were using? 
                                                                
Peter Ladkin