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From: FRISBY-T@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tony Frisby)
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Subject: Re: The ethics of dribble files
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Date: 11 Feb 90 15:39:52 GMT
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We recently had a LAN installed in my work area which allows this sort of
monitoring.  Not surprisingly it also reports when you log on (supposedly 
the first thing you do) and logoff (the last).  Most of us who are doing
programming log to read any mail or news - and then log out and do the 
work on our own computers.  The LAN is distracting to work with because
ours allows people to interupt what your doing to send an *important* message
to you.  Another reason many of us dont use it as much as it could be.

I guess I'm saying that I'm against this sort of monitoring in the work
place - but I don't find it necessarily an evil for an instructor to do so.
As long as the instructor looks at it as a tutor would - to see if the student
is able to do the assignments - or surpass them - I think it would be a good
thing.  If the instructor is doing to curb natural curiosity with student
experimentation I would be against that.  (insert it after doing)

Tony.