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[A repost - Carl]

From: hh@soda.berkeley.edu (Eric Hollander)
Newsgroups: ucb.org.csua,ucb.org.ocf,ucb.english,talk.environment,comp.org.eff.talk
Subject:  Re: The Schedule of Classes
Date: 23 Jan 1993 20:14:35 GMT
Message-ID: <1js8vb$fv4@agate.berkeley.edu>

In article <1jr1tg$c5d@agate.berkeley.edu> clw@ocf.berkeley.edu (A Ghost in the Machine) writes:
:In article <1jnh89$phg@agate.berkeley.edu> hh@soda.berkeley.edu (Eric Hollander) writes:
:
:>LaVerne Lazzereschi had complained to the Office of Student Conduct that I
:>had "misused" University computer equipment.
:>
:>I talked with Mr. Paganucci in his office today at 10:00.  The discussion
:>was brief.  He told me that unplugging terminals is misuse of equipment.  He
:>told me that he is giving me an informal warning.  He made me state that I
:>did not intend to unplug terminals or "misuse" equipment again.
:
:I can only conclude from the original denial of this resource together with
:this persecution for its aquisition that LaVerne Lazzereschi (and probably
:Mr. Paganucci) is effectively computer illiterate, and has no clear idea what 
:she is restricting.  Absurd as this particular case is, it seems to me that 
:there is an interesting underlying theme here: these two people have the 
:authority to place and enforce restrictions upon something of which they 
:are fundementally ignorant.

I believe that Mr. Paganucci is computer-illiterate.  Ms. Lazzereschi works
in the part of the Office of the Registrar that deals with the jasper, but I
think she is also computer-illiterate or computer-functionally-illiterate.
However, I must say that Mr. Paganucci is not responsible for making the
policies of the Office of the Registrar.  He only enforced them.  It is
possible, although imporbable, that he agrees with me and supports what I
did.  Ms. Lazzereschi is not high enough in the Office of the Registrar to
be making policy decisions.  I believe that she reacted the way she did
because I made her angry because I demonstrated to her and the rest of the
Office that the final authority in life is action.

:>What I understand he did in replacing his terminal by a powerbook was
:>to take information available one class at a time and use it to get
:>the schedule as a whole.  It is a nice point as to whether the
:>University could claim that the whole is confidential, although each
:>of its parts is not.
:
:Creative in theory, if utterly absurd in practice :)
:
:I suppose, though, he might have violated copyright, if the information was
:for reading, but not for copying.  I would be most entertained if they are
:suggesting the copyright of THIS information is restricted...

The University does not consider the SoC, whole or in part, confidential.
Also, the material is not copyrighted.  It is public domain.

Remember, the charge against me _had_nothing_to_do_with_information_.  It
had only to do with _misuse_of_hardware_.  According to them, my crime was
unplugging an RS232 jack.

For those of you who live in the dorms, if a lightbulb in your room burns
out, do not attempt to replace it.  To do so is misuse of University
electronic (or in this case electrical) equipment.  Lightbulbs should be
installed by qualified, trained, University employeed custodial staff ONLY.

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Carl Kadie -- I do not represent any organization; this is just me.
 = kadie@cs.uiuc.edu =