🚀 go-pugleaf

James Keast (jkeast@ug.cs.dal.ca) wrote:
: Paul Mossman (mossman@ug.cs.dal.ca) wrote:
: :   For new readers on "dal.general", this thread was initiated by the 
: : information at http://www.ug.cs.dal.ca/cgi-bin/mossman/is-irc

: :    Banning IRC (or any other internet resource) would be archaic, 
: : illogical, and next to impossible at best.  What would be a preferable 
: : solution is for Dalhousie's students, staff, and faculty to use 
: : Dalhousie's valuable computer resources for academic related work.  
: : Note: everyone who has an IS account agreed to this concept 
: : (outlined in Dalhousie's policy on Responsible Computing) when they 
: : signed the IS application form.  

: 	As it is UCIS refuses to even post a formal request asking
: users to follow this policy.  I made a request last term  and was
: told it "would be passed along to the system manager".  That was the
: last I heard. 

I also had this "passed along to the system manager" message when 
informing UCIS that people were using IS for their own businesses.  (As 
far as I can tell, those people are still operating businesses)  
That's right, students are using computer accounts at Dal for business 
purposes.  I've even caught people on UG and AC doing this as well.  I 
think we can all agree that this is not academic work.

When I refer to "business" it is not a person selling a used item, it is 
a person (or persons) offering services for creating web pages, building 
computer systems, etc...

UCIS will probably never do anything to stop this activity.  I haven't 
seen UCIS do anything.  This makes me think that the "Guide to 
Responsible Computing" is a joke.

kirk brown@ug.cs.dal.ca