Re: [tlug] TLUG RC5-64 team

[<tim@example.com>]

Dear Micheal,

This is my first posting to TLUG, and I just wanted to make give
you a little light reading before you "see about putting on a machine
or two at work".

The following are references for a real (and really pathetic)
prosecution of a SysAdmin for installing distributed.net software.

Your post reminded me of an employee at a US University who was
arrested for theft of resources because he installed a distributed
computing application on Uni machines.  This constituted theft under
State law.  This was a state law criminal prosecution, as the chap
worked for a public university.

Google comes up with the following:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20695.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173751.html
http://www.tacube.com/pages/mcowen.html

Yours,
Tim



On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Micheal E Cooper wrote:

> Well, there you go. I have a cow on my desktop. Participating. I will see
> about putting on a machine or two at work.
>
> Micheal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Q" <jq@example.com>
> To: <tlug@example.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [tlug] TLUG RC5-64 team
>
>
> > Micheal E Cooper (mecooper@example.com) wrote:
> >
> > > I don't have the facilities to participate yet (this is rural Miyazaki,
> so
> >
> > Beautiful area.  I've been to Kirishima and rural Kagoshima, and
> Sakurajima.
> > It's wonderful.  Much more wonderful in summer than in winter, though :-)
> >
> > All you need is an Internet connectio (anything will do, even a 9600
> modem),
> > all the work is done by your CPU.  The network transfers are very small.
> >
> > > Can I have a web link explaining what going on?
> >
> > Umm, there were several links in my post.  Does distributed.net ring
> > a bell? :-)
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
>