Re: [tlug] TLUG RC5-64 team

["Micheal E Cooper" <mecooper@example.com>]

No worries there. The machine at work is mine. My machine, that is. Also, I
decided against it because system resources were too low. I would never do
anything to someone else's machine without getting approval and looking into
it first.

But thank you for the cautionary tale. I am sure there are a lot of folks
out there who wouldn't even think twice about these things. I don't work for
a company big enough to have such resources.

Micheal

----- Original Message -----
From: <tim@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [tlug] TLUG RC5-64 team


> 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
> > >
> >
>
>