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- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Path: sparky!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!gtoal
- From: gtoal@nyx.cs.du.edu (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: No subject
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.203159.23579@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
- of Denver for the Denver community. The University has neither
- control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
- Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account)
- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- References: <1992Nov20.154237.11411@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <By1Hz7.662@ibmpcug.co.uk> <1992Nov22.175339.7945@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 20:31:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.175339.7945@infodev.cam.ac.uk> SA121@phx.cam.ac.uk (S. Arrowsmith) writes:
- >I got sarrowsm@nyx.cs.du.edu last year, when I was in London and had
- >permission to use machines there to log on to the other side of the
- >pond. It would probably be a breach of local regulations for me to
- >do it from Cambridge, however, and having the address in a .sig I'm
- >using in local groups might well get it unwelcomely(sic) noticed. I
- >do *not* like having the book thrown at me -- particularly as I only
- >just about talked my way out of a suspension for laser-printer abuse
- >last year....
-
- Oh well, there's no point in saying what I was going to say anyway, because
- nyx is collapsing in a heap because some asshole kiddy hacker trashed
- the password file, and the sys admin is tightening up on registration
- procedures - you'd have to register with a photographic proof of
- identity and a dollar cheque. Which will make it well nigh impossible
- for Brits to get an account :-(
-
- Cambridge really are the most fascistic net site in the UK by the way,
- from what I've heard lately. Buy yourself a modem and bypass the
- university if you can afford it.
-
- G
-