Finally got a link (linked from a webpage referred to in this email from Delia) to the TOS of the networks use.<br>Unfortunately (but not suprisingly at all!) the webpage is not available :)<br><br><br><br><br><br>From: Brettell, Delia<br>
Sent: 18 December 2009 16:56:01<br>To: Jakubovskij, Vladimir<br>Cc: Brettell, Delia<br>Subject: FW: FW: Your enquiry to the CSD Helpdesk (Ref: TL180090)<br>Auto forwarded by a Rule<br><br>Hello Vladimir,<br><br> <br><br>I
believe that you have been in correspondence with Rob Ward already
about registering your Mac, so I don’t need to join in with that side
of the discussion.<br><br> <br><br>“Laptop clinic” is the terminology
that the Helpdesk uses when talking about the appointments we use. At
the start of the semester a Laptop Clinic is are advertised as ‘drop
in’ sessions but once we are past the first few weeks of term we change
to an appointment system.<br><br> <br><br>All users are strongly discouraged from using file sharing programs.<br><br>Please see <a href="https://announce.liv.ac.uk/rss/main/article.asp?article=11590851&p=&plain=">https://announce.liv.ac.uk/rss/main/article.asp?article=11590851&p=&plain=</a><br>
<br>I would recommend that you speak to your module supervisor about the problem with your chosen research topic.<br><br> <br><br>Kind regards<br><br>Delia <br><br><br>And, sure, my reply to them:<br><br><br>Hello Delia!<br>
<br><br>With all the respect to contributing your time to resolve my issue, it seems you are completely missing the point here.<br>Indeed I have been in correspondence with Rob Ward about registering my Mac OSX.<br>But this is a different issue (Ref: TL180090). I want to register my Linux machine, and not a Mac OS X.<br>
And I have been advised yesterday to send an email to the helpdesk to regarding this query. I have sent this email<br>once (which was ignored) and then the second time (Ref: TL180090).<br>So what is happening is that you make me go in circles. In the email I am being advised to come down to the Helpdesk,<br>
and there I am told to send an email.<br><br>I
am more than willing to attend the appointment (what is the best time
for you, by the way?), thanks for clarifying what the appointment is as
I genuinely didn't know what the 'laptop clinic' term means.<br><br> <br><br> All users are strongly discouraged from using file sharing programs.<br><br> Please see <a href="https://announce.liv.ac.uk/rss/main/article.asp?article=11590851&p=&plain=">https://announce.liv.ac.uk/rss/main/article.asp?article=11590851&p=&plain=</a><br>
<br><br>And you seem to not have paid attention to the title of my research topic: "Promoting new talent..."<br>This doesn't involve any sharing or downloading of the copyrighted material, but instead sharing the music by the new unsigned<br>
artists (myself included) on BitTorrent networks, MySpace, Last.fm, etc. I am running a private BitTorrent tracker (outside of<br>University, of course) and MWS machines won't let me to connect to my tracker.<br><br>I will speak to my supervisor, but the best he will be able to do, is to give me an extention. Changing the research topic<br>
is not an option with the deadline in mid-January.<br><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Vladimir