Re: [ProgSoc] umm... i wanna stick a webserver on a machine somewhere..

[Peter Anthony Brownlow <roentgen@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

Hmm, bryn seems to be a bit down on this idea. :P

On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Bryn Price wrote:

> My only comment on this would be, apart from the obvious 'check
> freeonline's' AUP, but wouldn't this server become known, and therefore a
> larger number of people surf through it, hense raising our bandwidth
> usage.  If only 50 people knew, that would even raise our monthly usage
> rates up enuff that ITD may pay some attention.

Then he will reduce the number of people able to surf through it. DUH.
Passwords are good if YOU happen to be the person controlling them.

> That and altho there are some programming aspects to the project, does
> anyone else agree that its probably not in the spirit of the society.

Are you knocking free, unlimited web surfing? What kind of programmer are
you?

Seriously, if it was me I'd scrutinise documentation carefully, but here
are a few things going for it:
(1) It's creative & imaginative, surely things to be encouraged by progsoc
(2) It'd be useful, also to be encouraged
(3) Freeonline have invited anyone and everyone to have a go at taking
advantage of their unlimited .edu* surfing like this, because they believe
themselves to be invulnerable
(4) Does this breach progsoc's uap? Following the letter or the law and
following the spirit can be two different things, so even if some people
don't approve, i think that it may be legal.
 
> 
> Just some thoughts, flame if you will 
> Bryn
> 


Just some thoughts, flame if you will
Peter



> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Dr. Love wrote:
> 
> > 
> > ok, i'm new to progsoc, so i've no idea, about how to go about getting 
> > something like that hosted.
> > 
> > It's just a multithreaded non-caching proxy... actually i haven't finished it 
> > yet.
> > 
> > the idea, just if U care; is that freeonline, limits the amount of time U can 
> > spend visiting non-sponsors sites. Fortunately, ppl R allowed to access .edu.au 
> > sites as much as they like.
> > 
> > Hence a proxy, (actually, i'm not sure proxy's the right word for it, but NE 
> > ways), on a progsoc machine, will get around that. Unlimited internet access 
> > basically, for us paupy ppl who can't get jobs, and hence can't afford a $ ISP.
> > 
> > Furthermore, i'm thinking of making it filter out adds, and then insert my ones 
> > in, and if U don't click enough ads, it slowly starts changing all the pages U 
> > view into piglatin. just a thought.
> > 
> > so what do i do, and who do i talk to???
> > 
> > J.
> > 
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